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
thinking animal cells
Traditional academic science describes human beings as highly developed animals and biological thinking machines. We appear to be Newtonian objects made of atoms, molecules, cells, tissues, and organs.
reality discovery understanding
Whether or not LSD research and therapy will return to society, the discoveries that psychedelics made possible have revolutionary implications for our understanding of the psyche, human nature, and the nature of reality.
lying personality levels
The problems that stand in the way are not of economical or technological nature. The deepest sources of the global crisis lie inside the human personality and reflect the level of consciousness evolution of our species.
play important roles
The motif of death plays an important role the human psyche in connection with archetypal and karmic material.
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.
fear important spirituality
An important consequence of freeing oneself from the fear of death is a radical opening to spirituality of a universal and non-denominational type.
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.
tabula-rasa superficial said
Freud said that we are born as a tabula rasa. This is a model that simply is too superficial and inadequate.
brain needs revision
There is an urgent need for a radical revision of our current concepts of the nature of consciousness and its relationship to matter and the brain.
culture earth return
Many cultures have independently developed a belief system in reincarnation that includes return of the unit of consciousness to another physical lifetime on Earth.
people dying culture
Dying people in pre-industrial cultures typically died in the context of an extended family, clan, or tribe.
taken mexican ceremony
I have taken part in ceremonies with North American and Mexican shamans, as well as Brazilian ceremonies.
memories children people
Many instances exist of small children who seem to remember and describe their previous life in another body, another place, and with other people. These memories emerge usually shortly after these children begin to talk.
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.