Academic journals and books. A number of peer-reviewed journals and book publishers provide a forum for the communication of theoretical and empirical research into human transformative capacities and exceptional human experience, including
The State University of New York Press (SUNY) publishes the SUNY series in Transpersonal and Humanistic Psychology (www.sunypress.edu) edited by Richard D. Mann that presents transpersonal psychology to the academic community. The publishing houses of Jeremy P. Tarcher (Los Angeles, CA), Shambhala Publications (Boston, MA), and Theosophical Publishing (Wheaton, IL) support the dissemination of transpersonal theories and research to the general public.
Book anthologies that serve as excellent introductions to transpersonal psychology include:
Charles Tart’s (1975/1992) Transpersonal Psychologies: Perspectives on the Mind from Seven Great Spiritual Traditions.
Roger Walsh and Deanne Shapiro’s (1983) Beyond Health and Normality: Explorations of Exceptional Psychological Well-Being.
Roger Walsh and France Vaughn’s (1993a) Paths Beyond Ego: The Transpersonal Vision.
Seymour Boorstein’s (1996) Transpersonal Psychotherapy.
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Bruce Scotton, Allen Chinen, and John Battista’s (1996) Textbook of Transpersonal Psychiatry and Psychology.
Professional national and international associations and conferences. The formation of professional national and international associations promote the field and facilitate productive interaction among people involved in transpersonal therapy and scientific research of "anomalous" phenomena, including
Association for Transpersonal Psychology (www.atpweb.org) founded in 1971.
Institute of Noetic Sciences (www.noetic.org) founded in 1973.
European Transpersonal Psychology Association (www.europsy.org/etpa) founded in 1999.
Mind & Life Institute founded in 1987 (www.mindandlife.org)
International Conference on Science & Consciousness (www.bizspirit.com)
Society for Scientific Exploration (www.scientificexploration.org) founded in 1982.
These Associations and Conferences offer workshops for clinicians interested in using clients' spiritual-orientations to assist in therapeutic interventions and outcomes, and for researchers interested in the relationship between science and consciousness. They also give recognition at their conferences to those individuals past and present who have made contributions to the field of transpersonal studies.
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