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Research approaches in the field of transpersonal psychology can be
transformative for researchers, participants, and the audience of a
project. This book offers these transformative approaches to those
conducting research across the human sciences and the humanities.
Rosemarie Anderson and William Braud first described such methods
in "Transpersonal Research Methods for the Social Sciences" (1998).
Since that time, in hundreds of empirical studies, these methods
have been tested and integrated with qualitative, quantitative, and
mixed-method research designs. Anderson and Braud, writing with a
contribution from Jennifer Clements, invite scholars to bring
multiple ways of knowing and personal resources to their
scholarship. While emphasizing established research conventions for
rigor, Anderson and Braud encourage researchers to plumb the depths
of intuition, imagination, play, mindfulness, compassion,
creativity, and embodied writing as research skills. Experiential
exercises to help readers develop these skills are provided.
Attuned to the movements of nature, the Celts understood that all
things are connected, and they "divined" answers to their queries
as well as what the future holds from the animals, plants, the
winds, and the seasons. Trees and animals had particular knowledge
of past, present, and future. Through natural methods of
divination, bards, healers, soothsayers, and holy women and men
gained powers to see into the unseen. Stories and legends of their
powers were told and retold, transmitting an enormous store of
wisdom across the generations. In this oracle deck and guidebook,
Rosemarie Anderson interprets Celtic myths and legends to create an
oracle system of 64 cards featuring symbols from the ancient Celtic
ways of knowing. The symbols represent three thousand years of
Celtic culture and history, derived from archaeological excavations
of Bronze and Iron Age Celtic sites throughout Europe and from the
myths, folktales, and faery traditions still flourishing in rural
Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The symbols of the cards represent
cauldrons, spirals, leprechauns, faeries, animals, trees, the
wondrous child (Cu Chulainn), the Sacred King, Cernunnos (the
antlered god), the Morrigan (the raven goddess), Tir na nog (the
Blessed Isles), and other imagery and figures from Celtic lore. The
accompanying guidebook explores the meaning, symbology, and mythic
background for each card, such as how the Triple-Mother Goddess
(Card 1) represents magnificence and the primal goddess in all her
aspects--maiden, mother, and crone. The guidebook also explores the
Celtic worldview, the basic principles of Celtic divination, as
well as how to use the oracle to receive answers to specific
questions. Conveying the power and wisdom of the ancient Celtic
ways of knowing, this oracle offers a hands-on way to gain insight
into the hidden forces at play in our lives.
The first translation of the ancient classic that reveals the
feminine nature of the Tao * Restores the feminine essence of the
Tao Te Ching as well as the simplicity and poetic undertones of the
chapters * Offers commentary for each of the 81 chapters and key
Chinese characters to reveal their profound wisdom * Translated
from ancient silk and bamboo slip manuscripts, the oldest known
copies of the Tao Te Ching * Paper with French flaps In this book,
Rosemarie Anderson shares her discoveries of the Divine Feminine
Tao alongside her original translation of the Tao Te Ching. Working
from ancient silk and bamboo slip manuscripts, the oldest known
copies of the Tao Te Ching, the author slowly translated all 81
chapters over the course of two years, allowing each section to
reveal its intimate poetic and spiritual nature. To her surprise,
she discovered that the Tao was unmistakably feminine, consistently
referred to as "mother," "virgin," and the "womb" of creation.
Anderson explains how the Tao is a feminine force, the Dark Womb of
Creation, the Immortal Void renewing life again and again in
ordinary times and in times of crisis. She offers commentary for
each of the 81 chapters to help reveal their profound wisdom. The
author also restores the chapters' simplicity and musical
undertones, explaining how, in the original Chinese manuscripts,
the text is poetic and rhymed because the Tao Te Ching was often
recited or sung--yet most English translations are written in
scholarly prose with long sentences and complex syntax. She shows
how the great Tao's message of wei wu wei--"act without acting" and
"do without doing"--offers a path of peace and well-being for
ourselves and for our relationships with others and the earth, a
path that arises from spontaneous action that seeks no gain for the
self. Capturing the original feminine nature of this ancient text,
Anderson's translation sheds new light on the esoteric wisdom
contained within the Tao Te Ching and on the mystical feminine
essence of the Tao.
This unique text provides a broad introduction to qualitative
analysis together with concrete demonstrations and comparisons of
five major approaches. Leading scholars apply their respective
analytic lenses to a narrative account and interview featuring
"Teresa," a young opera singer who experienced a career-changing
illness. The resulting analyses vividly exemplify what each
approach looks like in action. The researchers then probe the
similarities and differences among their approaches; their
distinctive purposes and strengths; the role, style, and
subjectivity of the individual researcher; and the scientific and
ethical complexities of conducting qualitative research. Also
included are the research participant's responses to each analysis
of her experience. A narrative account from another research
participant, "Gail," can be used by readers to practice the kinds
of analysis explored in the book.
There is no shortage of research methods that are easily applied to
the study of everyday human experience. How, though, does one
attempt to study extraordinary human experiences ultimate values
and meanings, peak experiences, transcendence, and heightened
awareness, among others? Authors William Braud and Rosemarie
Anderson introduce a series of transpersonal research methods that
are intended to help researchers develop new ways of knowing and
methods of inquiry. While these methods will be of particular
interest to researchers in transpersonal psychology, humanistic
psychology, or transpersonal studies applied to traditional fields,
the authors argue that these approaches with their emphasis on
developing intuition, empathy, self-awareness can benefit anyone
involved in the research enterprise. With its solid grounding in
transpersonal studies and extensive coverage of qualitative
approaches without ignoring quantitative approaches, Transpersonal
Research Methods for the Social Sciences will be an invaluable
addition to the libraries of researchers across many disciplines,
as well as a supplement in research methods courses.
There is no shortage of research methods that are easily applied to the study of everyday human experience. How, though, does one attempt to study extraordinary human experiences ultimate values and meanings, peak experiences, transcendence, and heightened awareness, among others? Authors William Braud and Rosemarie Anderson introduce a series of transpersonal research methods that are intended to help researchers develop new ways of knowing and methods of inquiry. While these methods will be of particular interest to researchers in transpersonal psychology, humanistic psychology, or transpersonal studies applied to traditional fields, the authors argue that these approaches with their emphasis on developing intuition, empathy, self-awareness can benefit anyone involved in the research enterprise. With its solid grounding in transpersonal studies and extensive coverage of qualitative approaches without ignoring quantitative approaches, Transpersonal Research Methods for the Social Sciences will be an invaluable addition to the libraries of researchers across many disciplines, as well as a supplement in research methods courses.
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