Brigitte Grof

Stanislav Grof, LSD Pioneer (eBook, ePUB)

From Pharmacology to Archetypes

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Celebrating the groundbreaking life's work of Stanislav Grof, MD, pioneer in psychedelic research and transpersonal psychology • Features an extended interview with Stan Grof, exploring in great depth the full arc of his lifelong research in his own words as well as the history of LSD • Discusses his early experiments with LSD in Czechoslovakia and the USA during the 1950s and '60s, his discovery of the perinatal matrices, the creation of holotropic breathwork, and his own LSD experiences • Includes testimonies from a number of luminaries in the psychedelic and psychological domains, including Jack Kornfield, Rupert Sheldrake, Ervin Laszlo, Richard Tarnas, Rick Doblin, Roger Walsh, David Steindl-Rast, and Fritjof Capra Created in honor of his 90th birthday, this book celebrates the profound life's work of Stanislav Grof, M.D., pioneer in psychedelic research and transpersonal psychology. Featuring an extended interview between Stan and his wife, Brigitte, the book explores in depth the full arc of his research in his own words as well as the history of LSD. He discusses his early experiments with LSD in Czechoslovakia and the United States during the 1950s and '60s and the cartography of the psyche that resulted. He describes his clients' and his own experiences and the psychedelic approach he pioneered. He explains the four perinatal matrices, illustrated with the impressive paintings he made during high-dose LSD sessions. He discusses the creation of holotropic breathwork as a way to reach expanded states of consciousness without the use of drugs. He describes how he started work with LSD believing it was simply pharmacology and then went on to discover the perinatal, transpersonal, and archetypal levels of the psyche through his lifelong research. The book also features testimonies from a number of luminaries in the psychedelic, psychological, scientific, and spiritual communities, including Jack Kornfield, Rupert Sheldrake, Ervin Laszlo, Richard Tarnas, Rick Doblin, Roger Walsh, David Steindl-Rast, Fritjof Capra, and Cathy Coleman. Complete with captivating photos of Stan Grof with Albert Hofmann, Swiss painter H. R. Giger, Fritz Perls, Sasha Shulgin, and all of the book's contributors, this special book presents an impressive overview of Stan Grof's groundbreaking work and honors his importance as a psychedelic elder.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781644119471
• Artikelnr.: 67480855

Autorenporträt

Brigitte Grof, PhD, is a psychologist, psychotherapist, artist, and the wife of Stanislav Grof. She earned a PhD in Grof Studies from Ubiquity University. She first met Grof in 1986 in Germany and then in a Grof month-long holotropic breathwork seminar at the Esalen Institute, which led her to participate in a three-year training with him in Switzerland. Since 1989 she has facilitated holotropic breathwork workshops and trainings. She lives with her husband Stan in Wiesbaden, Germany.

Inhaltsangabe

Dedication
Birthday Greetings
Paul Grof • Jack Kornfield • Richard Tarnas • Rick Doblin • Sandra Harner •
Roger Walsh • Cathy Coleman • Brother David Steindl-Rast • Michael Murphy •
Ervin Laszlo • Fritjof Capra • Rupert Sheldrake • Annie & Michael Mithoefer
• Cyril Höschl
Foreword to Albert Hofmann’s LSD: My Problem Child by Stanislav Grof
Gallery
My Explorations of LSD: From Pharmacology to Archetypes
Stan Grof about his life’s work. Interview by Brigitte Grof
Birthday Greetings
Chris Bache • Robin Carhart-Harris • Dennis McKenna • Jim Garrison • John
Buchanan • Diane Haug • Jay Dufrechou • William Keepin • Marianne Murray •
Pamela Stockton • Patty Nagle • Elizabeth and Lenny Gibson • Renn Butler •
Neil Hanon • Carolyn Green • Sean O’Sullivan and Donna Rosenthal • Susan
Hess Logeais • Becca Tarnas • Jonas di Gregorio and Kristina Soriano
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Grof® Legacy Training
Works by Stanislav Grof