Volume IV: Further Steps to a Metatranspersonal Philosophy and Psychology: An Assessment of the Transpersonal Paradigms of Grof and Washburn ISBN: 978-1-57733-274-9 Volume IV further discusses the sense of "descending" in the term "descending systems," showing that only systems that are so-in the metaphenomenological, metaexistential sense-agree with Buddhism. It features one Appendix on Greek dualistic philosophical systems, one on psychedelics, and one showing the "participative" perspective not to be inclusive. "This remarkable manuscript presents the Buddhist Dzogchen insights in reader-friendly English that will instruct and inspire its readers. Its importance cannot be underestimated. Indeed, it is destined to become a classic guide to spiritual development." Stanley Krippner, Ph.D., Alan Watts Professor of Psychology, Saybrook University "I can"t pretend to understand all of what Professor Elias Capriles has written in these magnificent four volumes, yet I have the utmost...