SUNY Press eBooks
December 31, 2023
Stanislav Grof, Christina Grof
1 citation
The definitive overview of this transformative breathwork. In the second edition of this classic text, Stanislav Grof and Christina Grof describe their groundbreaking form of self-exploration and psychotherapy: holotropic breathwork. Holotropic means "moving toward wholeness," from the Greek holos (whole) and trepein (moving in the direction of). The breathwork utilizes the remarkable healing...
Integral Transpersonal Journal
September 1, 2021
Stanislav Grof
Stanislav Grof describes the meaning of Holotropic states of conscience, the “states moving toward wholeness”, such as that kind of states which “traditional” psychology and psychiatry normally call altered.
March 28, 2019
Stanislav Grof
The objective of this paper is to summarize my experiences and observations concerning the nature of the human psyche in health and disease that I have amassed during more than fifty years of research of nonordinary states of consciousness. I will focus specifically on those findings that represent a serious theoretical challenge for academic psychology and psychiatry and suggest the revisions...
International Pharmacopsychiatry
August 11, 2017
Stanislav Grof, Robert A. Soskin, W.a. Richards et al.
35 citations
The usefulness of dipropyltryptamine (DPT) as an adjunct to psychedelic therapy was explored in a pilot study carried out on 51 alcoholic patients from the Alcoholic Rehabilitation Unit at Spring Grove State Hospital. The evaluation of the results was based on the comparison of pre- and posttreatment results of a battery of psychological tests and of pretreatment and follow-up ratings of an...
August 1, 2010
Stanislav Grof, Christina Grof, Jack Kornfield
You hold in your hands a visionary book, one that offers a new understanding of healing, mental health, and human potential, along with powerful techniques to bring about these transformations.Developing such an integrated understanding, which combines science, experience, and spirit is critical for the twenty-fi rst century.The prevailing materialistic culture has created a divided world where...
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
2008
Stanislav Grof
74 citations
The International Transpersonal Association (ITA) was formed in 1978 for the purposes\nof promoting education and research in transpersonal subjects, as well as sponsoring\nglobal conferences for the international transpersonal community. The association was\nsubsequently dissolved in 2004, but is now in the process of being reactivated and revitalized.\nAs background for this development, this...
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
2008
Grof Transpersonal Training, Stanislav Grof, Harris L. Friedman et al.
15 citations
The International Transpersonal Association (ITA) was formed in 1978 for the purposes of promoting education and research in transpersonal subjects, as well as sponsoring global conferences for the international transpersonal community.The association was subsequently dissolved in 2004, but is now in the process of being reactivated and revitalized.As background for this development, this paper...
OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying
February 1, 1980
William A. Richards, John Rhead, Stanislav Grof et al.
20 citations
Thirty cancer patients suffering from psychological distress participated in a pilot project of individual psychotherapy that offered – over a four week period of time – approximately twelve hours of conventional verbal interaction and a single intensive drug-assisted therapy session that employed dipropyltryptamine (DPT), a short-acting psychedelic drug. The efficacy of the total therapeutic...
International Pharmacopsychiatry
1973
Stanislav Grof, Louis E. Goodman, William A. Richards et al.
212 citations
The paper describes the results of a clinical study exploring the potential of a complex psychotherapeutic program utilizing psychedelic compounds to alleviate the emotional and physical suffering of cancer patients. A total of 60 cancer patients participated in this experimental study. In 44 of these patients, LSD (200-500 p%per os) was administered as an adjunct to psychotherapy; in 19...
Pharmacopsychiatry
March 1, 1971
Albert A. Kurland, Charles Savage, Walter N. Pahnke et al.
110 citations
The use of LSD in the treatment of alcoholism has led to many claims concerning the drug's efficacy. Efforts to verify these reports in controlled studies have been difficult because of the unique effects of LSD. Despite this formidable methodological obstacle a number of investigations have been carried out. A critique of these is presented followed by our own research experience in a...
Journal of Psychedelic Drugs
September 1, 1970
Stanislav Grof
38 citations
(1970). The Use of LSD in Psychotherapy. Journal of Psychedelic Drugs: Vol. 3, LSD. The Psychedelic Experience and Beyond, pp. 52-62.