Research Interests

science and spirituality, creativity and imagination, human-animal relationships, consciousness studies, complexity theory

Biography

Jonathan Erickson, PhD, is a writer, educator and coach interested in integral and interdisciplinary approaches to psychology, spirituality, and creativity. He is the author of the book Imagination in the Western Psyche: From Ancient Greece to Modern Neuroscience, as well as a variety of papers exploring creativity, imagination, neuroscience, spirituality, and ecopsychology. Dr. Erickson maintains a small private practice as a professional certified coach, focused on personal narrative coaching, and maintains an active creative writing practice. He has written and published several science fiction novels with transpersonal themes. Before embarking on his academic career, he worked as a somatic yoga teacher and holistic bodyworker trained at the Esalen Institute. Dr. Erickson holds a Ph.D. in depth psychology with emphasis in somatic studies from Pacifica Graduate Institute, an MFA in creative writing from Antioch University Los Angeles, and a BA in English literature and interdisciplinary field studies from the University of California at Berkeley.

Education

PhD in depth psychology with emphasis in somatic studies, Pacifica Graduate Institute

MFA in creative writing, Antioch University Los Angeles

BA in English Literature and Interdisciplinary Field Studies, UC Berkeley

Courses

Imaginal Psychology 

Origins of Transpersonal Psychology 

Critical Thinking in Integral Transpersonal Psychology 

Foundations of Consciousness Studies

Publications

Imagination in the Western Psyche: From Ancient Greece to Modern Neuroscience

Revisioning the Animal Psyche

Jung and the Nuerobiology of the Creative Unconscious

Walking With Elephants: A Case for Transpecies Ethnography

The Numinosity of Pluralism: Interfaith as Spiritual Path and Practice