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Stanislav Grof, M.D., Ph.D, a genius in consciousness research, was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia. He received his M.D. from Charles University School of Medicine and his Ph.D. from Czechoslovakian Academy of Sciences. He was the head of the Psychiatric Research Institute in Prague, where he conducted research in the clinical uses of psychoactive drugs. His groundbreaking work with LSD therapy led to a two-year Clinical and Research Fellow at John Hopkins University. He stayed on at John Hopkins to continue his research and became Chief of Psychiatric Research at the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center and an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Henry Phipps Clinic of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Grof was a scholar-in -residence at the Esalen Institute, in Big Sur, California, from 1973 through 1987. During this time, he and his wife, Christina, developed Holotropic Breathwork and holonomic integration and coined the term spiritual emergency. The DSM-IV recognizes spiritual emergency (see Lukoff, Lu, & Turner, 1996). In 1987, the Grofs founded the Grof Transpersonal Training for the training and certifying of practitioners in Holotropic Breathwork. They have presented workshops and lectures throughout the world. Their work has received worldwide praise. (For more on holotropic breathwork, see below: Lee and Speier, 1996; Grof's official website; Grof's transpersonal training website.)

Grof is one of the founders of the transpersonal psychology movement and is an active contributor to this movement. He is the founding president of the International Transpersonal Association (ITA), a scientific and educational organization with a mission to promote education and scientific research in all areas related to the transpersonal dimensions and all realms of human nature. Through ITA, he has hosted annual international conferences throughout the world. He teaches at the California Institute of Integral Studies and continues to lecture throughout the world. Grof has served on the editorial boards of ReVISION, Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, and Journal of Humanistic Psychology and is also a prolific writer with books published in several languages and with over 100 articles published in many journals - a list of his books is set forth below.

Lee and Speier (1996) point out that some criticize Grof's work because "no one could prove that the experiences he observed and reported reflected the true nature of the human psyche" (p. 83). Grof uses these criticisms to further the goals of the transpersonal psychology movement: he undauntedly challenges the assumptions of the Western scientific paradigm. In particular, he asserts that humans are not "separate systems that communicate only through sensory organs" as declared by the mainstream scientific paradigm (Grof, 1985, p22). In general, he argues that the Western scientific paradigm does not provide support for studying the nature, the meaning, and the purpose of consciousness, as its mainstream methods and methodologies are not capable of studying the same (Grof, 1985).

Grof is a creative thinker, writer, and scientist who boldly challenges not only the limitations of Western scientific paradigm but also the existing neurophysiological models of the brain. He contends that human consciousness transcends the physical brain and is part of cosmic consciousness and that consciousness is the fundamental element of reality. He has proposed a new model of the human psyche and has discovered three levels of human consciousness: the recollective, the perinatal, and the transpersonal. Grof asserts that understanding the perinatal and the transpersonal levels challenges the mainstream's views of both mental illness and mental health. Through his work, he has demonstrated the inherent dignity of the human being to access inner wisdom to heal and resolve the most challenging concerns. He is also noted for his clinical work with people facing death and the cosmological implication of consciousness research. His work and worldview have profound implications not only for psychology, science and philosophy but for all of us in that they portend a paradigm shift involving our basic assumptions about the nature of reality and, therefore, about the inherent nature of humans and of our relationships with each other, animals, plants, our planet, and the universe.

References for Bibliography

Grof, S. (1985). Beyond the brain: Birth, death and transcendence in psychotherapy. New York: State University of New York.

Lee & Speier (1996). Breathwork: Theory and technique. In B. W. Scotton, A. B. Chinen & J. R. Battista (Eds.), Textbook of transpersonal psychiatry and psychology (pp. 366-376). New York: Basic Books.

Lukoff, D. Lu, F. G., & Turner, R. (1996). Diagnosis: A transpersonal clinical approach to religious and spiritual problems. In

B. W. Scotton, A. B. Chinen & J. R. Battista (Eds.), Textbook of transpersonal psychiatry and psychology (pp.231-249). New York: Basic Books.

