transpersonal

American  

[trans-pur-suh-nl] / trænsˈpɜr sə nl /

adjective

1. extending beyond or transcending the personal.

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Other Word Forms

• transpersonally adverb

Etymology

Origin of transpersonal

First recorded in 1905–10; trans- + personal

Example Sentences

“Holotropic breathwork provides access to biographical, perinatal and transpersonal domains of the unconscious and thus to deep psychospiritual roots of emotional and psychosomatic disorder,” the Grofs wrote in their 2010 book on the technique.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2025

Charles T. Tart, a spiritually inclined transpersonal psychologist, and Raymond Moody, an author who popularized the study of near-death experiences, became the first two chairs, but Mr. Bigelow shut down the program after several years.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2021

The claim is thus that the dynamics of all inanimate matter in the universe correspond to transpersonal mentation, just as an individual’s brain activity—which is also made of matter—corresponds to personal mentation.

From Scientific American • May 29, 2018

But from all these approaches – including humanistic therapy, interpersonal therapy, transpersonal therapy, transactional analysis and so on – it’s generally agreed that one emerged triumphant.

From The Guardian • Jan. 7, 2016

Sure, that's exactly the kind of unconventional scheduling you'd expect from a place that advertises workshops in such arcana as "ecopsychology" and "transpersonal process."

From Time Magazine Archive