I read Freuds Introductory Lectures in Psychoanalysis in basically one sitting. I decided to enroll in medical school. It was almost like a conversion experience. – Stanislav Grof
The experiences associated with death were seen as visits to important dimensions of reality that deserved to be experienced, studied, and carefully mapped. – Stanislav Grof
The motif of death plays an important role the human psyche in connection with archetypal and karmic material. – Stanislav Grof
Coming to terms with the fear of death is conducive to healing, positive personality transformation, and consciousness evolution. – Stanislav Grof
I find increasingly that the more extreme are the things going on in your life, the more cultural reference points fail you. More mythical reference points actually help, and you realise thats what myths are for. Its for human beings to process their experience in extremis. – Michael Sheen