[P2P-F] Fwd: Paperback Edition of Participation and the Mystery

Sat Jan 13 06:47:45 CET 2018

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From: Jorge Ferrer <jorgeferrer2012 at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 8:08 PM
Subject: Paperback Edition of Participation and the Mystery
To: Jorge Ferrer <jferrer at ciis.edu>

Dear friends and colleagues:

I am very pleased to inform you that the *paperback edition* of my new
book, *Participation and the Mystery: Transpersonal Essays in Psychology,
Education, and Religion* (SUNY Press, 2017), is finally out! Amazon lists
the book as *#1 Release in Transpersonal Psychology*. In addition to being
substantially cheaper, this edition corrects typos included in the
hardcover version.

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Participation-Mystery-
Transpersonal-Psychology-Education/dp/143846486X/ref=
tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

SUNY Press: http://www.sunypress.edu/p-6388-participation-and-the-
mystery.aspx

Needless to say, I would appreciate it if you kindly circulate this news
through your networks, but please feel no pressure to do so.

Warmest regards,

Jorge

*Summary*

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<http://www.sunypress.edu/pdf/63513.pdf>

*A groundbreaking and hopeful new look at contemporary spirituality,
transpersonal psychology, integral education, and religious diversity and
pluralism.*

*Participation and the Mystery* is both an introduction to and expansion of
Jorge N. Ferrer’s groundbreaking work on participatory spirituality, which
holds that human beings are active cocreators of spiritual phenomena,
worlds, and even ultimates. After examining the impact of his work since
the publication of *Revisioning Transpersonal Theory*, Ferrer discusses the
relationship between science and transpersonal psychology, the nature of a
fully embodied spirituality, and the features of integral spiritual
practice. The book also introduces a participatory philosophy of education
and applies it to the academic teaching of mysticism and a novel approach
to embodied spiritual inquiry. Critically engaging the influential work of
Stanislav Grof, Ken Wilber, and A. H. Almaas, Ferrer concludes with an
original solution to the problem of religious pluralism that affirms the
ontological richness of religious worlds while avoiding the extremes of
perennialism and contextualism, offering a hopeful vision for the future of
world religion. *Participation and the Mystery* is an invaluable resource
to anyone seeking to deepen their understanding of participatory approaches
to transpersonal psychology, integral and contemplative education,
contemporary spirituality, and religious studies.

“…these brilliant new essays are required reading for anyone seriously
interested in spirituality, psychology, religion, mysticism, philosophy of
science and education … the volume is highly stimulating and
thought-provoking in articulating a participatory perspective across a
number of disciplines and challenging us to become more integral, embodied
and responsible.” — *Paradigm Explorer*

“…a fine book, serving as a compelling addition to Jorge Ferrer’s
distinctive approach to transpersonal psychology. For those who are
unfamiliar with the field, this volume might well serve as an initiation to
further reading. For those conversant with transpersonalism, there is a
rich and wide-ranging engagement here with relevant fields of research, and
Ferrer advances and elucidates his previous work in a number of new and
valuable ways.” — *Reading Religion*

“The range of ideas expressed in this compelling series of papers is
extensive.” — *Journal of Analytical Psychology*

“In *Participation and the Mystery*, we are given the opportunity to dive
into the engaging, provocative, and stunningly erudite thought of Jorge N.
Ferrer, arguably one of the premier transpersonal theorists of our time.
Building on the key essays written after the publication of his seminal
work, *Revisioning Transpersonal Theory*, Ferrer shows us how his
compelling and extremely fertile participatory model can be applied, with
intriguing and rewarding results, to multiple, highly distinct fields of
discourse. Read this book if you want your worldview to be both challenged
and enriched.” — G. William Barnard, author of *Living Consciousness: The
Metaphysical Vision of Henri Bergson*

“Ferrer is a leading figure in transpersonal psychology. His participatory
perspective explains both the deep commonalities and the creative diversity
of spiritual traditions. It provides a way to understand the general
phenomenon of spirituality without falling prey to ideological dogmatism or
the tendency to privilege one’s own spiritual tradition or practice over
others. Ferrer’s work deserves to be widely read.” — Michael Washburn,
author of *Transpersonal Psychology in Psychoanalytic Perspective*

“This is an important collection of essays from one of the leading
contemporary thinkers in transpersonal studies. Ferrer’s participatory
approach represents the most significant development in transpersonal
theory and practice to have emerged this century, and this book is the
ideal introduction to Ferrer’s work. It will become required reading for
all students of transpersonal psychology, as well as for anyone seeking to
deepen their understanding of transformational practice, transpersonal
education, spirituality, and religion.” — Michael Daniels, author of *Shadow,
Self, Spirit: Essays in Transpersonal Psychology*

“Rich and thought-provoking, this book ranges widely through Ferrer’s
reflections on the participatory worldview in relation to psychology,
education, and religion.” — Andrew O. Fort, Texas Christian University

*Jorge N. Ferrer* is Professor of East-West Psychology at the California
Institute of Integral Studies. He is the author of *Revisioning
Transpersonal Theory: A Participatory Vision of Human Spirituality* and the
coeditor, with Jacob H. Sherman, of *The Participatory Turn: Spirituality,
Mysticism, Religious Studies*, both also published by SUNY Press.

-- 
Jorge N. Ferrer, PhD
Core faculty
Department of East-West Psychology
California Institute of Integral Studies
San Francisco, California
http://www.ciis.edu/faculty-and-staff-directory/jorge-n-ferrer-bio

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