Stanislav Grof

Walt Disney was my great hero.

— Stanislav Grof

I have to say I regretted giving up animated movies.

— Stanislav Grof

There is a similarity between the LSD effects and the experiences associated with the process of dying.

— Stanislav Grof

The human psyche shows that each individual is an extension of all of existence.

— Stanislav Grof

Consciousness after death demonstrates the possibility of consciousness operating independently of the body.

— Stanislav Grof

It is possible to see the intermediate state between lives as being in a way more important than incarnate existence.

— Stanislav Grof

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

— Stanislav Grof

The elimination of the fear of death transforms the individual's way of being in the world.

— Stanislav Grof

It is possible to transcend the usual limitations of the body, ego, space, and linear time.

— Stanislav Grof

I have taken part in ceremonies with North American and Mexican shamans, as well as Brazilian ceremonies.

— Stanislav Grof

I believe it is essential for our planetary future to develop tools that can change the consciousness which has created the crisis…

— Stanislav Grof

The knowledge of the realm of death makes it possible for the shaman to move freely back and forth and mediate these…

— Stanislav Grof

Whether or not LSD research and therapy will return to society, the discoveries that psychedelics made possible have revolutionary implications for our…

— Stanislav Grof

At a time when unbridled greed, malignant aggression, and existence of weapons of mass destruction threatens the survival of humanity, we should…

— Stanislav Grof

“Experiences of BPM II are best characterized by the triad: fear of death, fear of never coming back, and fear of going…

— Stanislav Grof

There is no fundamental difference between the preparation for death and the practice of dying, and spiritual practice leading to enlightenment.

— Stanislav Grof

The function of the brain is to reduce all the available information and lock us into a limited experience of the world.…

— Stanislav Grof

He suddenly understood the message of so many spiritual teachers that the only revolution that can work is the inner transformation of…

— Stanislav Grof

Individuals approaching death often experience encounters with their dead relatives, who seem to welcome them to the next world. These deathbed visions…

— Stanislav Grof

“Uncomplicated birth seems to be the blueprint for coping with all later difficult situations in life. Various complications, such as prolonged and…

— Stanislav Grof

Western science is approaching a paradigm shift of unprecedented proportions, one that will change our concepts of reality and of human nature,…

— Stanislav Grof

“The experiences of BPM I typically have strong mystical overtones; they feel sacred or holy. More precise, perhaps, would be the term…

— Stanislav Grof

We have to recognize that spirituality is a legitimate dimension in the psyche. It's a legitimate dimension in the universal scheme of…

— Stanislav Grof

“In an effort to find an explanation, he or she might attribute the ominous feelings to poisons, electromagnetic radiation, evil forces, secret…

— Stanislav Grof

This sense of perfection has a built-in contradiction, one that Ram Dass once captured very succinctly by a statement he had heard…

— Stanislav Grof

LSD was not a pharmacological agent generating exotic experiences by its interaction with the neurophysiological processes in the brain. This remarkable substance…

— Stanislav Grof

These substances function as unspecific amplifiers that increase the energetic niveau in the psyche and make the deep unconscious dynamics available for…

— Stanislav Grof

“The enemy is typically depicted as a dangerous octopus, a vicious dragon, a multiheaded hydra, a giant venomous tarantula, or an engulfing…

— Stanislav Grof

“Another important discovery of our research was that memories of emotional and physical experiences are stored in the psyche not as isolated…

— Stanislav Grof

“The transpersonal experiences revealing the Earth as an intelligent, conscious entity are corroborated by scientific evidence. Gregory Bateson, who created a brilliant…

— Stanislav Grof

“There are indeed many interesting parallels between David Bohm's work in physics and Karl Pribram's work in neurophysiology. After decades of intensive…

— Stanislav Grof

“The key experiential approach I now use to induce non-ordinary states of consciousness and gain access to the unconscious and superconscious psyche…

— Stanislav Grof

“According to Freudian psychology, the ego is that part of us that allows us to correctly perceive external reality and function well…

— Stanislav Grof

“Perinatal phenomena occur in four distinct experiential patterns, which I call the Basic Perinatal Matrices (BPMs). Each of the four matrices is…

— Stanislav Grof

Freud said that we are born as a tabula rasa. This is a model that simply is too superficial and inadequate.

— Stanislav Grof

Patients reported that their psychedelic sessions were an invaluable experiential training for dying.

— Stanislav Grof

Each of us can manifest the properties of a field of consciousness that transcends space, time, and linear causality.

— Stanislav Grof

Unlike scientism, science in the true sense of the word is open to unbiased investigation of any existing phenomena.

— Stanislav Grof

Many of us who have experienced psychedelics feel very much that they are sacred tools. They open spiritual awareness.

— Stanislav Grof

The beliefs concerning reincarnation have great ethical impact on human life and our relationship to the world.

— Stanislav Grof