Yensen, R., & Dryer, D. (1996). The consciousness research of Stanislav Grof. In B. W. Scotton, A. B. Chinen & J. R.Battista (Eds.), Textbook of transpersonal psychiatry and psychology (pp. 75-84). New York: Basic Books.

Grof's Official Web Site

WEB SITE

Grof Transpersonal Training - The authentic website of Stanislav Grof. Lectures, Workshops, Books and Music are all avai. Retrieve at http://www.holotropic.com

Grof Transpersonal Training:

Retrieve at http://www.breathwork.com/overview

OVERVIEW OF THE GROF TRANSPERSONAL TRAINING
MANDATORY MODULES
OPTIONAL MODULES
GROF TRANSPERSONAL TRAINING WEB SITE

Books by Stan Grof:

LSD psychotherapy: Exploring the frontiers of the hidden mind, 1980, 1985, 2001

H.R. Geyer, 2002

Psychology of the future: Lessons from modern consciousness research, 2000

Beyond the brain: Birth, death and transcendence in psychotherapy, 1985, 1990

Books of the dead, 1993

Cosmic game: Explorations of the frontiers of human consciousness, 1998

Transpersonal vision: Volume 6, 1998

The adventures of self-discovery: Dimensions of consciousness and new perspectives and inner explorations, 1997

Beyond death: The gates of consciousness, 1981

East and west: Ancient wisdom and modern science, 1986

Emergencia espiritual, 1992

En busca del ser, 1992

Frontiers of the hidden mind: Insights and discoveries from LSD, 1991

Realms of human unconscious: Observations from LSD research, 1976, 1994

Books by Stan and Christina Grof:

Stormy search for self: A guide to personal growth through transformative crisis, 1990, 1992

Books by Stan Grof and others:

The holotropic mind: The three levels of human consciousness and how they shape our lives,

1992, with Hal Zina Bennet

Consciousness revolution: A transatlantic dialogue, 1999, with Peter Russel

Dimensions of dying and rebirth, 1977, with Hugh Cayce & Raynor C. Johnson

Human encounters with death, 1978, with Joan Halifax

Books edited by Stan Grof:

Ancient wisdom and modern science, 1984, 1990

Human survival and consciousness evolution, 1988, 1987, Marjorie L. Valier

Books edited by Stan and Christina Grof:

Spiritual emergency: When personal transformation becomes a crisis, 1989

Foreword by Stan Grof

Dark night, early dawn: Steps in a deep ecology of mind, 2000, Christopher Martin Bache

Interviews

Thinking Allowed, Conversations On The Leading Edge Of Knowledge And Discovery with Dr. Jeffrey Mishlove and Stan Grof, The Adventure Of Self-Discovery, retrieve at http://www.william james.com/transcripts/grof.htm and http://www.intuition.org/idxtran.htm

''Frontiers of the Mind'', Interview With Stanislav Grof M.D., Interviewed by Daniel Redwood D.C. or retrieve at http://www.drredwood.com/

''The Multi-Dimensional Psyche''; Interview With Stanislav Grof M.D. Interviewed By Russell E. DiCarlo ; Retrieve at http://www.healthy.net/asp/templates/interview.asp?PageType=Interview&ID=29

http://www.healthy.net/asp/templates/interview.asp?PageType=Interview&ID=200

Stanislav Grof interviews by Dr. Albert Hofmann, Esalen Institute, Big Sur, California, 1984; Retrieve from http://www.maps.org/news-letters/v11n2/11222gro.html

Links related to Holotropic Breathwork or Transpersonal Psychology

Grof Transpersonal Training
Psychology of the Future - Stan's latest book
Books on Transpersonal Psychology & Holotropic Breathwork
Music appropriate for Holotropic Breathwork
Holotropic Breathwork Danmark - Holotropic Breathwork in Denmark
Tapes and videos of Stanislav Grof and other related links and info.
New Medicine - Stan and Christina Grof
New Medicine - Quotation from Stan Grof
Institute of Transpersonal Psychology
CSP - 'Religion and Psychoactive Sacraments: An Entheogen Chrestomathy'
An interesting page on the transpersonal by Andrew H. Schulak
A newsgroup on transpersonal psychology.
Stanislav Grof

