The Gates Of Consciousness with Stanislav Grof, M.D.

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A stirring visit with one of the modern pioneers of consciousness exploration. Born in Czechoslovakia, Stan Grof came to the U.S. in the late 1960s and became one of the foremost explorers of LSD-25 as a research tool. Since then he has developed non-drug alternatives for exploring the hidden reaches of the human mind and psyche. Here he talks about his work and shares considerable wisdom in the process. (hosted by Michael Toms)

Bio

Stanislav Grof, M.D., Ph.D. is a psychiatrist who has researched non-ordinary states of consciousness for over half a century. One of the founders and chief theoreticians of transpersonal psychology, Dr. Grof was the founding president of the International Transpersonal Association and a professor of psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies and the Pacifica Graduate Institute. He is one of the founders of Holotropic Breathwork. 

His numerous books include:

• Beyond the Brain (SUNY Press 1985)
• Psychology of the Future (SUNY Press 2000)
• The Stormy Search for the Self (coauthor Jeremy Tarcher) (Tarcher 1990)
• Beyond Death (coauthor Christina Grof) (Thames & Hudson 1980)
• LSD Psychotherapy (Hunter House 1980)
• When the Impossible Happens: Adventures in Non-Ordinary Reality (Sounds True 2005)

To find out more about the work of Stanislav Grof go to www.stanislavgrof.com.

Host: Michael Toms              Date:   1/31/1982          Program Number: 1644