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This ground-breaking book extends and critiques
Stanislav Grof s work on psycho-spiritual
transformation by considering whether adolescents can
experience spiritual emergency . Grof contends that
the human psyche, stimulated by new material
originating from loss experiences will spontaneously
reorganise itself. This process either unfolds gently
as spiritual emergence or overwhelms the individual
as a spiritual emergency. By examining the deeply
introspective soliloquies of Shakespeare s Hamlet
through the lens of Grof s extended cartography of
the psyche the author reveals extraordinarily vivid
and powerful dimensions of adolescent loss
experience. This challenging work identifies
significant connections between the notion of
positive personal transformation, the work of grief
and loss theorists, and a number of developmental,
educational, philosophical, psychological and
spiritual positions. It argues for the
acknowledgment and identification of this potentially
difficult and discomforting experience and recommends
that further research be undertaken to understand the
significant link between stressful life events and
crises of consciousness in young people.
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Peter Bray, Ph.D., is a Senior Lecturer in Counselling in the
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the Eastern Institute of
Technology in Napier, New Zealand. Dr. Bray's research interests
include the impact of losses in adolescence with particular
emphasis on the spiritual dimensions of post-traumatic growth,
and the practice of counselling.
