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Presents a useful model of the psyche for understanding such
phenomena as shamanism, mysticism, psychedelic states, spontaneous
visionary experiences, and psychotic episodes.
Summarizes Grof's experiences and observations from more than forty
years of research into non-ordinary states of consciousness.
A critical revaluation of ancient spiritual systems long ignored or
rejected because of their assumed incompatibility with science.
Here are Swami Muktananda on the mind, Swami Prajnananda on Karma,
Swami Kripananda on the Kundalini, Joseph Chilton Pearce on
spiritual development, Jack Kornfield on Buddhism for Americans,
Claudio Naranjo on meditation, and much more.
A pioneering and revolutionary book that lays the foundation for a
radical new psychology, based on an expanded cartography of the
human unconsciousness. Famous for his lifelong research into
psychedelic drugs, Dr. Grof constructs a comprehensive and helpful
framework out of the broad range of experiences triggered by LSD in
patients and research subjects. Current research into the brain and
ways of expanding consciousness give this seminal book, first
published in 1979, new importance for the light it throws on many
fundamental, but hitherto mysterious, human potentialities. Grof's
theory of the human psyche transcends the personal and opens ways
to a greater understanding of our inner selves.
Ervin Laszlo's tour de force, What is Reality?, is the product of a
half-century of deep contemplation and cutting-edge scholarship.
Addressing many of the paradoxes that have confounded modern
science over the years, it offers nothing less than a new paradigm
of reality, one in which the cosmos is a seamless whole, informed
by a single, coherent consciousness manifest in us all. Bringing
together science, philosophy, and metaphysics, Laszlo takes aim at
accepted wisdom, such as the dichotomies of mind and body, spirit
and matter, being and nonbeing, to show how we are all part of an
infinite cycle of existence unfolding in spacetime and beyond.
Augmented by insightful commentary from a dozen scholars and
thinkers, along with a foreword by Deepak Chopra and an
introduction by Stanislav Grof, What is Reality? offers a fresh and
liberating understanding of the meaning and purpose of existence.
"The Consciousness Revolution is an extrodinary discussion among
three of the very finest minds of our time, spirited in its
exchange, compassionate in its embrace, brilliant in its clarion
call to awaken our conscience and consciousness." Ken Wilber,
author of Sex, Ecology, Spirituality and One Taste
The Cosmic Game discusses the broadest philosophical, metaphysical
and spiritual insights gleaned in Grof's research concerning human
nature and reality, addressing the most fundamental questions human
beings have asked about the nature of existence since time
immemorial.
Insights from research into nonordinary states of consciousness
portray existence as an astonishing play of the cosmic creative
principle that transcends time, space, linear causality; and
polarities of every kind and suggest an identity of the individual
psyche in its furthest reaches with the universal creative
principle and the totality of existence. This identity of the human
being with the Divine is the ultimate secret that lies at the core
of all great spiritual traditions.
A pioneering book that explores the unknown landscape of human
consciousness induced by LSD and other psychedelics
- Shows the relationship between shamanism, near death experiences,
and other mystical and altered states with those induced by
psychedelics
- Lays the conceptual foundation for the creation of important new
therapies in psychiatry and psychology
Stanislav Grof's first 17 years of research into nonordinary states
of consciousness induced by LSD and other psychedelics led to a
revolutionary understanding of the human psyche. His research was
the impetus behind a vastly expanded cartography of the
unconscious, including two new realms still unacknowledged by
official academic circles--the perinatal domain, which holds
memories of the various stages of birth, and the transpersonal
domain, which mediates experiential identification with other
species and mythic figures, visits to archetypal realms, access to
past life memories, and union with the cosmic creative principle.
The research presented in this book provides a map of the psyche
that is essential for understanding such phenomena as shamanism and
near death experiences as well as other nonordinary states of
consciousness. This map has led to the development of important new
therapies in psychiatry and psychology for treating mental
conditions often seen as disease and therefore suppressed by
medication. It also provides a new threshold to understanding and
entering the numinous realm of spirit.
Feelings of oneness with other people, nature, and the universe.
Encounters with extraterrestrials, deities, and demons. Out-of-body
experiences and past-life memories. Science casts a skeptical eye.
