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
literature psychedelic natural
When you read the psychedelic literature, there is a distinction between the so-called natural psychedelics and synthetic psychedelics that are artificially produced.
giving-up giving animated
I have to say I regretted giving up animated movies.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
play important roles
The motif of death plays an important role the human psyche in connection with archetypal and karmic material.
vision transition ease
Individuals approaching death often experience encounters with their dead relatives, who seem to welcome them to the next world. These deathbed visions are authentic and convincing; they are often followed by a state of euphoria and seem to ease the transition.
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.
spiritual philosophical reality
Spiritual intelligence is the capacity to conduct our life in such a way that it reflects deep philosophical and metaphysical understanding of reality and of ourselves discovered through personal experience during systematic spiritual pursuit.