Existentialism and the Transpersonal
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https://doi.org/10.65828/q9nstv13Keywords:
Existentialists, transpersonal, meditationAbstract
An attempt to comment on the low level of attention to the transpersonal in the journal Existential Analysis. In view of the eminent existentialists who have expressed a personal interest in the spiritual realms, this seems odd. Some possible lines of enquiry are pursued.
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