Writing for the Whole Person
This text, written for students and teachers of English Composition, incorporates
writing instruction with concepts of transpersonal psychology in a holistic and
cosmic approach to writing. The text comprises nine units, which include teaching
materials, group and individual exercises, and writing assignments. Unit I presents
techniques of relaxation, meditation, affirmation, and consciousness raising. Unit
II introduces parapsychology with silent tarot readings readings exercises and class exercises in
psychic interviewing. Unit III uses guided fantasies to help students relive
experiences and imagine situations. Unit IV relates to personal growth, micro-macro
movement, and unity and diversity. This unit provides assignments to nurture
students’ cosmic consciousness.
In Unit V, several concepts related to creativity
are encountered, including hemispheric dominance and biofeedback, and exercises are
presented which extend students’ awareness of their brain’s right side. Unit VI
presents tarotthree inner-awareness options which employ the techniques of gestalt
psychology. Spirituality, transcendence, and peak experience are the foci of Unit
VII, in which literary examples are provided of transcendent states. Unit VIII
provides a collection of materials relating to birth, death, and reincarnation, for
use in developing writing assignments. The final unit lists term paper subjects
which can be explored using a “New Age” perspective. Appendices include a glossary,
film list, and summary of student responses to the approach.
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