Consciousness Quote by Stanislav Grof

There are two specific objections to use of psychedelic drugs.First,use of these drugs may be dangerous.Howev er,every worth-while exploration is dangerous-climb ing mountains,testi ng…

— Alan Watts

In history, psychedelic plants were used by priests and shamans with a desire to discover the interior.

— Alejandro Jodorowsky

At one point consciousness-altering devices like the microscope and telescope were criminalized for exactly the same reasons that psychedelic plants were banned in later…

— Timothy Leary

It should come as no surprise to readers of the MAPS Bulletin that psychedelic plants are used as a sacrament by many native cultures…

— Rick Doblin

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

— Stanislav Grof

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

— Stanislav Grof

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

— Stanislav Grof

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

— Stanislav Grof

I believe that used responsibly and in a mature way, the entheogens mediate access to the numinous dimensions of existence, have a great healing…

— Stanislav Grof

By banning psychedelic research we have not only given up the study of an interesting drug or group of substances, but also abandoned one…

— Stanislav Grof

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

— Stanislav Grof

LSD is a unique and powerful tool for the exploration of the human mind and human nature. Psychedelic experiences mediate access to deep realms…

— Stanislav Grof