In an article first appearing in Studies in Gestalt Therapy, Ruth Wolfert offers her understanding of "The Spiritual Dimensions of Gestalt Therapy, " and in "A Response From a Kabbalistic Perspective to 'The Spiritual Dimensions of Gestalt Therapy,'" Sharon Snir contributes a new perspective. Wolfert is an accomplished Gestalt therapist who has been associated with the New York Institute for Gestalt Therapy for over twenty years, and has contributed articles to Gestalt Review and previously to Gestalt!. Snir is the Editor of the Newsletter for Gestalt Australia and New Zealand (GANZ), and a member of the GANZ council; she is a practicing Gestalt therapist in Australia. We appreciate Margherita Spagnuolo Lobb for permission to republish Ruth Wolfert's article in the on-line environment.

In "Prelude to Gestalt Therapy," Charlie Bowman and Philip Brownell re-publish their article, which appeared at the first web site for the AAGT. Since there had been some request for that article, mostly on the part of students who wanted a concise statement of the historical developments in psychology leading up to the advent of Gestalt therapy, we decided to make it available once more through this journal. Charlie Bowman is past president of the AAGT and co-director of the Indianapolis Gestalt Institute.

It is accompanied by the work of another new writer, Maria Kirchner, who is completing her doctoral studies in clinical psychology, and who is active in Gestalt circles internationally. Kirchner provides "Gestalt Therapy Theory: An Overview," which is a succinct statement of Gestalt therapy theory, including a brief summary of some current research and consideration of cross cultural applications. It is the kind of article graduate students should find extremely helpful, because Kirchner makes clear explanations, offers references, and relates the various parts of Gestalt therapy to the whole which comprises its theoretical corpus.

In The Working Corner, Victor Daniels, professor of psychology at California State University, Sonoma, offers the first of a regular column exploring what Gestalt therapists actually do. While reaching beyond mere technique to explore many issues associated with the practice of Gestalt therapy, Dr. Daniels hopes his column will stimulate discussion that will further illuminate the relationships between theory and practice.

That completes a summary of the contents of this issue, but there is more.

Gestalt! is moving more completely into an international stance by initiating collaboration across cultures and language barriers with established hard copy Gestalt journals in various places. In this new relationship, Gestalt! will include among its editorial staff at least one member of the editorial staffs of these various journals. In addition, Gestalt! will publish, in English and in the original language, at least one article per year that first appeared in that local journal. Correspondingly, each of these journals will publish a translation of some original article first appearing in Gestalt!. Accordingly, we announce the addition to our staff of Jean-Marie Robine of France, editor of Cahiers de Gestalt-thérapie. We also announce the addition of Ann Duckles, associate of Miryam Munoz of Mexico, editor of Figura/Fondo, and existing associate editor for Gestalt!. We acknowledge, as well, new collaborative relationships with these journals, and with the Australian Gestalt Journal and the Nordic Gestalt Journal. These developments enable Gestalt! to publish in French, Spanish, Swedish, and English.

We will continue to cooperate, as well, with The British Gestalt Journal, Gestalt Review, Studies in Gestalt Therapy, and any other source of Gestalt literature that will help people understand the nature and usefulness of Gestalt therapy. In doing so, our goal is to help remedy the lack of reference among English speaking writers and readers of works related to Gestalt therapy in the non-English speaking world.