Salmon, Don. Indic influences on modern psychology. Article available online:
http://www.infinityfoundation.com/mandala/i_es/i_es_salmo_influ_frameset.htm.
___. An integrative approach to growth and development. Article available online:
http://www.jps.net/virtreal/education.html. (Based on the Integral Education view of Sri
Aurobindo and The Mother.)
___. Introspection and psychology: A history and proposal. Article available online:
http://www.jps.net/virtreal/introspect.html.
___. The Logic of the Infinite: Experiencing the Soul of Psychology. Forthcoming. See
http://www.infinityfoundation.com/indic_mandala/indic_mandala_frameset.htm. (Also described
with a different title, The Logic of the Infinite: “Integral Psychology” as Envisioned by Sri
Aurobindo and The Mother, and a table of contents is provided at
http://www.jps.net/virtreal/index.html.)
From the author: “I am writing this book in order to bring out aspects of Sri Aurobindo\’s
philosophy which I believe have not yet been sufficiently acknowledged as having a potentially
profound impact on the development of the science and practice of psychology. As Sri Aurobindo
represents a unique East-West synthesis - educated in the finest schools of the West, deeply
knowledgeable of the greatest spiritual traditions of the East - I believe that his work can provide
a powerful means of bringing a spiritual perspective to psychology which would be in harmony
with the best of modern science. Recent scholarship has revealed that Indic influence on modern
thought is far greater than is generally known. It may be that a writer such as Sri Aurobindo, who
understands the culture of both East and West, could be particularly well-suited to help foster a
truly global understanding of science, of humanity, and indeed, of life.
“I have been studying Sri Aurobindo’s writings for the past 25 years, and have written numerous
essays on the ‘Integral Psychology’ which has been developed by several of his students. Several
years ago, I co-founded an online discussion group dedicated to the development of this
psychology, and in 1999 helped to organize the first international ‘Integral Psychology’
conference. While I have had thoughts of writing a book on this topic for several years, the recent
surge of interest in Ken Wilber’s newly christened ‘Integral Psychology’ made me realize that it
is important to publish a book representing the original ideas of Sri Aurobindo. Both Wilber and
other writers in the field of transpersonal psychology have portrayed Sri Aurobindo’s ideas in a
way which requires extensive clarification. I hope that by providing an overview of the
psychological implications of his work, a new initiative in the field of the original ‘Integral
Psychology’ might develop.”
___. Some reflections on Integral Psychotherapy. 1998. Article available online:
http://www.jps.net/virtreal/workgroups-tpy-reflections-on-ip.html.
___. Towards a truly integrative psychotherapy. Article available online:
http://www.jps.net/virtreal/workgroups-tpy-tertiary-process.html.
“This paper was written in response to a common misunderstanding of spiritually based therapy
among mainstream psychotherapists. The complex highly integrated state of oneness which is
realized in advanced states of meditation is often taken—particularly by those trained in
psychoanalytic schools—to be a kind of regressed, primitive state. The philosopher Richard Tarnas
addressed this misunderstanding in a lecture he gave using 3 very simple but brilliant illustrations.