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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

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

Walt Disney was my great hero. — Stanislav Grof

Ritual use of psychedelic plants and substances has been a particularly effective technology for inducing holotropic states of consciousness. — Stanislav Grof

An important consequence of freeing oneself from the fear of death is a radical opening to spirituality of a universal and non-denominational type. — Stanislav Grof

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

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

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

The psyche of the individual is commensurate with the totality of creative energy. This requires a most radical revision of Western psychology. — Stanislav Grof

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

There is an urgent need for a radical revision of our current concepts of the nature of consciousness and its relationship to matter and the brain. — Stanislav Grof

I believe it is essential for our planetary future to develop tools that can change the consciousness which has created the crisis that we are in. — 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

In some instances, the accuracy of past-life memories can be objectively verified, sometimes with remarkable detail. — Stanislav Grof

It is possible to spend one's entire lifetime without ever experiencing the mystical realms or even without being aware of their existence. — Stanislav Grof

If consciousness can function independently of the body during one's lifetime, it could be able to do the same after death. — Stanislav Grof

Consciousness does not just passively reflect the objective material world; it plays an active role in creating reality
itself. — Stanislav Grof

I have to say I regretted giving up animated movies. — Stanislav Grof

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

Coming to terms with the fear of death is conducive to healing, positive personality transformation, and consciousness evolution. — Stanislav Grof

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

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

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

The motif of death plays an important role the human psyche in connection with archetypal and karmic material. — Stanislav Grof

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

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

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

As long as I had easy access to psychedelics at the government-sponsored research project, most of my energy went into psychedelic sessions. — Stanislav Grof

In the kind of world we have today, transformation of humanity might well be our only real hope for survival. — Stanislav Grof

I spent much of my later childhood and adolescence very, very involved and interested in art, and particularly in animated movies. — Stanislav Grof

Whether or not we believe in survival of consciousness after death, reincarnation, and karma, it has very serious implications for our behavior. — Stanislav Grof

A number of cases have been reported in which a dying individual has a vision of a person about whose death he or she did not know. — Stanislav Grof

The knowledge of the realm of death makes it possible for the shaman to move freely back and forth and mediate these journeys for other people. — Stanislav Grof