TRANSPERSONAL CINEMA

The Cinema of Transformation and Transcendence

The Transpersonal and The Cinema

For the moment, look at cinema as a mystery religion. One enters the darkened place and joins the silent congregation.

Then comes the beam of light out of the shadows: the Projector, the Great Projector up there behind us! Turn out the little lights so that the big light can penetrate the darkness! Ah, behold the unreeling of the real reality of practically everything: our dreams, our idiocies and raptures, our nativity, passion and death.

- James Broughton

The transpersonal or boundary-transcending nature and capacities of the cinematic medium make it a potentially powerful and valuable tool for the mediation of transpersonal concepts, experience and perception.

Filmmakers from the beginning of the history of the cinema have attempted to use this boundary-transcending capacity of the medium to transport audiences to other realms both within and outside of our selves. Recent research findings point to cinematic media's potential capacity to induce healing, transformation, and personal growth, and the growing popularity of films with transpersonal content, structure, and style implies an increasing interest in transpersonal ideas and experiences.

Additionally, the advancement of effect-driven New Cinematic Media technologies, and the expanding perceptual capacities of the cinematic audience, indicates both an increased capacity and receptivity for more powerful and direct transpersonal applications of the cinematic medium.

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