What is a pre-trans fallacy?
This concept was first introduced by Ken Wilber in his book The Atman Project. He points out that it is important to not confuse states of being which are pre-personal (belonging to a young child) with states that are trans-personal (belonging to much higher states of being). To give an example: for the young child or the adult with unfinished business at the pre-personal level, the use of fantasy is that of wish fulfillment or magical thinking. On the other hand, the person with a more mature sense of self can use fantasy to inform his intentions and his will to help guide him in his unfolding. So fantasy can be used in a pre-personal way or a trans-personal way. Another way to think about the pre-trans fallacy is when a person believes that his gift or talent is on a high spiritual plane but his ego is inflated by this and it affects others as being only self-aggrandizing. A person can believe that he holds a set of answers to life’s problems and that others must follow his will. It
