What is the relation of transpersonal studies to parapsychology?
As an academic discipline, parapsychology is mainly concerned with examining scientifically the evidence for the existence of paranormal phenomena. Unlike transpersonal studies, parapsychology is not primarily concerned with exploring the personal and social meanings and consequences of paranormal experiences. However paranormal experiences and phenomena sometimes result in profound transformations in people’s spiritual and psychological understanding. To this extent, transpersonal research includes study of the paranormal. Because of the different research focus of the two disciplines, they tend to attract rather different people.
