Shadows & Light (Volume 2) by Francis J. Kaklauskas, Carla J. Clements, Dan Hocoy, & Louis Hoffman

Shadows & Light: Theory, Research, and Practice in Transpersonal Psychology is a groundbreaking 2-volume series covering many essential topics in transpersonal psychology. Shadows & Light (Vol 2) builds on the tradition of transpersonal psychology to cover vital contemporary psychological topics ranging from mindfulness, creativity, compassion, and the real world application of the integration of spirituality and psychology, The range of topics and contributors is broad, diverse, and inclusive and will bring the reader on many inward and outward journeys of human growth and potential.

This collection contains talks and reflection pieces that are enjoyable and fascinating in the immediacy of the authors’ voices and their messages for the individual and the collective. A wonderful selection of pieces by established leaders such as Charlie Tart, angel Kyodo williams, Judy Lief, and Roger Walsh as well as influential emergent scholars such as Ian Wickramesekera II, Dan Hocoy, and Louis Hoffman. These volumes are destined to become a classic text in the field.

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These volumes bring transpersonal psychology into a more contemporary era and expand its application into new approaches for healing and growth. It is a pleasure to see new thinking that extends the seminal insights of transpersonal psychology into such areas as social action, diversity, and inequality, to connect the inner with the outer world, and to locate personal transformation in a context of social transformation, indeed as the most powerful form of social action. This is a much needed contribution to the field.

Brant Cortright, PhD
Author of Psychotherapy and Spirit: Theory and Practice in Transpersonal Psychotherapy
Professor of Psychology, California Institute of Integral Studies


Drs. Kaklauskas, Clements, Hocoy, and Hoffman have pulled together an impressive display of talented Transpersonal Psychology writers who present the complexities of the theory and practice in a way that the reader can readily understand and grasp. The writings are applicable for numerous issues, conditions, and settings and will be a valuable resource that will enhance the teaching, learning, research, and practice in the field.

Nina W. Brown, EdD, LPC, NCC, FAGPA
Professor and Eminent Scholar


This collection literally has it all from scholarly reviews of the intellectual and cultural origins of transpersonal psychology through relevant research and moving personal experiences to contemporary cutting edge applications. It clearly demonstrates that transpersonal is alive and well as it passes from middle age to elderhood.  Timely, yet timeless.

David Lukoff, PhD,
Past Co-President Association for Transpersonal Psychology and the Institute for Spirituality and Psychology


This book takes the reader on a journey across time, cultures, and perspectives, arriving at a fully contemporary view of transpersonal psychology. A mindful look at impassioned living, this scholarly collection explores the crossroads of Human Science and Spirituality, and is a must read!

Donna Rockwell, PhD,
President Elect, Society for Humanistic Psychology (American Psychological Association Division 32)


Shadows and Light is a stunning collection of essays that enables the reader/ seeker to take a deep dive into a richly imagined framework for transpersonal education. It is a timely and elegant offering of contemplative-based theories, research, and practices. I predict it will be heralded as a triumph in the field!

Gaea Logan, LPC-S, CGP
Executive Director, Founder, International Center for Mental Health and Human Rights
Social Responsibility Award Recipient, Group Foundation for Advancing Mental Health


This collection is filled with compassion and curiosity, hope and humility. By integrating contemporary research, multicultural and social justice perspectives, and the vitality of relationships with self, others, and the world, the essays and talks provide refreshing energy to psychological perspectives on growth, transformation, and finding one’s place in this often challenging world.

Pat Denning, PhD, & Jeannie Little, LCSW
Founders, The Center for Harm Reduction Therapy

Shadows & Light (Volume 2) is available as an ebook on:

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Published September 14, 2016
Paperback 262 pages
ISBN (print): 978-1-939686-17-6
ISBN (ebook): 978-1-939686-32-9

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: The Importance of Curiosity in Transpersonal Psychology, in Spiritual Development by Charles T. Tart
Chapter 2: Beyond Buddhism: What We Need to Lose to Save What We Love by angel Kyodo williams
Chapter 3: Beautiful Darkness by Jeanine M. Canty
Chapter 4: Befriending our Voices by Laurie Rugenstein with Todd Thillman
Chapter 5: Taming the Tyranny of Time by Tina Fields
Chapter 6: May All Beings Be Happy: Cultivating Loving Kindness by Judy Lief
Chapter 7: No Hidden Corners: Compassion Training in Counselor Education by Dale Asrael with Paul Bialek
Chapter 8: Humility and Humanity: Contemporary Perspectives on Healthcare Chaplaincy by Elaine J. Yuen
Chapter 9: Musings on the Connections between Integrative Psychiatry and Transpersonal Psychology by Scott Shannon
Chapter 10: A Transpersonal Approach to Service-Learning: A Call to Right Action by Sue Wallingford
Chapter 11: A Longing in the Soul: Healing Sexual Trauma with Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy by Jackie Ashley
Chapter 12: Reconciling Identity, Oppression, and the Transpersonal by Kathleen Gregory & Julie A. Kellaway
Chapter 13: Experiencing Transpersonal Psychology in the Classroom by Diane Joy Israel
Chapter 14: The State and Future of Integral by Roger Walsh
Chapter 15: Practicing Community: Cultivating Creative Agency Through Improvisation by Mark A. Miller
Chapter 16: Transpersonal Psychology, Multiculturalism, and Social Justice Activism by Louis Hoffman

Editors’ Postscript
Index
Editors and Contributors

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