A new collection of links (some duplicates)

Also visit the Association for Holotropic Breathwork International and retrieve at http://www.starprana.com/breathwork/

Other Links & URLs

Allies Transpersonal and Shamanic Strategies, retrieve at http://www.byronmetcalf.com/allies

GLOBAL VISION: STAN GROF : CONSCIOUSNESS EVOLUTION AND HUMAN SURVIVAL

Retrieve at http://www.global-vision.org/un/grof1.html

Visit this cite for an abstract of The Psychological Roots of Human Violence and Greed a paper presented by Stan Grof at the Thirteenth International Transpersonal Conference, on the Theme of Spirituality, Ecology, and Native Wisdom, Killarney, Ireland, June 1995.

Noetic Sciences Review, Vol. 32, Winter 1994, pages 21-29; Alternative Cosmologies and Altered States Stanislav Grof . or Alternative Cosmologies and Altered States From a talk given at the Institute of Noetic Sciences conference "The Sacred Source: Life, Death, and the Survival of Consciousness", Chicago, Illinois, July 15-17, 1994. Retrieve at http://www.noetic.org/IONS/presenterbios.asp?ID=448&SeqNum=1

Retrieve Chapter 1 of LSD Psychotherapy at http://www.psychedelic-library.org/grofhist.htm or The Psychedelic Library Homepage

Goddard, G. (1997) Airing our transpersonal differences: Toward reconciliation. Retrieve at http://mars.ark.com/~gero/transdifA.html

