Han F. de Wit

Han F. de Wit
Born1944
Wormerveer[1]
NationalityDutch
CitizenshipDutch, United States
Alma materUniversity of Amsterdam, University of California
Known forFounding of Contemplative Psychology in the Netherlands, Founding Shambhala center 1977 in Amsterdam, Wagner Group associate.[2]
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology, Contemplative Psychology, Mediation, Buddhism, Dharma
InstitutionsVrije Universiteit

Han Frederik de Wit (born 1944)[3] is a research psychologist at the University of Amsterdam in 1974.[4] He moved to expanded outside the formal psychology field in search for guidance in his spirituality. De Wit became internationally acknowledged as one of the founders of Contemplative Psychology. Today he teaches meditation at the Shambhala centers in the Netherlands and instructs seminars in the psychology of Buddhism.[5]

  1. ^ H.F. de Wit at the University of Amsterdam Album Academicum website.
  2. ^ "Han de Wit". Shambhala Netherland. 31 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Foreign Rights Brochure" (PDF). Shared Stories and Author Agency Amsterdam: 15. 2014.
  4. ^ "Han de Wit". Shambhala: Making Enlightened Society Possible.
  5. ^ "Transpersonal". Lexicon. Retrieved 2 November 2014.