Ralph Metzner, Explorer of Consciousness
Inner Traditions Bear and Company (Verlag)
979-8-88850-050-7 (ISBN)
• Includes contributions from Rick Doblin, Charles S. Grob, Stan Grof, Stanley Krippner, Dennis McKenna, the late Christian Rätsch, Richard Strozzi-Heckler, Claudia Mueller-Ebeling, Dorothy Fadiman, Luis Eduardo Luna, and others
• Explores Ralph’s childhood, his time at Harvard with Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert (Ram Dass), his work with Agni Yoga and transpersonal psychology, his development of ecopsychology, and his in-depth psychedelic research
Renowned as a pioneering psychologist, psychedelic elder, alchemical explorer, and shamanic teacher, the late Ralph Metzner (1936–2019) contributed profoundly to consciousness research, transpersonal psychology, and contemporary psychedelic studies across his more than 50-year career.
Celebrating the life and legacy of Ralph Metzner, this book explores how Ralph touched the lives of those around him in extraordinary and remarkable ways, recasting people’s worldviews and inspiring the flowering of creativity, personal growth, and spiritual transformation. There are recollections from the pivotal years of the Sixties, when Ralph conducted research with Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert (Ram Dass). Other contributors describe Ralph’s involvement in the School of Actualism in the 1970s and the profound impact that Agni Yoga had on Ralph’s explorations of consciousness and his healing therapies. We also learn about Ralph’s development of Green Psychology, or ecopsychology, his mystical work exploring prenatal realms of consciousness and channeling, and his healing and transformative “Vision Circles.”
Academic colleagues and a who’s who of fellow psychedelic researchers share stories from their work with Ralph, illuminating his depth of knowledge and broad impact. This book paints a complete portrait of Ralph Metzner in his well-known roles as therapist and psychedelic pioneer and as an intrepid explorer of consciousness until the very end of his life.
Cathy Coleman, Ph.D., was Ralph Metzner’s wife of 31 years. A former dean of students at California Institute of Integral Studies, president of Kepler College, and director of IONS’ EarthRise Retreat Center, she lives in Sonoma, California.
Foreword • by David Presti
Preface • by Cathy Coleman and Simon Warwick-Smith
Overview and Early Life
Ralph Metzner • by Cathy Coleman
Remembering Ralph Metzner: Scholar, Teacher,
Shaman • by David Presti
The Unusual Second Son • by Robin Metzner
There Are No Winners in War • by Richard Strozzi-Heckler
A Scholar, Educator, and Mentor
Entertaining Gods and Goddesses • by Stanley Krippner
Climbing the Ladder of Spiritual Awakening • by DeLee Lantz
Ralph’s Animation of the Academy • by Michael Flanagin
Master Teacher • by Peter Faust
Reflections on a Life Well-Lived • by Roger Marsden
Toward Healing and Transformation: A Letter
to Ralph • by Scott Hill
Mentor and Father Figure • by Daniel Sloan Brown
Psychedelic Medicines
for Healing and Visions
Meteor Showers of Synchronicities • by Stanislav Grof
Personal Inspiration and True Psychedelic
Pioneer • by Rick Doblin
And So It Is, Raoul. And So It Is! • by Charles S. Grob
Remembering Ralph: Reminiscences on a Mentor
and Friend • by Dennis J. McKenna
Courageous Explorer • by Susan Homer
Palenque and Beyond • by Tim Scherer
The Many Faces of Ralph • by Carla Detchon
The Abbess and the Wandering Monk • by Diane Haug
Birth of a Psychedelic Culture • by Gary Bravo
Steppenwolf’s Magic Theater • by Jack Silver
A Man to Remember • by Uwe Doerken
Healing with Salvia divinorum and Ralph's Helping
Hand • by Friedrich Rehrnbeck
The Clear Bead at the Center • by Dorothy Fadiman
The Broken Lineage • by David Lukoff
Extraordinary Things Happened When
I Was with Ralph • by Christian Rätsch
Enchantments • by Claudia Müller-Ebeling
Remembering My Amigo • by Luis Eduardo Luna
Treasured Time with Ralph • by David Jay Brown
Life-Changing Work with Sacred Medicine
Circles • by Mark Seelig
Esoteric Modalities and
Sacred Storytelling
The Great Work • by Alan Levin
All Turned Out for the Good • by Ralph Abraham
At the Well of Remembrance • by Monika Wikman
Ralph’s Ultimate Magical Mystery Tour • by Leo Figgs
Inspiration for New Dimensions Radio • by Justine Willis Toms
A Rich Strand of Jewels • by Paul Müller
Reverend Ralph • by Gail Colombo
Self-Transformation of Beautiful Warrior • by Briege Farrelly
You’ll Always Have a Place in My Heart • by Jamy Faust
Green Psychology
Terrapsychology’s Debt to Ralph Metzner • by Craig Chalquist
The Maternal Mythic Milieu of
Ralph Metzner • by Alastair McIntosh
As Above, So Below • by Sam Mickey
Heeding the Call of the Soul • by Brian Nattrass
Ecological Interconnectedness • by Jan Edl Stein
Artistic Expression
Geomancy and Goddess Imagery • by Christopher Castle
Cosmic Manners: A Song for Ralph Metzner • by Leigh Marz
The Bardo Blues • by Phil Wolfson
The Winged Heart Rises • by Jais Booth
Invocation to the Web of Ralph's Life • by Silvia Nakkach
Mystical Living: Classical and Improv • by Maria Mangini
Conversations with Ralph • by Susan Wright
Death, Conscious Dying,
and the Afterlife
Ralph Metzner: Bodhisattva • by Chellis Glendinning
How to Channel: The Gift Ralph Gave • by Matthew McKay
Afterlife Journey of the Soul in Jewish
Mysticism and Tradition • by Simcha Paull Raphael
Friend, Inspirer, and Companion • by Roger Liggenstorfer,
Christine Heidrich, and Markus Berger
Ralph’s Report on the “Here Now” in the
“Here After” • by Michael Ziegler
Family
Extraordinary Dad • by Sophia Metzner
Adventures Growing Up with Ralph • by Elias Coleman
Jacobson
The Sacred Hoop of Partnership • by Cathy Coleman
Acknowledgments
Glossary of Psychoactive Medicines
Books and Music by Ralph Metzner
About the Editor
| Erscheinungsdatum | 15.10.2024 |
|---|---|
| Vorwort | David E. Presti |
| Zusatzinfo | 62 b&w illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Rochester |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 540 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Esoterik / Spiritualität | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Persönlichkeitsstörungen | |
| ISBN-13 | 979-8-88850-050-7 / 9798888500507 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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