A GUIDE TO THE TRANSPERSONAL INTERNET

This guide covers the small but rich portion of the Internet with transpersonal content. It is sponsored by the Spiritual Competency Resource Center which provides access to online resources that enhance the cultural sensitivity of mental health professionals. For suggestions and broken links, contact David Lukoff PhD. If you know of others or find a valid URL for an unlinked site below, please email john@jmckenzie.com.

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Please help to strengthen the transpersonal community and this valuable resource by emailing links to your favorite transpersonal sites to Jacob Kaminker at jakek47@hotmail.com.

(also see ATP's Guide to International Transpersonal Associations)

• Academic Studies
• Academic Transpersonal and Consciousness Studies Programs
• Consciousness Studies
• Mailing Lists
• Online Journals
• Online Seminars and Podcasts
• Spiritual and Religious Practices and Traditions
• Spiritual Problems and Emergence
• Transpersonal Associations
• Transpersonal Pioneers
• Transpersonal Psychology Guides
• Transpersonal Training Programs
• Transpersonal Travel and Retreats
• Usenet Newsgroups

• Akamai University

Hilo, Hawaii MA in Spiritual Psychology MA in Human Sexuality
• Atlantic University

Transpersonal MA Virginia Beach, VA
• Calamus Extension College

England Distance Learning Many related and interesting sounding MA and PhD programs
• California Institute for Human Science

Encinitas, CA Clinical PhD with holistic approach
• California Institute of Integral Studies

San Francisco, CA
• Center for Counseling and Psychotherapy Education

London, England
• Diabasis

Spiritual Emergence Network in the Czech Republic
• Edinburgh University

England Ecopsychology PhD
• Eisner Institute for Professional Studies

Encino, CA Distance learning Holistic psychology, MA and PsyD
• Esalen

The legendary workshop site for the study of human potential
• Eurotas

The European Transpersonal Assocation
• Fielding Institute

Santa Barbara, CA Has MA with integral studies focus
• Institute of Human Science and Service

Andhra Pradesh, India
• Institute of Imaginal Studies

Petaluma, CA
• Institute of Transpersonal Psychology

Palo Alto, CA
• International Institute of Professional Studies

Transpersonal, Expressive Arts, Holistic
• ITANT

The International Transpersonal Association for the Dutch Language Area
• John Davis's Transpersonal Psychology Course

John Davis's exemplary site for his undergraduate transperonal psychology course at The Metropolitan State College of Denver includes a syllabus, thoughtful overview articles, and readings.
• John F. Kennedy University

Pleasant Hill, CA
• Le Grett

French Transpersonal Research Group
• Liverpool John Moores University

offers an MSc in Consciousness & Tranpsersonal Psychology (in the UK).
• Naropa University

Boulder, CO
• Pacific Graduate Institute

Santa Barbara, CA
• Santa Barbara Graduate Institute

Pre-Natal and Perinatal Psychology, Somatics
• Saybrook Graduate School

Distance Learning, San Francisco, CA
• School of Spiritual Psychology

Milwaukee, WI MA and PhD in Spiritual Psychology
• Sonoma State University, MA in Depth Psychology

Rohnert Park, CA A largely experiential MA program with a focus on Jungian, shamanic, humanistic-existential, and transpersonal perspectives
• The Phoenix Institute of Victoria

Offers Government accredited two and one year Diplomas in Transpersonal Counselling, Transpersonal Art Therapy and Holistic Counselling Practice for the last 10 years. Largest provider of Transpersonal programs in Australia. We have over 180 full and part time students in our Diploma programs.
• University of Chichester

England Transpersonal MA
• University of Northampton

England Postgraduate Transpersonal Studies
• University of Philosophical Research

Los Angeles, CA
• University of Santa Monica

Los Angeles, CA, MA in Spiritual Psychology
• University of Turku

Finland Center for Cognitive Neuroscience
• University of West Georgia

Carrollton, Georgia Psy.D. in Individual, Organizational and Community Transformation
• University of Wisconsin

