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Excerpt of Praise for Ira Progoff
"One of the most significant psychospiritual books of the twentieth century."
Common Boundary Magazine Award
Common Boundary’s distinguished committee selected 65 books of the twentieth century which transformed individuals or impacted the fields of psychology and the nature of spirituality, or both.
This list included leading figures from the fields of psychology, philosophy and theology such as Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Joseph Campbell, Martin Buber, Norman Vincent Peale, Carl Rogers, and Rollo May.
Dr. Ira Progoff was selected for his pioneering book on the Intensive Journal method - At a Journal Workshop (original edition 1975).
Simply the Best:
The 65 Most Significant Psychospiritual Books of the 20th Century
by Charles H. and Anne A. Simpkinson
| Year | Author | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1901 | Richard Bucke | Cosmic Consciousness: A Study of the Evolution of the Human Mind |
| 1902 | William James | The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature |
| 1922 | Martin Buber | I and Thou |
| 1927 | Sigmund Freud | The Future of an Illusion |
| 1933 | Carl G. Jung | Modern Man in Search of a Soul |
| 1936 | The Rev. Anton T. Boisen | The Exploration of the Inner World: A Study of Mental Disorder and Religious Experience |
| 1944 | Aldous Huxley | The Perennial Philosophy |
| 1946 | Rabbi Joshua Liebman | Peace of Mind |
| 1946 | Paramahansa Yogananda | Autobiography of a Yogi |
| 1949 | Joseph Campbell | The Hero with a Thousand Faces |
| 1950 | Karen Horney | Neurosis and Human Growth: The Struggle Toward Self Realization |
| 1951 | Carl Rogers | Client Centered Therapy: Its Current Practice, Implications and Theory |
| 1952 | Norman Vincent Peale | The Power of Positive Thinking |
| 1953 | Rollo May | Man's Search for Himself |
| 1953 | Fulton J. Sheen | Life is Worth Living |
| 1955 | Gordon Allport | The Individual & His Religion |
| 1958 | Erik Erikson | Young Man Luther: A Study in Psychoanalysis and History |
| 1959 | Viktor E. Frankl | Man's Search for meaning: An Introduction to Logotherapy |
| 1959 | Erich Fromm | Psychoanalysis and Religion |
| 1960 | Gabriel Marcel | The Mystery of Being |
| 1961 | Carl G. Jung | Memories, Dreams, Reflectionsy |
| 1961 | O. Hobart Mowrer | The Crisis in Psychiatry and Religion |
| 1961 | Alan W. Watts | Psychotherapy East & West |
| 1964 | Abraham Maslow | Religions, Values and Peak Experiences |
| 1965 | Alberto Assagioli | Psychosynthesis |
| 1966 | Phillip Reiff | Triumph of the Therapeutic: The Uses of Faith After Freud |
| 1966 | Agnes Sanford | The Healing Gifts of the Spirit |
| 1969 | Elisabeth Kübler-Ross | On Death and Dying |
| 1969 | Charles Tart | Altered States of Consciousness |
| 1970 | Ram Dass | The Only Dance There Is |
| 1971 | Aurobindo Ghose | The Synthesis of Yoga |
| 1972 | Sheldon Kopp | If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him! |
| 1972 | Mircea Eliade | Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy |
| 1972 | Virginia Satir | People Making |
| 1973 | Ernest Becker | The Denial of Death |
| 1973 | Jerome D. Frank | Persuasion and Healing: A Comparative Study of Psychotherapy |
| 1975 | Fritjof Capra | The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels Between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism |
| 1975 | James Hillman | Re-Visioning Psychology |
| 1975 | Ira Progoff | At a Journal Workshop |
| 1975 | Laurens van der Post | Jung and the Story of Our Time |
| 1976 | ed. Helen Schucman | A Course in Miracles |
| 1976 | The Rev. Morton Kelsey | The Other Side of Silence: A Guide to Christian Meditation |
| 1976 | Heinz Kohut | The Restoration of the Self |
| 1977 | Ken Wilber | The Spectrum of Consciousness |
| 1978 | M. Scott Peck | The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth |
| 1979 | Ana Marie Rizzuto | The Birth of the Living God: A Psychoanalytic Study |
| 1980 | David Bohm | Wholeness and the Implicate Order |
| 1980 | Michael Harner | The Way of the Shaman: A Guide to Power and Healing |
| 1980 | Roger Walsh & Frances Vaughan | Beyond Ego: The Transpersonal Vision |
| 1981 | James Fowler | Stages of Faith: The Psychology of Human Development and the Quest for Meaning |
| 1981 | Edward Hoffman | The Way of Splendor: Jewish Mysticism and Modern Psychology |
| 1981 | Alice Miller | The Drama of the Gifted Child (formerly titled Prisoners of Childhood) |
| 1981 | Eugene Gendlin | Focusing |
| 1982 | Marion Woodman | Addiction to Perfection: The Still Unravished Bride |
| 1985 | Robert Belllah et al. | Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life |
| 1986 | Ken Wilber et al. | Transformations of Consciousness: Conventional and Contemplative Perspectives on Development |
| 1988 | The Rev. Thomas Berry | Dream of the Earth |
| 1988 | John Bradshaw | Healing the Shame That Binds You |
| 1988 | Stanislov Grof | The Adventure of Self Discovery |
| 1990 | Jon Kabat-Zinn | Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness |
| 1990 | Robert Bly | Iron John: A Book about Men |
| 1992 | Clarissa Pinkola Éstes | Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories About the Wild Woman Archetype |
| 1992 | Thomas Moore | Care of the Soul: A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Lifey |
| 1993 | Jack Kornfield | A Path With Heart: A Guide Through the Promises and Perils of Spiritual Life |
| 1995 | Mark Epstein | Thoughts Without a Thinker: Psychotherapy from a Buddhist Perspective |
Source: "Simply the Best," by Charles and Anne A. Simpkinson, Common Boundary, January/February, 1999, pp. 32-37. Excerpt re-published with the permission of Dr. Charles H. Simpkinson, 2006.