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Author:   Stanislav Grof
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Edition:   illustrated edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.635kg
ISBN:  

9780791446218

ISBN 10:   0791446212
Pages:   361
Publication Date:   20 July 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Preface 1. Healing and Heuristic Potential of Nonordinary States of Consciousness 2. Cartography of the Human Psyche: Biographical, Perinatal, and Transpersonal Domains 3. Architecture of Emotional and Psychosomatic Disorders 4. Spiritual Emergency: Understanding and Treatment of Crises of Transformation 5. New Perspectives in Psychotherapy and Self-Exploration 6. Spirituality and Religion 7. The Experience of Death and Dying: Psychological, Philosophical, and Spiritual Perspectives 8. The Cosmic Game: Exploration of the Farthest Reaches of Human Consciousness 9. Consciousness Evolution and Human Survival: Transpersonal Perspective on the Global Crisis References About the Author Index

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Stanislav Grof, MD , is a psychiatrist with more than fifty years of experience in research of non-ordinary states of consciousness. He has been Principal Investigator in a psychedelic research program at the Psychiatric Research Institute in Prague, Czechoslovakia; Chief of Psychiatric Research at the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University; and Scholar-in-Residence at the Esalen Institute. He is currently Professor of Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies, conducts professional training programs in holotropic breathwork, and gives lectures and seminars worldwide. He is one of the founders and chief theoreticians of transpersonal psychology and the founding president of the International Transpersonal Association (ITA). In 2007, he was granted the prestigious Vision 97 award from the Vaclav and Dagmar Havel Foundation in Prague. He is the author and editor of many books, including The Adventure of Self-Discovery: Dimensions of Consciousness and New Perspectives in Psychotherapy and Inner Exploration; Ancient Wisdom and Modern Science; The Cosmic Game: Explorations of the Frontiers of Human Consciousness; Human Survival and Consciousness Evolution; and Psychology of the Future: Lessons from Modern Consciousness Research; all published by SUNY Press.

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