Dr Michael Daniels (born 1950) is a British transpersonal psychologist and parapsychologist. A Chartered Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the

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, he was formerly a senior lecturer in Psychology at

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. He is currently the Editor o
''Transpersonal Psychology Review''
(The Journal of the British Psychological Society Transpersonal Psychology Section). Daniels studied psychology at the University of Leeds, where he obtained a BSc (Hons, 1st Class) Psychology (1974), and PhD Psychology (1981). His doctoral dissertation examined the relationship of mental disorder and personality to

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's theory of self-actualization and Lawrence Kohlberg's theory of moral development. Daniels also trained and practiced for six years as an Honorary

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( psychodynamic) within the British National Health Service.Daniels, M. (2005). ''Shadow, Self, Spirit: Essays in Transpersonal Psychology''. Exeter: Imprint Academic. Daniels is the author of two books and more than 30 journal articles and book chapters on observational methods, self-actualization theory, moral development, the psychology of the shadow and evil, Jungian psychology, transpersonal theory, mystical experience, parapsychology and poltergeists. He is also the developer of th
Watchword Technique
of Jungian self-analysis, of the parapsychology and psychical research websit
psychicscience.org
the transpersonal studies websit
transpersonalscience.org
and the mind magic websit
mindmagician.org
Daniels has two daughters - Penny Daniels, born in 1991 and Lottie Daniels, born in 1993.

Selected bibliography

Daniels, M. (2005).
Shadow, Self, Spirit: Essays in Transpersonal Psychology
'. Exeter: Imprint Academic. Daniels, M. (2002). The "Brother Doli" case: Investigation of apparent poltergeist-type manifestations in North Wales. ''Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 66.4, No. 869'', 193-221. Reprinted in R. Wiseman & C. Watt (eds.) (2005). ''Parapsychology (The International Library of Psychology)''. Ashgate Publishing. Daniels, M. (1992 / 2012).

'. London & New York: Routledge (Revised edition Lybrary.com, 2012). Daniels, M. (1981). ''Morality and the Person: An Examination of the Relationship of Moral Development to Self-Actualization, Mental Disorder, and Personality''. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Leeds.

References

External links

Michael Daniels's Psychic Science WebsiteMichael Daniels's Transpersonal Science WebsiteMichael Daniels's Mind Magician WebsiteWatchword Technique of Jungian Self-Analysis
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