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Newsletter Nr. 1.239
Amsterdam, September 25, 2024

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BODHISATTVAS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BECOME POLITICIANS - Fax-interview with Ken Wilber (1995) - FRANK VISSER

What is, in your opinion, the state-of-the-art in transpersonal studies at the moment? Has the field matured? Is it going somewhere? Is it stagnating?

The transpersonal field has indeed matured, although it's still a relatively young discipline. But I must confess that I thought it was definitely stagnating for a decade or so. There was some very good work being done, and some quite excellent theorists doing superb studies, but there was nothing really new or exciting on the horizon, or so it seemed to me. The problem I believe, was that the field was still looking for a way to make transpersonal psychology relevant to larger issues and concerns. Transpersonal psychology was still in the process of expanding into transpersonal studies.

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