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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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“Dying people in pre-industrial cultures typically died in the context of an extended family, clan, or tribe.”

People Culture Dying Died Tribes Clans Extended Family

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“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.”

People Children Body Seems Remember Memories Instance Small Child Previous Life

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“There are people who can start having very powerful experiences without taking psychedelics. It can happen against their will. This is a universal phenomenon.”

People Happens Chance Powerful Universal Phenomenon Take A Chance Very Powerful Psychedelic

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“It became much more complicated politically to work with psychedelics because of the unsupervised experimentation with psychedelics, particularly among young people.”

People Young Complicated Psychedelic Experimentation

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“Philemon explained how Jung treated thoughts as though they were generated by himself, while for Philemon thoughts were like animals in the forest, or people in a room, or birds in the air. Jung concluded that Philemon taught him psychic objectivity, the reality of the psyche. This helped Jung to understand that there is something in me which can say things that I do not know and do not intend.”

People Knows Reality Animal Rooms Air Taught Bird Forests Treated Psychics Objectivity Jung

Book:The holotropic mind: the three levels of human consciousness and how they shape our lives

Source: The holotropic mind: the three levels of human consciousness and how they shape our lives

“The knowledge of the realm of death makes it possible for the shaman to move freely back and forth and mediate these journeys for other people.”

People Moving Journey Realms Back And Forth

Author:Stanislav Grof

About the Author

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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