TRANSPERSONAL HOT-SPOTS - REFLECTIONS ON THE NEW EDITIONS OF UP-FROM-EDEN, THE ATMAN-PROJECT, AND EYE-TO-EYE

The author reviews a dozen ''hot spots'' in humanistic and transperson al studies by reflecting on the new forewords to three of his boobs. T opics include cultural evolution, the nature of conventional as well a s higher stages of human development, the possibility of grounding and confirming spiritual knowledge, and the relation of such spiritual kn owledge to rational and empirical knowledge. The author concludes with an explanation of the structure of one of his most recent boobs, Sex, Ecology, Spirituality.