Celebrating Three Consciousness Trailblazers

Jeanne Achterberg, Ruth-Inge Heinze, and Stanley Krippner

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31156/jaex.26220

Keywords:

Consciousness, shamanism, mind-body medicine, mental imagery, altered states of consciousness, anomalous cognition, parapsychology, Jeanne Achterberg, Ruth-Inge Heinze, Stanley Krippner

Abstract

Following the previous homage to Charles T. Tart and considering that Stan Krippner has celebrated more than 90 birthdays, this issue commemorates Stan along with two consciousness trailblazers who collaborated with him while they were alive: Jeanne Achterberg and Ruth-Inge Heinze. Jeanne was a very influential pioneer in mind/body medicine, particularly imagery in healing. Ruth-Inge Heinze had a deep commitment to the study of shamanism and promoted its interdisciplinary study in many ways. Finally, Stan Krippner is the quintessential liminal figure with made major contributions to the study of dreams, anomalous cognition, personal mythology, and other consciousness areas.

Author Biography

Etzel Cardeña, Lund University

Etzel Cardeña was born and raised in México. He has been elected Fellow of APS and APA, among other organizations, and holds the endowed Thorsen Chair in psychology at Lund University, Sweden, where he leads the Center for Research on Consciousness and Anomalous Psychology (CERCAP). His areas of research include alterations of consciousness and anomalous experiences (including psi), dissociative processes and posttraumatic reactions, the neurophenomenology of hypnosis and transcendent experiences, and the stream of consciousness during waking and altered states. His Ph. D. is from the University of California, Davis (under Charles Tart) and he was a postdoctoral fellow and scholar resident at Stanford University. He has more than 400 publications, some in top journals in psychology and related disciplines such as American Journal of Psychiatry,  American Psychologist, Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Journal of Experimental Psychology, Psychological Bulletin, and others. Various professional organizations have given him awards for his research, theoretical, historical, and pedagogical work. He was the Founding Editor of Mindfield, Past Editor of Journal of Parapsychology, and Senior Editor of the books Varieties of Anomalous Experiences, Altering Consciousness, and Parapsychology: A Handbook for the 21st Century. He has also worked professionally as a theatre director, actor, and playwright.

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2024-06-05

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Cardeña, E. (2024). Celebrating Three Consciousness Trailblazers : Jeanne Achterberg, Ruth-Inge Heinze, and Stanley Krippner. Journal of Anomalous Experience and Cognition, 4(1), 6–12. https://doi.org/10.31156/jaex.26220

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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2024)

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