Heart, Self, & Soul by Robert Frager

Heart, Self, & Soul by Robert Frager

In 1967, Harvard University awarded Robert Frager, Ph.D., a doctorate in social psychology. He created the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology in Palo Alto in 1975, and he is now Professor of Psychology and Director of the Spiritual Guidance Masters Program there. Frager taught psychology and religious studies at the University of California Berkeley and the University of California Santa Cruz for seven years before founding the Institute. In the Sufi mystical tradition, Frager was appointed as a sheikh, or spiritual guide, in 1985. He has been a Sufi spiritual counselor for over 25 years and is now the president of the Jerrahi Order of California.

Essential Sufism, Love is the Wine: Teachings of a Sufi Master in America, and Heart, Self, and Soul: The Sufi Psychology of Development, Balance, and Harmony are three volumes authored by Frager about Sufism. Sharing Sacred Stories: Contemporary Approaches to Spiritual Direction and Guidance is his latest book. Frager, a personal student of Aikido founder Morihei Ueshiba, studied the technique in Japan and possesses a 7th degree black belt? He has nearly 45 years of experience as an Aikido instructor.

In addition to being a transpersonal psychologist, consultant, and educator, Frager is a transpersonal psychologist, consultant, and educator. He lives in Northern California at the moment.