The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology is a semi-annual, peer-reviewed academic journal

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 which is published by the Association for Transpersonal Psychology. The website of the journal defines transpersonal psychology as follows:

As a major orientation in psychology, a transpersonal perspective connects contemporary educational, scientific, and clinical methods with personal, social, and spiritual understanding. It is concerned with full human awareness, the integration of psychological and spiritual experience, and the transcendence of self.

According to the Association for Transpersonal Psychology website, "The Association's mission is to promote eco-spiritual

Ecopsychology

Ecopsychology connects psychology and ecology. Its political and practical goals are to show humans ways of healing alienation and to build a "sane" society and a sustainable culture. Theodore Roszak is credited with coining the term in his 1992 book, The Voice of the Earth...

 transformation through transpersonal

Transpersonal

The term transpersonal is often used to refer to psychological categories that transcend the normal features of ordinary ego-functioning. That is, stages of psychological growth, or stages of consciousness, that move beyond the rational andprecede the mystical...

 inquiry and action."

Its current editor is Marcie Boucouvalas. Current members of the board of editors include: Jorge Ferrer

Jorge Ferrer

Jorge Ferrer is chair of the department of East-West Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies. He is also the author of Revisioning Transpersonal Theory: A Participatory Vision of Human Spirituality, and co-editor of The Participatory Turn: Spirituality, Mysticism, Religious...

, Daniel Goleman

Daniel Goleman

Daniel Jay Goleman is an author, psychologist, and science journalist. For twelve years, he wrote for The New York Times, specializing in psychology and brain sciences. He is the author of more than 10 books on psychology, education, science, and leadership.-Life:Goleman was born in Stockton,...

, Stanislav Grof

Stanislav Grof

Stanislav Grof is a psychiatrist, one of the founders of the field of transpersonal psychology and a pioneering researcher into the use of non-ordinary states of consciousness for purposes of analyzing, healing, and obtaining growth and insight into the human psyche...

, Herbert Guenther, Stanley Krippner

Stanley Krippner

Stanley Krippner is an American psychologist, and an executive faculty member and Professor of Psychology at Saybrook University in San Francisco...

, Lawrence LeShan

Lawrence LeShan

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, John Levy

John Levy

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, David Loy

David Loy

David Robert Loy is an American author and authorized teacher in the Sanbo Kyodan lineage of Japanese Zen Buddhism.-Early life:Loy was born in the Panama Canal Zone. His father was in the U.S. Navy so the family traveled a great deal. He attended Carleton College in Minnesota, and spent his junior...

, Michael Murphy

Michael Murphy (author)

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, Huston Smith

Huston Smith

Huston Cummings Smith is a religious studies scholar in the United States. His book The World's Religions remains a popular introduction to comparative religion.-Education:...

, Charles Tart

Charles Tart

Dr. Charles T. Tart is an American psychologist and parapsychologist known for his psychological work on the nature of consciousness , as one of the founders of the field of transpersonal psychology, and for his research in scientific parapsychology. He earned his Ph. D...

, Jenny Wade

Jenny Wade

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, Michael Washburn, John Welwood

John Welwood

John Welwood is an American psychotherapist, teacher, and author, known for integrating psychological and spiritual concepts.-Bibliography:* The Meeting of the Ways: Explorations in East/West Psychology ISBN 0805206191...