Hello! Welcome to EXSTATICA, an educational and transformational space, to experience historically-documented transformative practices. It offers an opportunity to honour and explore them, with the optional use of AI if you so desire. I am Frank, I research the psychological implications of contemplative and esoteric practices that facilitate Wider States of Awareness, and their impact on our life meaning, cognition, emotions, behaviour.
Together with the generous participation of teachers and practitioners who belong to the Traditions presented here, this space is here to support your self-exploration and transformation. Some key aspects to please consider:
- – The practices are here to facilitate your transformation. They are not here to substitute it, nor to replace it with beliefs.
- – We invite you to respect the traditions in which these practices were born. By respectfully familiarising with them, with the understanding you are not becoming an expert. You are exploring them.
- – Courses are offered by lecturers who have both an academic and direct experience of what they share here and practitioners. We do not make any claims about lineage.
- – We do not provide initiations, nor membership to any secret society.
- – We do not provide medical, nor psychological assistance. If your questions go beyond the course material and require the assistance of a licensed professional, please do contact them.
- – Unless otherwise stated on the course page, the usual logistics apply, as mentioned on https://www.exstatica.org/transformative-online-courses/.
In a nutshell: you are warmly invited to explore the traditions presented here. To experience some of their practices, to integrate what arises to transform your life. We invite you to value each tradition you decide to explore, on its own terms. Each is unique, and also likely to have some similarities with other traditions. If one tradition resonates strongly with you, and you decide that is the path you want to walk, go for it.