Stanislav Grof - LSD: Doorway to the Numinous: The Groundbreaking Psychedelic Research into Realms of the Human Unconscious

Dr. Stanislav Grofs LSD: Doorway to the Numinous is an extraordinary alchemical text that overturns many commonly held beliefs about the nature of individual identity and consciousness. Based on his 2,500 clinical sessions using LSD as a therapeutic tool before the substance was interdicted, Grofs book explores the vast dimensions of inner experience that have been ignored and marginalized by the mainstream. He also provides a theoretical framework for understanding these amazing experiences that synthesizes Freudian and Jungian insights into the dark matter of the unconscious and the primal drives that secretly impel us to act. A must-read for all serious students of consciousness.

D ANIEL P INCHBECK , AUTHOR OF 2012: T HE R ETURN OF
Q UETZ ALCOATL AND B REAKING O PEN THE H EAD

The most significant development in the recent history of depth psychology, and the most important advance in the field since Freud and Jung themselves, has been the work of Stanislav Grof.

R ICHARD T ARNAS , P H .D., AUTHOR OF
T HE P ASSION OF THE W ESTERN M IND

A breakthrough work.

J EAN H OUSTON , P H .D., COAUTHOR OF
T HE V ARIETIES OF P SYCHEDELIC E XPERIENCE

I know of no work that so well incorporates the findings of Freud, Jung, and Rank, adding fresh insights that the methods of these psychotherapists could never have achieved. It certainly goes beyond Freud. It brings new clarification to Jung. It throws new light on the topic of death and resurrection symbolism, as well as on religious imagery. I do not doubt that others working in this field will find Dr. Grofs discoveries a basis for a whole new strategy of research.

J OSEPH C AMPBELL, AUTHOR OF T HE H ERO WITH A T HOUSAND
F ACES , T HE M ASKS OF G OD , AND M YTHS TO L IVE B Y

Stanislav Grofs research is the most important contribution to personality theory in several decades.

A BRAHAM M ASLOW , P H .D., PSYCHOLOGIST, COFOUNDER OF
H UMANISTIC AND T RANSPERSONAL P SYCHOLOGY, AND
AUTHOR OF R ELIGIONS , V ALUES, AND P EAK E XPERIENCES

An exceptionally clear and readable introduction to the evolving psychology of the spirittranspersonal psychologythat is one of the most exciting developments of our times. Grof is far and away one of the leading scientists exploring this field.

C HARLES T ART , P H .D., PSYCHOLOGIST AND AUTHOR OF
S TATES OF C ONSCIOUSNESS , PSI: S CIENTIFIC S TUDIES
OF THE P SYCHIC R EALM , AND L IVING THE M INDFUL L IFE

Dr. Grofs studies of the mystical experience in LSD therapy represent an extremely valuable scientific approach to consciousness research from which many people can benefit.

C HOGYAM T RUNGPA R INPOCHE , T IBETAN LAMA AND
AUTHOR OF B ORN IN T IBET , S PIRITUAL M ATERIALISM ,
AND M EDITATION IN A CTION

Grof has had far and away more experience in psychedelic research than anyone else and has come up with the most comprehensive and helpful framework for interpreting the data in this bewildering area.

H USTON S MITH , P H .D., AUTHOR OF T HE W ORLDS R ELIGIONS
AND B EYOND THE P OST -M ODERN M IND

Grof marshals an impressive array of data and speculation in support of the timely demand that Western science acknowledge consciousness and its many nonordinary states.

R ICHARD A LPERT (R AM D ASS ), P H .D., PSYCHOLOGIST,
SPIRITUAL TEACHER, AND AUTHOR OF B E H ERE N OW ,
G RIST FOR THE M ILL , AND T HE O NLY D ANCE T HERE I S

A fascinating journey through previously uncharted realms of the psyche guided by one of the worlds foremost consciousness researchers. A remarkable account of the extraordinary depths of the human psyche.

F RANCES V AUGHAN , P H .D., PSYCHOLOGIST AND AUTHOR OF
A WAKENING I NTUITION AND T HE I NWARD A RC

To my brother, Paul, and my parents