ROUNDTABLE- Transpersonal Psychology in Kyrgyzstan, Aigine CRC, Bishkek, 6/12

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ROUNDTABLE- Transpersonal Psychology in Kyrgyzstan, Aigine CRC, Bishkek, 6/12

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Aigine Cultural Research Centre in Bishkek presents:

Roundtable:
"Developing Transpersonal Psychology in Kyrgyzstan"

Aigine CRC, Bishkek, June 12, 2007.

Roundtable agenda:
- Problem definition and short description of the round table objectives
- Why transpersonal psychology is important: information about ASC,
connections between health and spirituality, recurring stages of
personal history;
- Coffee-break;
- Group discussion;
- Concluding the roundtable;

Participants: Psychologists & Researchers on Religion and Culture in
Kyrgyzstan.

Date and time: 10:00-14:00, Tue., June 12, 2007
Venue: Aigine CRC, Toktogula 93, Bishkek
Language: Russian.

Synopsis: There is a strong folk belief in the Kyrgyz traditional
society that certain people are chosen for spiritual missions such as
healing, reciting epics, guarding sacred sites, mediating between this
world and other worlds; and that their health is directly affected by
their acceptance or rejection of these missions. Research in
transpersonal psychology can provide scientific paradigms to explain
related phenomena that Aigine CRC has been observing in Talas and
Issyk-Kul. Some important theoretical approaches include Stanislaw
Groff's ideas about "holistic states" which could be applied to
aspects of Kyrgyz culture such as Manas epic recitation, "zhaichylyk"
(methods of affecting the weather) and "zhaichy" (people who can
change weather), healing and others.

Aigine Cultural Research Center (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) was founded in
2004 and takes as its mission: study and preservation of the natural
and cultural legacy and diversity of Kyrgyzstan; investigation of
unknown aspects of cultural and natural phenomena; seeking points of
rapprochement and interconnection among esoteric knowledge and
science, nature and culture, tradition and innovation, West and East,
and other experiences often felt to be in opposition.

Aigine Research Center
str. Toktogula # 93
Tel.: +996 (312) 666966 / 667673
Fax: +996 (312) 667674
E-mail: aigine.bishkek@gmail.com
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

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