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Psychiatrist

Stanislav Grof is a renowned psychiatrist and psychologist known for his work in the study of consciousness, psychotherapy, and the exploration of human potential. Born on July 1, 1931, he is a pioneer in the fields of psychodrama and consciousness research.

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“LSD is a unique and powerful tool for the exploration of the human mind and human nature. Psychedelic experiences mediate access to deep realms of the psyche that have not yet been discovered and acknowledged by mainstream psychology and psychiatry. They also reveal new possibilities and mechanisms of therapeutic change and personality transformation.”

“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.”

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“The function of the brain is to reduce all the available information and lock us into a limited experience of the world. LSD frees us from this restriction and opens us to a much larger experience.”

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“LSD is a catalyst or amplifier of mental processes. If properly used it could become something like the microscope or telescope of psychiatry.”

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“LSD was not a pharmacological agent generating exotic experiences by its interaction with the neurophysiological processes in the brain. This remarkable substance was clearly an unspecific catalyst of the deep dynamics of the human psyche. The experiences induced by it were not neurochemical artifacts, symptoms of a toxic psychosis as mainstream psychiatrists called it, but genuine manifestations of the human psyche itself.”

Source: When the Impossible Happens: Adventures in Non-Ordinary Realities, Read How You Want Edition

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Born: July 1, 1931
Known for: Psychiatrist
Quotes: 71

Books & Sources

Psychology of the Future: Lessons from Modern Consciousness ResearchRelated source material

The Cosmic Game: Explorations of the Frontiers of Human ConsciousnessRelated source material

The holotropic mind: the three levels of human consciousness and how they shape our livesRelated source material

Beyond the Brain: Birth, Death, and Transcendence in PsychotherapyRelated source material

When the Impossible Happens: Adventures in Non-Ordinary Realities, Read How You Want EditionRelated source material

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