States of consciousnesshave long been a central concern of transpersonal psychology.
Indeed, the field arose out of the recognition of a family of transpersonal states in which the …

What is the nature and function of the Pentecostal/Charismatic gift of speaking in tongues?
Charismatic Glossolalia aims to answer this question. Drawing on detailed observations and …

In recent years there has been increased interest, in anthropology, psychology, religious
studies, and the culture at large, in the study of alternate or altered states of consciousness …

There has been a renewed interest in psychology and anthropology in the idea of altered
states of consciousness. This paper begins by examining the meaning of this term and the …

Distinguishing between diagnosis and differential diagnosis, the author explores some of
the challenges faced by therapists who need to make differential diagnoses of transpersonal …

This is a qualitative study of bereavement of midlife widows after sudden, untimely death of a
husband. A single, intensive interview consisted of two parts: an open-ended question about …

This dissertation provides a genealogy of spirit possession in the modern era. Spirit
possession, long practiced in the pre-modern West, usually manifest as diabolic possession …

This study presents a method of self-realization in psychology based on the production of
altered states of consciousness and the subsequent analysis of mental imagery recorded in …

A woman, named Eve, has been possessed by Evil. She is continouosly tortured by host of
visions and cursed by demonic voices. She has a miscarriage and commits suicide several …

It is difficult to determine, sometimes, which behaviours should be considered consistent
with noffnal human functioning and which should be considered patholo-gical. This problem …