It's a great journal if you're interested in transpersonal psychology, so I strongly recommend subscribing. Those of us in the field are still debating more precise definitions. Information on the Journal and on the Association for Transpersonal Psychology can be gotten at Here are the articles of mine that have been published in the Journal over the years. Based on a speech given at the L. E. Rhine Centenary Conference on Cultivating Consciousness for Enhancing Human Potential, Wellness and Healing, Durham, North Carolina, November 9, 1991. Today I am going to speak from the broad context of the psychology of consciousness, particularly from the perspective of transpersonal psychology, and with special reference to one of my continuing loves, parapsychology.
Transpersonal psychology is about dualism, trans meaning beyond, beyond the personal.
Conventionally, in today's dominant materialistic approach, the personal is very much embedded in the physical body. Transpersonal psychology is the study of experiences people have that seem to transcend that assumption of limited embodiment. Copyright 1991 by Charles T. Tart. Psi has usually been studied with either the percipient, the agent, or both in their ordinary state of consciousness. Because of both anecdotal evidence and a little experimental evidence suggesting that some altered states of consciousness, such as hypnosis or dreaming, might be more favorable to the operation of psi than our ordinary states, considerable interest has recently become focused on the possibilities of using altered states for enhancing psi functioning.