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The Story of Transpersonal Psychology, Science of the Soul is a documentary of the history of the Transpersonal Psychology movement, founded by Stanislav Grof and Anthony Sutich with very prominent influence from Abraham Maslow in 1969 as the 4th force in psychology.This feature-length documentary includes interviews with many of the field’s luminaries such as co-founder of the field, Stanislav Grof, as well as Charles T. Tart, Frances Vaughan, James Fadiman, Miles Vich and many others.From Transpersonal Psychology’s early days with Abraham Maslow and Anthony “Tony” Sutich, through its modern influence on the consciousness movement and popular culture, join us for the amazing story of these pioneers in the study of “the farther reaches of Humankind.”Run time: 1 hour 10 minutes. What is Transpersonal?According to Roger Walsh and Frances Vaughan:Transpersonal experiences may be defined as experiences in which the sense of identity or self extends beyond (trans.) the individual or personal to encompass wider aspects of humankind, life, psyche or cosmos. (Abraham Maslow describes “peak experiences” as high points of life, when the individuals believe they are at harmony with themselves and their surroundings. “Peak experiences are transient moments of self-actualization” – Abraham Maslow)Transpersonal disciplines study transpersonal experiences and related phenomena. Practitioners seek to expand the scope of their disciplines to include the study of transpersonal phenomena and to bring their particular disciplinary expertise to this study.Transpersonal psychology is the psychological study of transpersonal experiences and their correlates. These correlates include the nature, varieties, causes, and effects of transpersonal experiences and development, as well as psychologists, philosophers, disciplines, arts, cultures, life-styles, reactions and religions that are inspired by them, or that seek to induce, express, apply or understand them.The transpersonal movement is the interdisciplinary movement that includes and integrates individual transpersonal disciplines.The roots of Transpersonal psychology can be found in Eastern philosophies, the American Transcendentalist movement, represented by Emerson, Thoreau, and pioneers of psychology William James, Carl Jung, Abraham Maslow and Robert Assagioli, and Aldous Huxley’s Perennial Philosophy and in more recent times Ken Wilber’s Integral Theory (which has become a distinct field from transpersonal theory even though Wilber was probably the most prominent transpersonal theorist).For anyone interested in psychology, philosophy, meditation, transpersonal or integral theory.