Tapes

Retrieve at http://nepenthes.lycaeum.org/People/grof.html

Videos

Retrieve at http://www.thinkingallowed.com/4sgrof.html

		Guide to the Transpersonal Internet
		Stanislav Grof *A Brief Biography*


		Stanislav Grof, M.D., Ph.D, a genius in consciousness research, was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia. He received his M.D. from Charles University School of Medicine and his Ph.D. from Czechoslovakian Academy of Sciences. He was the head of the Psychiatric Research Institute in Prague, where he conducted research in the clinical uses of psychoactive drugs. His groundbreaking work with LSD therapy led to a two-year Clinical and Research Fellow at John Hopkins University. He stayed on at John Hopkins to continue his research and became Chief of Psychiatric Research at the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center and an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Henry Phipps Clinic of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Grof was a scholar-in -residence at the Esalen Institute, in Big Sur, California, from 1973 through 1987. During this time, he and his wife, Christina, developed Holotropic Breathwork and holonomic integration and coined the term spiritual emergency. The DSM-IV recognizes spiritual emergency (see Lukoff, Lu, & Turner, 1996). In 1987, the Grofs founded the Grof Transpersonal Training for the training and certifying of practitioners in Holotropic Breathwork. They have presented workshops and lectures throughout the world. Their work has received worldwide praise. (For more on holotropic breathwork, see below: Lee and Speier, 1996; Grof's official website; Grof's transpersonal training website.) Grof is one of the founders of the transpersonal psychology movement and is an active contributor to this movement. He is the founding president of the International Transpersonal Association (ITA), a scientific and educational organization with a mission to promote education and scientific research in all areas related to the transpersonal dimensions and all realms of human nature. Through ITA, he has hosted annual international conferences throughout the world. He teaches at the California Institute of Integral Studies and continues to lecture throughout the world. Grof has served on the editorial boards of ReVISION, Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, and Journal of Humanistic Psychology and is also a prolific writer with books published in several languages and with over 100 articles published in many journals - a list of his books is set forth below. Lee and Speier (1996) point out that some criticize Grof's work because "no one could prove that the experiences he observed and reported reflected the true nature of the human psyche" (p. 83). Grof uses these criticisms to further the goals of the transpersonal psychology movement: he undauntedly challenges the assumptions of the Western scientific paradigm. In particular, he asserts that humans are not "separate systems that communicate only through sensory organs" as declared by the mainstream scientific paradigm (Grof, 1985, p22). In general, he argues that the Western scientific paradigm does not provide support for studying the nature, the meaning, and the purpose of consciousness, as its mainstream methods and methodologies are not capable of studying the same (Grof, 1985). Grof is a creative thinker, writer, and scientist who boldly challenges not only the limitations of Western scientific paradigm but also the existing neurophysiological models of the brain. He contends that human consciousness transcends the physical brain and is part of cosmic consciousness and that consciousness is the fundamental element of reality. He has proposed a new model of the human psyche and has discovered three levels of human consciousness: the recollective, the perinatal, and the transpersonal. Grof asserts that understanding the perinatal and the transpersonal levels challenges the mainstream's views of both mental illness and mental health. Through his work, he has demonstrated the inherent dignity of the human being to access inner wisdom to heal and resolve the most challenging concerns. He is also noted for his clinical work with people facing death and the cosmological implication of consciousness research. His work and worldview have profound implications not only for psychology, science and philosophy but for all of us in that they portend a paradigm shift involving our basic assumptions about the nature of reality and, therefore, about the inherent nature of humans and of our relationships with each other, animals, plants, our planet, and the universe. References for Bibliography Grof, S. (1985). Beyond the brain: Birth, death and transcendence in psychotherapy. New York: State University of New York. Lee & Speier (1996). Breathwork: Theory and technique. In B. W. Scotton, A. B. Chinen & J. R. Battista (Eds.), Textbook of transpersonal psychiatry and psychology (pp. 366-376). New York: Basic Books. Lukoff, D. Lu, F. G., & Turner, R. (1996). Diagnosis: A transpersonal clinical approach to religious and spiritual problems. In B. W. Scotton, A. B. Chinen & J. R. Battista (Eds.), Textbook of transpersonal psychiatry and psychology (pp.231-249). New York: Basic Books. Yensen, R., & Dryer, D. (1996). The consciousness research of Stanislav Grof. In B. W. Scotton, A. B. Chinen & J. R.Battista (Eds.), Textbook