This book fills a great void existing, until now, in the description and understanding of the history of modern psychology. It sheds light on one of the most unknown and least assumed aspects of the historical development of humanistic-transpersonally oriented psychotherapy, by exposing, in a systematic and adequately documented way, the details of the development of therapeutic processes, the personal stories of the pioneers of the Human Potential Movement and the, in many ways, profound impact that Osho (also known as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh) had on hundreds of psychologists, psychiatrists, and therapists between the 1970s and 1990s.
Numerous of the most prominent figures of the humanistic-transpersonal movement were in direct contact or were indirectly influenced by the teachings of this controversial and unorthodox contemporary spiritual teacher. This book intertwines, in an entertaining way, precise historical information and anecdotes experienced and related by the protagonists of this time.
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Índice
- Preface to the third Spanish edition
- Preface for the first Spanish edition
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- The First Part
- Chapter I. Humanistic Psychology
- Chapter II. Esalen
- Chapter III. Other approaches
- Chapter IV. Europe the new old continent
- Chapter V. Reaching the limit. The limits of humanistic psychology
- Chapter VI. Osho
- Chapter VII. In Search of Enlightenment
- The Second Part
- Chapter VIII. Pune. Shree Rajneesh Ashram
- Chapter IX. Therapy Groups in the East
- Chapter X. Consolidating the Experiment
- Chapter XI. The New Groups of 1978 and the Creation of Osho International University
- Chapter XII. The Last Phase in India
- Chapter XIII. Geetam, the Community in the Desert
- Chapter XIV. Rajneeshpuram, The Ranch in Oregon
- Chapter XV. Pune II. Osho Commune International
- Chapter XVI. The Sphere of Influence
- Onomastic Index
- Glossary of terms
- References
- Interviews
- Films
- Photographs