Stanislav Grof
Stanislav Grof
Stanislav "Stan" Grofis a psychiatrist, one of the founders of the field of transpersonal psychology and a researcher into the use of non-ordinary states of consciousness for purposes of exploring, healing, and obtaining growth and insights into the human psyche. Grof received the VISION 97 award granted by the Foundation of Dagmar and Václav Havel in Prague on October 5, 2007...
NationalityCzechoslovakian
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth1 July 1931
Stanislav Grof quotes about
world way fear-of-death
The elimination of the fear of death transforms the individual's way of being in the world.
positive healing personality
Coming to terms with the fear of death is conducive to healing, positive personality transformation, and consciousness evolution.
numbers vision dying
A number of cases have been reported in which a dying individual has a vision of a person about whose death he or she did not know.
technology use substance
Ritual use of psychedelic plants and substances has been a particularly effective technology for inducing holotropic states of consciousness.
interesting understanding drug
[B]y banning psychedelic research we have not only given up the study of an interesting drug or group of substances, but also abandoned one of the most promising approaches to the understanding of the human mind and consciousness.
creative psychology revision
The psyche of the individual is commensurate with the totality of creative energy. This requires a most radical revision of Western psychology.
karma believe survival
Whether or not we believe in survival of consciousness after death, reincarnation, and karma, it has very serious implications for our behavior.
mass-destruction greed humanity
At a time when unbridled greed, malignant aggression, and existence of weapons of mass destruction threatens the survival of humanity, we should seriously consider any avenue that offers some hope.
taken mexican ceremony
I have taken part in ceremonies with North American and Mexican shamans, as well as Brazilian ceremonies.
hero walt great-hero
Walt Disney was my great hero.
unbiased investigation scientism
Unlike scientism, science in the true sense of the word is open to unbiased investigation of any existing phenomena.
challenges understanding finals
Research challenges the materialistic understanding of death, according to which biological death represents the final end of existence and of all conscious activity.
telescopes psychedelic lsd
LSD is a catalyst or amplifier of mental processes. If properly used it could become something like the microscope or telescope of psychiatry.
associated effects process similarity
There is a similarity between the LSD effects and the experiences associated with the process of dying.