Transpersonal Psychology Section Annual Conference 2023

Registration

Registration is available online only. 

All rates listed are inclusive of VAT at 20%.

Our Venue Cober Hill will only have 18 places available for full board - so these will be reserved on a first come first serve basis - but be assured there are plenty of other venues* nearby and, if necessary, we should also be able to provide pickups and drop-offs for people nearby

Early Rate Ends on 31st July 2023.

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Keynote speakers

Michael Daniels PhD - Roots and branches of transpersonal psychology

This paper explores the historical roots of transpersonal psychology and the ways in which these have affected the development and status of the discipline. I trace the roots of transpersonal psychology within spiritual traditions, philosophy, psychology, psychical research, and socio-political movements and show how this has resulted in a rich diversity of voices, schools, and approaches. I argue that transpersonal psychology has many intertwining branches that are connected only by a common quest to understand humanity's spiritual impulse.

Les Lancaster PhD - Eighteen steps that changed the world: Kabbalah and the unconscious

Influences on the history of transpersonal psychology from religious and mystical traditions have been many and varied. Daoism, Vedanta and Buddhism, for example, have impacted notions of self and transformative practice. In this lecture I will explore the specific role that Kabbalah and Rabbinic thought have played in the development of transpersonal psychology's notion of the unconscious. Historically, the dynamic between Christianity and Judaism has been such that Jews and their religion took on the role of shadow to the dominant religion. In this context, the Kabbalah became a mysticism of the unconscious. Some of the significant evolutionary jumps in the western cultural milieu made by the dominant Christian culture in Europe occurred when it paid creative attention to its shadow, as instantiated by Jews, their religion and especially their mysticism. I argue that there is a pattern to these processes in the collective psyche that parallel those Jung discerned in the personal individuation process: The first step entails turning to the shadow. I explore the fate of this inter-religious dynamic in recent times, and the role of mysticism in post-institutional religion.

And … the 18 steps? Well … all will be revealed … you'll just have to be present!

Vivianne Crowley PhD

Dr Vivianne Crowley is a Chartered Psychologist specialising in mindfulness-based interventions and spiritual growth. She trained in counselling and therapy with Ian-Gordon Brown at the Centre for Transpersonal Psychology, London. She is a professor in the Faculty of Pastoral Counseling and Chaplaincy, Cherry Hill Seminary, Columbia SC, USA, and teaches Psychology of Religion and Psychology of the Paranormal at Nottingham Trent University, UK. She sits on the Contemporary Pagan Studies program committee of the American Academy of Religion. She was formerly Lecturer in Psychology of Religion at King's College, University of London, and taught on the first Master's programme in Psychology of Religion In Europe, where she specialised in Jung and the Post-Jungians and the impact of eastern spiritual traditions on Western psychology. She has numerous academic publications on contemporary Paganism, women spiritual leaders and Jungian psychology, as well as twenty popular books on related subjects, including the best-selling Wicca: The Old Religion in the Modern World, and a memoir Wild Once, published this March by Penguin-Random House.

Speakers 

Michael Daniels PhD

Michael Daniels, PhD was formerly Senior Lecturer in Psychology, and Co-Director of the Consciousness and Transpersonal Psychology Research Unit at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) where, in 1994, he co-founded the ground-breaking MSc in Consciousness and Transpersonal Psychology.
A chartered psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, he served as Editor of Transpersonal Psychology Review from 2008 to 2013.

He taught in higher education for more than 30 years, in the areas of humanistic psychology, transpersonal psychology, parapsychology, research methods, personality theory, developmental psychology, and counselling. For six years (1993–1998) he also trained and practised as an honorary psychotherapist (psychodynamic) in the National Health Service.

His publications include numerous articles and chapters, and three books: Self-Discovery the Jungian Way: The Watchword Technique (1992/2015), Shadow, Self, Spirit: Essays in Transpersonal Psychology (2005/2021), and The I Ching Oracle: A Modern Approach to Ancient Wisdom (2017).

He retired from academic life in 2010 and moved to the Isle of Man where he pursues a variety of professional and leisure interests.

Les Lancaster PhD

Les Lancaster is Founding Director and Academic Dean of the Alef Trust, a non-profit Community Interest Company that has become an international leader in holistic and online education. He is Professor Emeritus of Transpersonal Psychology at Liverpool John Moores University, Honorary Research Fellow in Religions and Theology, University of Manchester, UK, and Associated Distinguished Professor of Integral and Transpersonal Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies, US.

He has previously served as Chair of the Transpersonal Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society, as President of the International Transpersonal Association, as a Board member of the Association for Transpersonal Psychology, and as a committee member of the Consciousness and Experiential Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society.

His research interests focus on the cognitive neuroscience of consciousness and the connections between this topic and mysticism, focusing especially on kabbalistic psychology. His published books include The essence of kabbalah and Approaches to consciousness: The marriage of science and mysticism. In over 50 journal articles and chapters in edited books, he has explored the relevance of kabbalistic ideas and practices to contemporary psychology.

Location

Cober Hill 

Newlands Rd

Cloughton

Scarborough

YO13 0AR

Accommodation

Our Venue Cober Hill will only have 18 places available for full board - so these will be reserved on a first come first serve basis - but be assured there are plenty of other venues nearby and, if necessary, we should also be able to provide pickups and drop-offs for people staying locally.

• Find out more about accommodation in the area

• Find out more about Harmony Lodge Burniston

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