of transpersonal psychiatry and psychology (pp. 75-84). New York: Basic Books. Grof's Official Web Site WEB SITE Grof Transpersonal Training - The authentic website of Stanislav Grof. Lectures, Workshops, Books and Music are all avai. Retrieve at http://www.holotropic.com Grof Transpersonal Training: Retrieve at http://www.breathwork.com/overview OVERVIEW OF THE GROF TRANSPERSONAL TRAINING MANDATORY MODULES OPTIONAL MODULES GROF TRANSPERSONAL TRAINING WEB SITE Books by Stan Grof: LSD psychotherapy: Exploring the frontiers of the hidden mind, 1980, 1985, 2001 H.R. Geyer, 2002 Psychology of the future: Lessons from modern consciousness research, 2000 Beyond the brain: Birth, death and transcendence in psychotherapy, 1985, 1990 Books of the dead, 1993 Cosmic game: Explorations of the frontiers of human consciousness, 1998 Transpersonal vision: Volume 6, 1998 The adventures of self-discovery: Dimensions of consciousness and new perspectives and inner explorations, 1997 Beyond death: The gates of consciousness, 1981 East and west: Ancient wisdom and modern science, 1986 Emergencia espiritual, 1992 En busca del ser, 1992 Frontiers of the hidden mind: Insights and discoveries from LSD, 1991 Realms of human unconscious: Observations from LSD research, 1976, 1994 Books by Stan and Christina Grof: Stormy search for self: A guide to personal growth through transformative crisis, 1990, 1992 Books by Stan Grof and others: The holotropic mind: The three levels of human consciousness and how they shape our lives, 1992, with Hal Zina Bennet Consciousness revolution: A transatlantic dialogue, 1999, with Peter Russel Dimensions of dying and rebirth, 1977, with Hugh Cayce & Raynor C. Johnson Human encounters with death, 1978, with Joan Halifax Books edited by Stan Grof: Ancient wisdom and modern science, 1984, 1990 Human survival and consciousness evolution, 1988, 1987, Marjorie L. Valier Books edited by Stan and Christina Grof: Spiritual emergency: When personal transformation becomes a crisis, 1989 Foreword by Stan Grof Dark night, early dawn: Steps in a deep ecology of mind, 2000, Christopher Martin Bache Interviews Thinking Allowed, Conversations On The Leading Edge Of Knowledge And Discovery with Dr. Jeffrey Mishlove and Stan Grof, The Adventure Of Self-Discovery, retrieve at http://www.william james.com/transcripts/grof.htm and http://www.intuition.org/idxtran.htm ''Frontiers of the Mind'', Interview With Stanislav Grof M.D., Interviewed by Daniel Redwood D.C. or retrieve at http://www.drredwood.com/ ''The Multi-Dimensional Psyche''; Interview With Stanislav Grof M.D. Interviewed By Russell E. DiCarlo ; Retrieve at http://www.healthy.net/asp/templates/interview.asp?PageType=Interview&ID=29 http://www.healthy.net/asp/templates/interview.asp?PageType=Interview&ID=200 Stanislav Grof interviews by Dr. Albert Hofmann, Esalen Institute, Big Sur, California, 1984; Retrieve from http://www.maps.org/news-letters/v11n2/11222gro.html Links related to Holotropic Breathwork or Transpersonal Psychology Grof Transpersonal Training Psychology of the Future - Stan's latest book Books on Transpersonal Psychology & Holotropic Breathwork Music appropriate for Holotropic Breathwork Holotropic Breathwork Danmark - Holotropic Breathwork in Denmark Tapes and videos of Stanislav Grof and other related links and info. New Medicine - Stan and Christina Grof New Medicine - Quotation from Stan Grof Institute of Transpersonal Psychology CSP - 'Religion and Psychoactive Sacraments: An Entheogen Chrestomathy' An interesting page on the transpersonal by Andrew H. Schulak A newsgroup on transpersonal psychology. Stanislav Grof A new collection of links (some duplicates) Also visit the Association for Holotropic Breathwork International and retrieve at http://www.starprana.com/breathwork/ Other Links & URLs Allies Transpersonal and Shamanic Strategies, retrieve at http://www.byronmetcalf.com/allies GLOBAL VISION: STAN GROF : CONSCIOUSNESS EVOLUTION AND HUMAN SURVIVAL Retrieve at http://www.global-vision.org/un/grof1.html Visit this cite for an abstract of The Psychological Roots of Human Violence and Greed a paper presented by Stan Grof at the Thirteenth International Transpersonal Conference, on the Theme of Spirituality, Ecology, and Native Wisdom, Killarney, Ireland, June 1995. Noetic Sciences Review, Vol. 32, Winter 1994, pages 21-29; Alternative Cosmologies and Altered States Stanislav Grof . or *Alternative Cosmologies and Altered States* From a talk given at the Institute of Noetic Sciences conference "The Sacred Source: Life, Death, and the Survival of Consciousness", Chicago, Illinois, July 15-17, 1994. Retrieve at http://www.noetic.org/IONS/presenterbios.asp?ID=448&SeqNum=1 Retrieve Chapter 1 of LSD Psychotherapy at http://www.psychedelic-library.org/grofhist.htm or The Psychedelic Library Homepage Goddard, G. (1997) Airing our transpersonal differences: Toward reconciliation. Retrieve at http://mars.ark.com/~gero/transdifA.html Tapes Retrieve at http://nepenthes.lycaeum.org/People/grof.html Videos Retrieve at http://www.thinkingallowed.com/4sgrof.html

Stanislav Grof A Brief Biography

Retrieve Chapter 1 of LSD Psychotherapy at http://www.psychedelic-library.org/grofhist.htm or The Psychedelic Library Homepage

Goddard, G. (1997) Airing our transpersonal differences: Toward reconciliation. Retrieve at http://mars.ark.com/~gero/transdifA.html

Stanislav Grof
A Brief Biography