Center for Sleep and Consciousness Graduate Level Research

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• Barbara Whitfield's Research on Spiritual Awakening
• Dreamgate

This site includes the definitive guide to Dream Resources on the Internet.
• Electronic Frontier Foundation Consciousness Archives
• Institute of Noetic Sciences

A non-profit consciousness research center
• International Association for the Study of Dreams
• Monroe Institute

Consciousness studies, primarily related to the relationship between music and consciousness
• Neural Surfer

This website covers a wide range of topics related to consciousness including, Quantum Mechanics, Parapsychology, Theosophy, Neuroscience.
• Scientific and Medical Network

An interdisciplinary forum that focus on the interface between spirituality,

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• Ken Wilber Forum

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• Alternative Journal of Nursing
• Journal of Consciousness Studies
• Journal Of Psychospiritual Transformation

An online, interdisciplinary journal exploring the nature of existence, consciousness and psychospiritual transformation.
• Psyche: An interdisciplinary journal of research on consciousness
• Revision: A Journal of Consciousness and Transformation
• The Journal of Esoteric Psychology

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• Shrink Rap Radio

Reknowned Podcast from Dr. David van Nuys, often featuring transpersonal guests
• Spiritual Emergencies Diagnosis and Treatment

Free course on Blackboard covering spiritual problems by David Lukoff PhD. Also available for CE credit.
• Wise Counsel Podcast

Another podcast from Dr. David van Nuys

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• Buddhist Studies WWW Virtual Library

This website provides a comprehensive Internet guide to Buddhism including: Buddhist Studies, Major WWW Sites; Buddhist Texts and Translations Projects; Mailing Lists, Chat-Rooms, Electronic Newsletters & Journals, and Organizations.
• Ex-cult Archive

This site covers the psychology and watch dogging of cults, including general information about cults, newsgroups, information and warnings about specific cult groups, a listing of cults on the WWW, links to other web resources, and full text online literature.
• Jayne Gackenbach's Spiritwatch

Includes past issues of Lucidity Letter are there as well as numerous transpersonal articles.
• New Age Web Works

This web site provides links to a full range of transperonal phenomena udner the rubric of "new age": alchemy, astral projection, divination, druidism, egyptology, expanded states of consciousness, freemasonry, gnosticism, love and sex, meditation, mythology, psychic phenomena, Rosicrucianism, voodoo, shamanism, spirituality, sufism, tarot, taoism, Tibetism, UFO, wicca, yoga, & zen.
• Nielsen's Psychology of Religion Pages

This is currently the most comprehensive web site on the topic of psychology and religion. It includes: methods of research, notable people, graduate study programs, publication resources, links to related sites, and the full text of William James'Varieties of Religious Experience
• Rowan Fairgrove's Multifaith and Religion Sites

A comprehensive guide to religious resources, especially related to multifaith issues.
• Rupert Sheldrake's website

Many resources including online psi tests from the man behind the idea of morphogenic fields
• Spiritual Experiences and Spirituality

Articles about spiritual and religious experiences
• The Foundation for Shamanic Studies

Non-denominational Shamanic Studies and Training
• WWW Library of Spirituality and Mental Health Yahoo - Society and Culture:Religion:Faiths and Practices

This is a very thorough listing of Internet resources on a wide variety of religions and spiritual traditions.
• WWW Virtual Library of Spitituality and Conciousness

Similar to Yahoo, this site provides an extensive guide to Internet resources on religions and spiritual traditions.

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• DEI GRATIA

Spiritual Emergence Network in the UK
• DIABASIS

Spiritual Emergence Network in the Czech Republic
• GERMAN SPIRITUAL EMERGENCE NETWORK
• International Association of Near Death Experiences
• Kundalini Research Network
• Kundalini Resource Center

A community of people working together on the Internet to raise public awareness of kundalini, and to help those who are experiencing a kundalini awakening better understand what is happening to them.
• Non-ordinary Experiences Couseling and Consulting
• Sacred Transformations

Personal stories of spiritual emergencies, visions, awakenings, and their effects.
• Scandanaivan Kundalini Network
• SEN AUSTRALIA, INC

Australian Spiritual Emergence Network
• SEN AUSTRALIA, INC.

