The well and the cathedral : a cycle of process meditation : with an introduction on its use in the practice of meditation

by Ira Progoff.
New York : Dialogue House Library, 2nd edition enlarged, 1977.

Ira Progoff (August 2, 1921 – January 1, 1998) was an American psychotherapist, best known for his development of the Intensive Journal Method while at Drew University.^[1] His main interest was in depth psychology and particularly the humanistic adaptation of Jungian ideas to the lives of ordinary people. He founded Dialogue House in New York City to help promote this method.

He was a member of the Parapsychology Association, a member of the advisory board of the Institute for Religion in an Age of Science, and a member of the board of editors of Journal of Humanistic Psychology. Progoff took a special interest in mediumship, psychedelics, religious and creative experience, personality growth and psychic sensitivity, and image-making at depth-psychological levels. He also developed a system of Process Meditation, characterized by the individuals’ use of an “Intensive Journal” to record their progress.