1st Edition

Integrating Brain, Mind, Soul, and Spirit Exploring Transpersonal Psychology, Psychedelics, and Altered States of Consciousness

By Eric John Parkins Copyright 2025
348 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

348 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

348 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Referring to major spiritual traditions, transpersonal psychology, neuropsychology, neuroscience, and modern physics, this book identifies and systematically integrates core ideas concerning psychospiritual development. Integrating Brain, Mind, Soul, and Spirit presents neuropsychological research on psychedelics, with reference to mystical experience, and Psi/extrasensory perception as an... Read more

1. Spirituality, Religion, and Transpersonal Psychology  2. Psychedelics: Spiritual Experiences, the Brain, and Psychotherapy   3. Parapsychology  4. Physics of the Macrocosm and Human Microcosm  5. Metaphysics of the Macrocosm  6. Metaphysics of the Human Microcosm  7. The Soul  8. The Mind  9. The Brain: Mind, Soul, and Spirit  10. Psychospiritual Phenomena and Processes  11. Spiritual Development  12. Death, Afterlife, and Reincarnation  13. Psychospiritual Development: Processes, Challenges, and Opportunities  14. Brain, Mind, Soul, and Spirit: Summaries, Correspondences, and Integration

Biography

Eric John Parkins studied at Imperial College, Oxford University, and Manchester University. He has a PhD in engineering, a PhD in psychology, and postgraduate qualifications in education and in integrative psychotherapy. Whilst working at the University of Nottingham, he lectured on Gestalt psychology, psychosynthesis, and meditation. He is author of the book Cerebellum and Cerebrum in Homeostatic Control and Cognition, published by Routledge in 2022.