Unlike scientism, science in the true sense of the word is open to unbiased investigation of any existing phenomena.
Stanislav GrofI spent much of my later childhood and adolescence very, very involved and interested in art, and particularly in animated movies.
Stanislav GrofThe elimination of the fear of death transforms the individual's way of being in the world.
Stanislav GrofWhen you read the psychedelic literature, there is a distinction between the so-called natural psychedelics and synthetic psychedelics that are artificially produced.
Stanislav GrofPhilemon explained how Jung treated thoughts as though they were generated by himself, while for Philemon thoughts were like animals in the forest, or people in a room, or birds in the air. Jung concluded that Philemon taught him psychic objectivity, the reality of the psyche. This helped Jung to understand that there is something in me which can say things that I do not know and do not intend.
Stanislav Grof