Charismatic Inquiry in Concert: Action Research in the Realm of ‘the Between’

Relational Spirituality and Developmental Spirituality: Introduction to Special Topic Section

“…Yet with the turn of the millennium, the field also began to move toward a more relational direction, first with the participatory approach called for by Ferrer (2002), but now also through the work of Heron (1992Heron ( , 1998Heron ( , 2006 and Lahood (2007Lahood ( , 2008Heron & Lahood, 2008). This call is for a relational rebirth of transpersonal psychology, a humbler field that draws more on Buber's I-Thou than on the New Age's I AM.…”

Relational Spirituality, Part 2 The Belief in Others as a Hindrance to Enlightenment: Narcissism and the Denigration of Relationship within Transpersonal Psychology and the New Age

“…The tone of this reporting is less formal; "we" in this context will refer to the participants, who will at appropriate times be identified by first name, or first name and initial. A full discussion of validity and extended epistemology in cooperative inquiry can be found in Heron (1996Heron ( , 1998 and Heron and Reason (2007); see Heron and Lahood (2008) for a discussion of collaborative inquiry as a spiritual practice.…”

“…Buber, 1970, who coined the term). Heron and Lahood (2008) have also outlined how action research can be construed as a relational spiritual practice; Ferrer (2002) has developed a theoretical account to reframe transpersonal phenomena as "multilocal participatory events" (pp. 116-117) that arise in different loci, such as an individual, a relationship, or a community.…”

“…The whole collaborative inquiry process can be construed as a relational spirituality practice (see Heron & Lahood, 2008) which, when it works well, enables a profound kind of spiritual rebirth:…”

“…The basis for my understanding of relational spirituality comes from my participation in a 12-year peer inquiry group initiated by John Heron in New Zealand (Heron & Lahood, 2008).…”