CONTRIBUTORS
Christa W.Anbeek is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the Catholic
Theological Faculty in Utrecht, the Netherlands. She also works as a chaplain at
the Psychiatric Hospital ‘Veldwijk’ in Ermelo, the Netherlands.
Peter A.de Groot is a psychiatrist at the Psychiatric Hospital ‘Veldwijk’ in Ermelo,
the Netherlands.
Tatsuo Haya is Professor at Aomori Public University, specializing in Indian
philosophy and Buddhism, and is a member of the Japanese Association of Indian
and Buddhist Studies.
James W.Heisig is a permanent research fellow of the Nanzan Institute for Religion
and Culture in Nagoya, Japan, where he has been since 1978 and which he served
as director of from 1991–2001. His most recent book is Philosophers of Nothingness:
An Essay on the Kyoto School.
Enko Else Heynekamp is a psychotherapist, psychoanalyst and Buddhist nun who
lives and practices in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Hayao Kawai, is a Professor Emeritus at Kyoto University, the president of the
Japan Society of Certified Clinical Psychologists and the Director-General of the
Agency of Cultural Affairs of Japan. He has written and edited more than fifty
books, including five books in English, including The Japanese Psyche: Major Motifs
in the Fairy Tales of Japan (1988), The Buddhist Priest Myoe: A Life of Dreams (1992)
and Buddhism and the Art of Psychotherapy (1996).
Katherine V.Masis worked as a translator for twelve years and taught philosophy
for six years at the Universidad de Costa Rica in San Jose, Costa Rica, after which
she began a career in psychotherapy. After a thirteen-year Zen practice, she has
recently turned to Vipassana meditation and lives in Portland, Oregon. Her current
interests include research on Buddhism in Latin America and inquiries into
Buddhist child-rearing practices.
Dale Mathers is a Jungian psychoanalyst and a psychiatrist in private practice in
London. He is an Associate member of the Association of Jungian Analysts,
formerly of the British Association of Psychotherapy. He trained at St George’s
Hospital, London, and is a member of the Buddhist Society of London. His book,
Meaning and Purpose in Analytical Psychology, was published by Routledge in 2000.