Australian Spiritual Emergence Network
• Shared Transformation
• Spiritual Crisis Network

England
• SPIRITUAL EMERGENCE NETWORK

USA
• Spiritual Emergence Network Australia
• Spiritual Emergency Resource Center

A guide for clinicians and a self-help resource for people integrating a spiritual crisis. Personal experierences and opinions can be shared on an online discussion forum.
• Spiritual Emergency Resource Center

Dr. David Lukoff
• THE SPIRITUAL COMPETENCY RESOURCE CENTER

David Lukoff's Spiritual Competency Center

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• Association Francaise du Transpersonnel (AFT)

L'A.F.T. est une association loi 1901 fondée en 1985, qui se veut un centre de rencontre et une facilitation de communication pour tous ceux qui s'occupent des divers aspects de la renaissance spirituelle et corporelle.
• Austrian Association for Transpersonal Psychology
• Austrian Association for Transpersonal Psychology and Psychotherapy
• Belgian Transpersonal Association
• BULGARIAN ASSOCIATION FOR TRANSPERSONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY
• BULGARIAN ASSOCIATION FOR TRANSPERSONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY
• Council on Spiritual Practices (CSP)

This organization is dedicated to making "direct experience of the sacred more accessible to more people." The CSP website houses resources on topics related to the use of enthogens ( i.e., psychoactive substances for spiritual purposes).
• Croatian Transpersonal Association
• European Transpersonal Association
• European Transpersonal Psychology Association

Official website of the European Transpersonal Psychology Association; English language.
• Foundation for Shamanic Studies
• GERMAN SOCIETY FOR TRANSPERSONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHOTHRAPY
• German Transpersonal Association

The German Transpersonal Association (GTA) (Deutsche Transpersonale Gesellschaft, DTG) was founded in 1985 as a registered non-profit organization. Its membership consists of individuals and institutes active or interested in the field of the transpersonal. The purpose of the society is the promotion and public representation of transpersonal approaches in science and research.
• GRETT: Groupe de Recherches et d'Etudes en Thérapies Transpersonnelles (France)

The GRETT (Group for Research and Studies in Transpersonnal Therapies) is an association governed by the French law of July 1st 1901 and founded in November 2003.
• Hungarian Transpersonal Association (MTE)

Currnently preparing a web site which will encompass a professional journal starting this autumn (2008) in Hungary.
• Institute of Noetic Sciences
• International Association of Spiritual Psychiatry
• International Institue for Humanistic Studies
• IRISH TRANSPERSONAL ASSOCIATION
• Italian Association of Transpersonal Psychology

Official website of the Italian Association of Transpersonal Psychology; Italian and English language; containing specific areas about Integral Psychology and Yoga-Vedanta tradition.
• ITANT THE INTERNATIONAL TRANSPERSONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE DUTCH LANGUAGE

THE INTERNATIONAL TRANSPERSONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE DUTCH LANGUAGE
• JAPANESE ASSOCIATION FOR TRANSPERSONAL PSYCHOLOGY/PSYCHIATRY
• LE GRETT

Group for Research and Studies in Transpersonal Therapies
• Lithuanian Institute of Transpersonal Psychology
• Luxembourgish Transpersonal Association
• Multidisciplinary Association For Psychedelic Studies

The mission of MAPS is to help scientific researchers design, obtain governmental approval for, fund, conduct and report on psychedelic research in human volunteers. The site includes copies of MAPS Bulletin and a searchable electronic bibliography of scientific papers related to psychedelic drugs.
• National Association of Transpersonal Hypnotherapists
• Polish Transpersonal Association
• Portuguese-Brazilian Transpersonal Association
• PSYCHOSPIRITUAL SCOTLAND
• Romainian Transpersonal Association (PTA)

Current website not active (Jan 2008)
• Russian Transpersonal Federation
• SCOTTISH TRANSPERSONAL PSYCHOLOGY
• Spanish Transpersonal Society
• Swedish Transpersonal Association
• Swiss Transpersonal Association
• TETRA absl (Belgium)
• The Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
• The Association for Transpersonal Psychology (ATP)

