Robert Frager
Robert Frager is a Harvard-trained psychologist. He is the past president of the Association for Transpersonal Psychology and the founder of the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, where he is currently Director of the low residency Master of Arts in Spiritual Guidance program and professor of Psychology.[1]
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[edit] Life
Frager is renowned[citation needed] for his pioneering work in the field of transpersonal psychology and for his role in establishing the country's first educational institution dedicated to this emerging field of research and practice. He also teaches courses in Spiritual Psychology and The Wisdom of Islam at the online University of Philosophical Research in Los Angeles and also in the online MA program of the Holmes Institute.[citation needed]
He is also a Sufi teacher, or sheikh, in the Halveti-Jerrahi Order,[2] in which he was initiated by Muzaffer Ozak. He currently leads a dergah (Sufi community) in Redwood City, California as Sheikh Ragip al-Jerrahi.[2]
Frager has been practicing the martial arts for over 50 years. He has been practicing Aikido since 1964 and currently holds the rank of 7th dan. He personally trained with the founder of Aikido, Morihei Ueshiba, while living in Tokyo, Japan in the mid-1960s.[citation needed]
[edit] Education
- Reed College, Portland, Oregon, United States, 1957-1961, B.A., Psychology
- Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, 1961-1967, Ph.D., Social Psychology
- East-West Center, Honolulu, 1963-1965, Fellow
- Keio University, Tokyo, 1967-1968, Research Fellow
[edit] Selected bibliography
- Motivation and Personality (1986, supervising editor)
- Love Is the Wine: Talks of a Sufi Master in America (1987, editor)
- Personality and Personal Growth (1993 onwards)
- Who Am I?: Personality Types for Self-Discovery (1994)
- Essential Sufism, an anthology of Sufi teaching materials (1997)
- Heart, Self and Soul: The Sufi Psychology of Growth, Balance, and Harmony (1999)
- The Wisdom of Islam: A Practical Guide to the Wisdom of Islamic Belief (2002)
[edit] References
- ^ Staff. "Who is Robert Frager?". Integral Institute. http://in.integralinstitute.org/contributor.aspx?id=112. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
- ^ a b Hamilton, Craig (2006-09). "The Man with Two Heads". EnlightenNext Magazine. http://www.enlightennext.org/magazine/j17/frager.asp. Retrieved 2009-06-02. A reprint from Issue 34, September to December 2006.
[edit] External links
- CV at Institute of Transpersonal Psychology
- University of Philosophical Research includes descriptions of Frager's courses
- The Intuition Network interview by Jeffrey Mishlove with Robert Frager
