Comments on: The peak experiences of Abraham Maslow

By: raffee

raffee — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:38:06 +0000

I am a mainstream psychologist . . . and you’ve got it wrong about Esalen. Maybe at one point it seemed destined to end up “being a hot tub of flaky hippy therapies.” But thankfully the story did not end there. Much has happened in the last two decades or so . . . Esalen is vital and thriving, with only vestigial remains of hippy-dippyism.

By: Katherine

Katherine — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:14:40 +0000

I have to completely agree with this blog post. I am currently enrolled in psychology and am learning a little about Maslow. I must say that I do agree with his theory of motiviation and the overall humanistic perspective as a matter of fact. Personally for me, the people I surround myself with such as family and friends have a big impact on my life and their opinions shape my opinion of myself. Maslow was dead on with his ideas about making personal choices in order to be the best one can be.

By: v

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:19:46 +0000

I’m guessing “half-baked people” is a spelling error

By: vaughanbell

vaughanbell — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:28:45 +0000

Now fixed. Thanks!

By: Relaxed Therapist

Relaxed Therapist — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:07:25 +0000

I was about to point out your “New Atlantis” typo in the last paragraph. Then I read the article and realised that it’s the “New Atlantic” in the first paragraph that’s the typo.

Thanks for the article, either way!

By: KN

KN — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:45:04 +0000

Esalen also gave us quantum cryptography, according to this book:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-the-hippies-saved-physics

Skeptical review here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/19/books/review/book-review-how-the-hippies-saved-physics-by-david-kaiser.html?_r=2&ref=books