Margaret Duarte

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Transpersonal Psychology and Visionary Fiction; their time has come

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What do Transpersonal Psychology and Visionary Fiction have in common and why do I say their time has come?

The much-condensed answer is:
1. Both are spiritual, but not religious
2. Both envision humanity’s transition into evolved
consciousness
3. Both include themes of non-ordinary states and
experiences
4. Both are relevant due to the growing interest into the
science of spirituality, well-being, and happiness
5. Both remain on the margins of conventional mainstream, on
the cusp of finding their niche

Transpersonal Psychology is a sub-field of psychology that focuses on the spiritual dimension of our lives.

Visionary Fiction is a sub-genre of speculative fiction with mind, body, spirit themes and perspectives, including consciousness expansion, spirituality, mysticism, and parapsychology.

In the simplest terms, Transpersonal Psychology is the PSYCHOLOGY of transformation and Visionary Fiction is the GENRE of transformation.

BETWEEN WILL AND SURRENDER, book one of my “Enter the Between” Visionary Fiction series, introduces transpersonal psychologist, Dr. Tony Mendez.

He explains: “I am sensitive to the spiritual dimensions of reality, one reason I specialize in psychology that supports the transformative potential of spiritual emergencies rather than treats them as mental diseases. Transpersonal psychotherapy rests on the belief that there is something bigger and deeper in the space between that operates upon us.”

Transpersonal Psychology and Visionary Fiction help us realize that we are spiritual beings in physical bodies and our consciousness exists on more than one level, making it easier for us to reach self-actualization and self-fulfillment.

Both are much needed in today’s world, and with our awareness and support, we can help bring them into the mainstream.

Thanks, as always, for stopping by.

About Margaret Duarte

Former middle school teacher, Margaret Duarte, lives on a California dairy farm with a herd of “happy cows,” a constant reminder that the greenest pastures lie closest to home. Margaret earned her creative writing certificate through UC Davis Extension and has since published four novels in her “Enter the Between” visionary fiction series: Between Will and Surrender, Between Darkness and Dawn, Between Yesterday and Tomorrow, and Between Now and Forever. Her poem and story credits include SPC Tule Review; The California Writers Club Literary Review; finalist in the 2017 SLO Nightwriters Golden Quill Writing Contest; First Place winner for fiction in 2016, Second Place winner for fiction in 2018, Honorable Mention for fiction in 2019, and Gold winner for fiction in 2020 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLISHERS AND AUTHORS Book Awards Competition; 2019 California Author Project winner for adult fiction.

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  1. Vic Smith says

    Important comparison, Margaret. Thanks. I’ve read a lot of Ken Wilber’s books and participated in the Integral Movement. He is one of the giants of TP and even wrote a novel, Boomeritis, that likely qualifies as VF, come to think of it.

  2. Margaret Duarte says

    I tried reading Ken Wilber’s The Atman Project: A Transpersonal View of Human Development, but it was too deep for me. Fortunately, some of Stanislav Grof’s work was easier to understand. I’ll have to check out Boomeritis.

  4. Margaret Duarte says

    Thanks, Rea. TP and VF are such interesting subjects on their own, combined, even more interesting.