THE DREAMLIFE OF FAMILIES
Although we still have a lot to learn about dreams, why we have them and what they mean, we can conclude that they play a…… Read More »
Book Reviews
Transcendent Mind
It is encouraging that such a radical book has been published by the American Psychological Association as it goes way beyond conventional psychological thinking, as…… Read More »
Participation and the Mystery
Jorge Ferrer is Professor of East-West Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies, author of the seminal Revisioning Transpersonal Theory: A Participate through Vision…… Read More »
Intelligence in the Flesh: Why your mind needs your body much more than it thinks
The work I do as an academic is really rather unhealthy. It involves countless hours of staring at computer screens, tapping away at keyboards, with…… Read More »
Consciousness, Gandhi and Yoga / Ageless Mind and Timeless Ideas / Cultivating Consciousness
Reviewer: David Lorimer
Category: Psychology Consciousness Studies
Gowri Rammohan is right when he observes that Dr K. Ramakrishna Rao is to Indian psychology what Dr S. Radhakrishnan is to Indian philosophy in…… Read More »
THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF PSYCHOLOGY AND SPIRITUALITY
This is a landmark volume, especially given the fact that it has been published by one of the world's leading university presses. It forms part…… Read More »
The Bhagavad Gita
The Bhagavad Gita, according to Ravi, is perhaps the single most important text to emerge from India. I have a number of editions, including those…… Read More »
LIGHT UPON THE PATH
As President of Wrekin Trust, founded by Sir George Trevelyan in 1971, I attended a closing celebration of its work at Hawkwood College last month.…… Read More »
THE HUMAN SITUATION
Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), brother of Sir Julian Huxley and grandson of TH Huxley, was one of the most brilliant intellectuals of his generation and author…… Read More »
SADNESS, DEPRESSION, AND THE DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL: transcending the medicalisation of sadness
As a trainee psychiatrist in South Australia, forty years ago, I was sent to work in one of the 'back wards' for women in a…… Read More »