ATP publishes"The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology" and sponsors yearly conferences which play a leading role in transpersonal psychology education.
• THE AUSTRIAN ASSOCIATION FOR TRANSPERSONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY
• The Croatian Transpersonal Association (HTA) (Hrvatska Transpersonalna Asocijacija)
• THE CROATION TRANSPERSONAL ASSOCIATION
• THE INTERNATIONAL TRANSPERSONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE DUTCH LANGUAGE AREA

ITANT
• The International Transpersonal Association for the Dutch Language Area (ITANT)

The International Transpersonal Association for the Dutch Language Area (ITANT, for Internationale Transpersoonlijke Associatie Nederlands Taalgebied) was founded in 1983. It's magazine PANTA started in 1990, and has three issues per year.
• The Lucidity Institute
• The PsychoSpiritual Research Iinstitute

Formerly The Transformation Project, this site includes Dr. Gaynor's doctoral study of psychospiritual transformation, and an online study of psychospiritual transformation
• THE TRANSPERSONAL INSTITUTE OF NEW ZEALAND
• Transpersonal Center of Buenos Aires
• Transpersonal Psychology Center of Ireland

We exist as a forum through which people from any part of the island of Ireland who may have an interest in transpersonal psychology can interact. This includes Irish people who are currently living abroad. We are an independent non-profit making association and are not affiliated to any other association, organisation or society.
• UK Center for Transpersonal Psychology (CTP)

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• Abraham Maslow
• Anthony Sutich
• C.G. Jung, Analytical Psychology, and Culture

This is the most fully developed website on C.G. Jung and Jungian Analytical Psychology, including full text articles by Jungian analysts, a glossary of Jungian terms, dissertation abstracts, links to other Jungian web sites, listings of programs in Jungian training, and Jungian publishers.
• Carl Gustav Jung
• Carl Rogers
• Charles Tart

Electronic reprints of the writings by Charles T. Tart
• Francis Vaughn
• Fritz Perls
• Joseph Campbell Foundation
• JungWeb
• Ken Wilber
• Roberto Assagioli
• Rollo May
• Stanislav Grof
• The C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles
• Thomas Merton
• Transpersonal Therapy Centre

Based in Toronto
• Williams James

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• Michael Daniels Transpersonal Links
• WWW Virtual Library Online Resources for Transpersonal Psychology

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• CURA INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATED LEARNING

Psychotherapy and hypnotherapy training
• Stanislav Grof's Holotropic Breathwork Training

The transpersonal pioneer's revolutionary traninig program
• The Haven Institute for Professional Training
• Transpersonal Hypnotherapy Institute

Colorado-based transpersonal hypnotherapy training

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• Angel Valley

Spiritual Retreat Center hosts spiritual and health conscious groups and individuals. 70-acre setting on Oak Creek with creekside guesthouses, cabins and luxury tipis. Our 1100 sq ft building for meeting space, yoga and workshops, our historic Light House for meditation and numerous healing modalities, a 7-circuit labyrinth, individualized vortex experiences and much more.
• Spirit Path to the Amazon

Our organization runs healing workshops, retreats and cources through various spiritual disciplines and indigenous medicines in the Amazon rainforest, also trying to preserve this vast ecological environment that is a major resource of oxygen for our planet.

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• alt.consciousness
• alt.consciousness.mysticism
• alt.consciousness.near-death-exp
• alt.dreams.lucid
• alt.healing.reiki
• alt.meditation
• alt.meditation.transcendental
• alt.mythology
• alt.philosophy.taoism
• alt.philosophy.zen
• alt.psychology.jung
• alt.psychology.nlp
• alt.psychology.personality
• alt.psychology.synchronicity
• alt.theosophy
• alt.yoga
• alt.zen
• INET

International Network of Experiental Therapists
• sci.psychology.consciousness
• sci.psychology.journals.psyche
• talk.religion.buddhism
• talk.religion.course-mircletalk.religion.newage

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