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Beyond the Brain seriously challenges the existing neurophysiological models of the brain. After three decades of extensive research on those non-ordinary states of consciousness induced by psychedelic drugs and by other means, Grof concludes that our present scientific world view is as inadequate as many of its historical predecessors. In this pioneering work, he proposes a new model of the human psyche that takes account of his findings.
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SUNY Series in Transpersonal and Humanistic Psychology Richard D. Mann and Jeanne B. Mann, Editors
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Beyond the Brain
Birth, Death, and Transcendence in Psychotherapy
Stanislav Grof
State University of New York Press
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To Christina, Paul, and my mother Maria
Published by State University of New York, Albany
1985 State University of New York
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
For information, address State University of New York Press, State University Plaza, Albany, N.Y., 12246
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Grof, Stanislav, 193l Beyond the brain. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Transpersonal psychotherapy. 2. Consciousness. 3. Subconsciousness. 4. PsychiatryPhilosophy. I. Title. RC489.T75G76 1985616.89'1485-14882 ISBN 0-87395-953-1 ISBN 0-87395-899-3 (pbk.)
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Fig. 5 is reprinted with permission from Timothy Leary, Politics of Ecstasy (New York: G. P. Putnam's, 1965).
Fig. 6 is reprinted by permission from Michael Wenyon, Understanding Holography (New York: Arco Publishing).
Figs. 7 and 8 are reprinted with permission from J. Roubivek*, Experimental Psychoses (Prague: Sttn Zdravotnick Nakladatelstvi, 1961).
Figs. 17 and 21 are reprinted by permission from H. Giger, Necronomicon (Basel: Sphinx, 1977).
Figs. 18 and 19 are reprinted by permission from K. Seligman, The History of Magic (New York: Pantheon, 1948).
Fig. 20 is reprinted by permission from the Bodleian Library, Douce Portfolio W.7.7.
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Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction
xiii
Chapter One The Nature of Reality: Dawning of a New Paradigm
1
Philosophy of Science and the Role of Paradigms
2
The Newtonian-Cartesian Spell of Mechanistic Science
17
Conceptual Challenges from Modern Consciousness Research
26
New Understanding of Reality, Existence, and Human Nature
51
The Holonomic Approach: New Principles and New Perspectives
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Chapter Two Dimensions of the Human Psyche: Gartography of Inner Space
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The Sensory Barrier and the Individual Unconscious
93
Encounter with Birth and Death: The Dynamics of Perinatal Matrices
98
Beyond the Brain: Realms of Transpersonal Experiences
127
The Spectrum of Consciousness
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Chapter Three The World of Psychotherapy: Toward an Integration of Approaches
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