Report of the Expert Committee on Publicity

Members of the Committee:

Rumold Mol, Netherlands (Initiator)
Mirjana Gracan, Croatia
Sandra Gonzales, Portugal
Christopher Hall, United Kingdom (Observer)
Markus Kuen, Austria
Annamaria Molnar, Hungary
Frank Visser, Netherlands

The aim of the Committee is to spread information by all available means on subjects related to transpersonal theory and practice among its members and to a wider public. It wishes to do this in the closest possible cooperation with the other expert committees.

For the second time the Committee studied the feasibility of launching an European Transpersonal Journal, and once again reached the conclusion that at present this was not an option. Moreover, the Internet has become such a paramount means of communication between individuals and organisations that to a certain extent it is able to replace international journals. However, we noted that local and national transpersonal journals, bulletins and newsletters were flourishing; therefore we recommend supporting the publication of transpersonal journals in the languages of their respective member organisations.

The Committee suggests that member organisations within EUROTAS which publish articles or a journal in their own languages should make these available to similar journals in other member countries. The most effective procedure would be for each journal to provide abstracts of their main articles in English and put these on the website of EUROTAS. Interested members could then request the complete article from the journal that originally published it. This would be provided, free of charge, to another member association, in order to be translated and published in the local transpersonal journal. This way local or national publications would acquire a wider international outlook, as well as a diversity of published authors.

Last year the Committee recommended the creation of a EUROTAS website, containing the following information:

  • What is EUROTAS — abstract of constitution, history, structure, how to become a member?
  • What is the Transpersonal?
  • The membership of EUROTAS (complete with websites)
  • EUROTAS activities, conferences
  • The East-West Foundation, the European Creative Initiative and their activities
  • A bank of articles and abstracts from the journals of member associations
  • Home page on the organizational/national level
  • Words to access the EUROTAS website should include transpersonal, spiritual, crisis, psychotherapy, consciousness, research.

To promote general communication and the implementation of the above suggestions for local journals, associations which have not already done so are recommended to set up their home page on the Internet, with contents similar to that of EUROTAS, plus featuring local news and activities.

Before the May meeting of the ECI all associations had joined the Internet. During its sessions the Committee completed the full scale entry of data on EUROTAS and its member associations on the web. The latter also consulted the expert Committee and will supply a half-page account of their activities for the EUROTAS website.

Next steps:

  • Publish the reports of all seven Creative Initiative Committees.
  • Liaise with the national associations concerning articles for the website.
  • Agree, as proposed already last year, on a EUROTAS byelaw along the following lines:
    "It is agreed that member organisations of EUROTAS which publish a transpersonal journal, bulletin or its equivalent, will put abstracts of the articles on the EUROTAS website. They will ensure whenever possible that other members who request it will receive any full length article for translation and publication in their own journals, free of charge."


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