Unidentified Allies: Intersections of Feminist and Transpersonal Thought and Potential Contributions to Social Change

Contemporary Western feminism and transpersonalism are kaleidoscopic, consisting of interlocking influences, yet the fields have developed in parallel rather than in tandem. Both schools of praxis developed during the climate of activism and social experimentation of the 1960s in the United States, and both share a non-pathological view of the human experience. This discussion suggests loci of synthesized theoretical constructs between the two disciplines as well as distinct concepts and practices in both disciplines that may servethe other. Ways in which a feminist-transpersonal perspective may catalyze social change on personal, regional, and global levels are proposed.