Author: Stanislav Grof

Quotes

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

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

- Stanislav Grof

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

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

- 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.

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

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.

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

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

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

- Stanislav Grof

Walt Disney was my great hero.

Walt Disney was my great hero.

- Stanislav Grof

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

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

- Stanislav Grof

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

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

- Stanislav Grof

The materialistic paradigm of Western science has been a major obstacle for any objective evaluation of the data describing the events occurring at the time of death.

The materialistic paradigm of Western science has been a major obstacle for any objective evaluation of the data describing the events occurring at the time of death.

- Stanislav Grof

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