The International Transpersonal Association (ITA) is membership organization in the field of
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History
The organization was founded in 1978 by
Stanislav Grof
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and
Richard Price
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[Book review: Holotropic breathwork; a new approach to self-exploration and therapy. ''Reference and Research Book News''; Portland Vol. 26, Iss. 1, (Feb 2011).][Grof, S., Friedman, H., Lukoff, D., & Hartelius, G. (2008). The past and future of the International Transpersonal Association. ''International Journal of Transpersonal Studies'', 27(1), 55–62. https://dx.doi.org/10.24972/ijts.2008.27.1.55]
In 1980 the association was incorporated, in California, as an organization promoting
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education and scientific
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By 1985 the association was based in
San Diego
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and had, by then, hosted a number of international transpersonal conferences.
[Valle, Ronald S. & Harari, Carmi. Current developments in...Transpersonal Psychology. ''The Humanistic Psychologist'' 11, Vol. 13, NO. 1, Winter 1985][Tarnas, Richard. A New Birth In Freedom. A Review of Jorge Ferrer's Revisioning Transpersonal Theory: A Participatory Vision of Human Spirituality. ''Journal of Transpersonal Psychology'', 2001, Vol. 33, No. I]
In 2004 the organization was dissolved, but later re-incorporated. The new ITA was corporated in may 2008.
Representatives of the organization was among the contributors to the ''Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Transpersonal Psychology'' (2nd Edition.)
[Book review: The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Transpersonal Psychology, 2nd Edition. ''ProtoView''; Beaverton, Vol. 3, Iss. 1, Beaverton: Ringgold Inc. (Jan 5, 2016)]
Publications
The association publishes the ''
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
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''. The journal is sponsored by the
California Institute of Integral Studies
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See also
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