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
unbiased investigation scientism
Unlike scientism, science in the true sense of the word is open to unbiased investigation of any existing phenomena.
hero walt great-hero
Walt Disney was my great hero.
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.
reality important dimensions
The experiences associated with death were seen as visits to important dimensions of reality that deserved to be experienced, studied, and carefully mapped.
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.
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.