The next Creative Artists Support Group meeting that I facilitate
is taking place at the Belfast, Maine library on Monday 3/14 from
6:30 – 8:00 p.m. This is a monthly support/discussion group for
people interested in developing their creative artistic potentials.
Find like-minded creative spirits and camaraderie in overcoming
the obstacles to become a successful creative artist.
BENJAMIN, ELLIOT. (2011). Modern religions: An experiential analysis and
expose´. Raleigh, NC: Lulu.com. 377 pp. 978-1-257-08261-2. Paperback,
$18.44. Reviewed by Nori Muster.
Elliot Benjamin, Ph.D., describes his experiences in a variety of new age
spiritual organizations, most of which are psychology-based groups. He
describes each group and offers his ratings based on three academic scales in
use since the 1970s: the Anthony Typology, the Wilber Integral Model, and the
Bonewits…..
NOTE: This article was published in 2015 in Pinnacle Sociology & Anthropology, ISSN: 2360-959X.
Divine Light Mission: Cultic Commitment Over A Lifetime Story
Elliot Benjamin, Ph.D.
Accepted 30 August 2015
ABSTRACT
This article describes the commitment to the religious organization Elan Vital (whose original name was Divine Light Mission) over a lifetime
through the author’s intermittent correspondence with a childhood friend for over 40 years. Elan Vital was rated by the author in…..
Pinnacle Psychology
(ISSN: 2360-9508)
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Research Article
Humanistic Antidotes for a Social Media Technology Addicted Society
Elliot Benjamin, Ph.D.
Accepted 30 August, 2015.
ABSTRACT
This article describes some of the serious growing concerns about the dangers of widespread social media technology addiction in U.S. society,
and virtually all over the world. These concerns are especially prominent regarding the excessive use of social…..
NOTE: This article was published in the Journal of Number Theory, 2015, Issue 154, pp. 118-143.
On the 2-Class Field Tower Conjecture for Imaginary Quadratic Number Fields
with 2-Class group of Rank 4
by Elliot Benjamin, Ph.D. February, 2015
Abstract
We demonstrate the existence of infinitely many new imaginary quadratic number fields k with 2-class group Ck,2of rank 4 such that k has infinite 2-class field tower. In particular, we demonstrate the existence of…..
NOTE: This article was published in the International Cultic Studies Association e-Newsletter in 2005: Vol. 4, Issue No. 2: http://www.icsahome.com/articles/on-avatar-benjamin-en4
On Avatar
by Elliot Benjamin, Ph.D.
I first became introduced to Avatar, Harry Palmer’s new age spiritual, philosophical, and psychological organization founded in 1986, at an evening workshop at a metaphysical bookstore in Bangor, Maine in the summer of 1997. There were only 3 people (including myself) attending this event, and one of the people described what he heard…..
NOTE: This article was published in the Journal of Public Mental Health in 2014,
Volume 13: Issue Number 3, pp. 142 – 145 http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/co.1108/JPMH-11-2013-0012
The Creative Artist Support Group: A Case Study
byElliot Benjamin, Ph.D. November, 2013
Introduction
For the past few years I have periodically facilitated monthly meetings of a creative artists support group in my small town Belfast, Maine community. The number of people attending my meetings has always been small, ranging between two…..
NOTE: This article was published in the Journal of Humanistic Psychology in 2011,
Volume 51: Issue No. 1: pp. 82 – 111 http://jhp.sagepub.com/content/51/1/82
Humanistic
Psychology and the
Mental Health Worker
Elliot Benjamin
Abstract
This article discusses the precarious relationship of humanistic psychology
to the mental health worker in our current managed care, empirically based,
behaviorally focused, excessively medication-oriented mental health system.
Some of the challenges,…..
NOTE: This article was published in the Journal of Humanistic Psychology in 2008:
Vol. 48: Issue No. 1; pp. 61-88: http://jhp.sagepub.com/content/48/1/61
Summary
This article presents a psychological study of the “successful
creative artist” and the relationship between art and mental disturbance.
To elaborate, this article emphasizes what the author considers
to be “natural” (i.e., self-motivated) creative self-expression in
comparison to “normal” (i.e., socially approved) patterns of behavior.
Although what is natural may overlap…..
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