Rosemarie Anderson & William Braud 
Transforming Self and Others through Research [EPUB ebook] 
Transpersonal Research Methods and Skills for the Human Sciences and Humanities

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.

Cuprins

List of Tables

List of Figures



Acknowledgments



Preface




Introduction to Part 1: Transpersonal Research Methods



1. Intuitive Inquiry: The Ways of the Heart in Human Science Research


Rosemarie Anderson



2. Integral Inquiry: The Principles and Practices of an Inclusive and Integrated Research Approach


William Braud



3. Organic Inquiry: Research in Partnership With Spirit


Jennifer Clements (Invited Contributor)




Introduction to Part 2: Transpersonal Research Skills and the Preparedness of the Researcher



4. Intention, Quietude and Slowing, Attention, and Mindfulness



5. Visual, Auditory, Visceral, and Movement-related Senses



6. Unconscious Processes, Direct Knowing, and Empathic Identification



7. Play, Creative Arts, and Embodied Writing



8. An Expanded View of Validity



9. A Transformative Vision for Research and Scholarship



References

About the Coauthors and Contributor

Index

Despre autor

Rosemarie Anderson is Professor of Transpersonal Psychology at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. She is the author of
Celtic Oracles: A New System for Spiritual Growth and the coauthor of
Five Ways of Doing Qualitative Analysis: Phenomenological Psychology, Grounded Theory, Discourse Analysis, Narrative Research, and Intuitive Inquiry.
William Braud is Professor Emeritus at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology and the author of
Distant Mental Influence: Its Contributions to Science, Healing, and Human Interactions. Anderson and Braud are the coauthors of
Transpersonal Research Methods for the Social Sciences: Honoring Human Experience.