Section 9: TRACK 3

Extraordinary Challenges to the Modern Paradigm


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Track 3: Extraordinary Challenges to the Modern Paradigm

This track will look at how transpersonal psychology and parapsychology challenge the materialistic foundations of the modern worldview. We will explore how a Whiteheadian event metaphysics can help us better understand the extraordinary phenomena studied by transpersonal psychology, such as extrasensory perception, shamanic healing, near-death experiences, and psychedelic states of consciousness. Some broader implications of a transpersonally-informed Whiteheadian cosmology will also be examined.


Track Heads

John Buchanan

Instructor, California Institute of Integral Studies

John Buchanan, Ph.D., received his Masters degree in humanistic/transpersonal psychology from West Georgia College, and his doctorate from the Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts at Emory University. He has been trained and certified as a Holotropic Breathwork practitioner by Stan and Christina Grof. Currently, he is writing a book based upon his continuing interests in process philosophy and transpersonal psychology. Dr. Buchanan also serves as president of the Helios Foundation.

www.ciis.edu


Postings from Seizing an Alternative

JOHN PALMER, “PARAPSYCHOLOGY”

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