But Dr. Stanislav Grof?the psychiatric researcher who co-founded
transpersonal psychology?believes otherwise. When the Impossible
Happens presents Dr. Grof 's mesmerizing firsthand account of over
50 years of inquiry into waters uncharted by classical psychology,
one that will leave readers questioning the very fabric of our
existence. From his first LSD session that gave him a glimpse of
cosmic consciousness to his latest work with Holotropic Breathwork,
When the Impossible Happens will amaze readers with vivid
explorations of topics such as: ? ?Temptations of a Non-Local
Universe??experiments in astral projection ? ?Praying Mantis in
Manhattan? and other tales of synchronicity ? ?Trailing Clouds of
Glory??remembering birth and prenatal life ? ?Dying and
Beyond??survival of consciousness after death Here is an incredible
opportunity to journey beyond ordinary consciousness?guaranteed to
shake the foundations of what we assume to be reality?and sure to
offer a new vision of our human potential, as we contemplate When
the Impossible Happens.
In this stimulating dialogue, three of today's most respected
intellectuals analyze the roles that art, science, education,
spirituality, and consciousness play in society. Many
thought-provoking questions are explored, such as "How is the map
of reality changing?" "How do humans participate in the planet's
global transformations?" "How do these changes affect human lives?"
and "How is peace to be fought for?" "En este dialogo estimulante,
tres de los intelectuales mas respetados de la epoca analizan los
papeles que jugan el arte, la ciencia, la educacion, la
espiritualidad y la conciencia en la sociedad. Se exploran muchas
cuestiones estimulantes como" Como esta cambiando el mapa de la
realidad? Como participar en las transformaciones globales del
planeta? Como afectan estos cambios a las vidas humanas? "y "Como
luchar por la paz?
Argues that many episodes of transformational crisis have been
misdiagnosed as mental illness, and explains how to use such a
crisis for spiritual development.
Feelings of oneness with others, nature, and the universe.
Encounters with extraterrestrials, deities, and demons. Out-of-body
experiences and past-life memories. Science casts a skeptical eye.
But Dr. Stanislav Grof - the psychiatric researcher who co-founded
transpersonal psychology - believes otherwise. When the Impossible
Happens presents Dr. Grof's mesmerizing firsthand account of his
fifty-year inquiry into waters uncharted by conventional
psychology, an odyssey that will leave you questioning the very
fabric of your existence. From the first LSD session that gave Dr.
Grof a glimpse of cosmic consciousness to his latest work with
Holotropic Breathwork, When the Impossible Happens explores
fascinating experiments in astral projection; remarkable tales of
synchronicity; memories of birth and prenatal life; the survival of
consciousness after death, and much more. Here is an incredible
opportunity to journey beyond ordinary consciousness - guaranteed
to shake the foundations of what we assume to be reality - and sure
to offer a new vision of our human potential, as we contemplate
When the Impossible Happens. STANISLAV GROF, M.D., PH.D. One of the
founders and chief theoreticians of transpersonal psychology, Dr.
Grof is the president of the International Transpersonal
Association, and a professor of psychology at the California
Institute of Integral Studies and the Pacifica Graduate Institute.
His numerous books include Beyond the Brain and Psychology of the
Future.
En El viaje definitivo: la consciencia y el misterio de la muerte,
Stanislav Grof aborda el tema de la muerte desde multiples
perspectivas para crear un impresionante mosaico en el que se
rastrea el fenomeno de la muerte y el morir desde las experiencias
cercanas a la muerte (ECM), el proceso de muerte y renacimiento
espiritual, la terapia psiquedelica con pacientes terminales
aquejados de cancer, el karma y la reencarnacion, los antiguos
misterios de la muerte y el renacimiento, los ritos de paso
aborigenes, las mitologias escatologicas y los antiguos libros de
la muerte (egipcio, tibetano, maya, azteca y el europeo Ars
moriendi). El autor presta una especial atencion al trabajo
psicologico con moribundos que puede elevar a la muerte desde una
crisis biologica a un acontecimiento espiritual. La obra esta
acompanada por un gran numero de ilustraciones que nos proporcionan
una fascinante vision sobre el tema de la muerte en todos sus
aspectos.
Combining philosophical reflections with deep self-exploration to
delve into the ancient mystery of death and rebirth, this book
emphasizes collective rather than individual transformation.
Drawing upon twenty years of experience working with nonordinary
states, Bache argues that when the deep psyche is hyper-stimulated
using Stanislav Grof's powerful therapeutic methods, the healing
that results sometimes extends beyond the individual to the
collective unconscious of humanity itself.
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