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The Adventure of Self-Discovery: Dimensions of Consciousness and New Perspectives in Psychotherapy and Inner Exploration

By Stanislav Grof

Book information

Publisher
State University of New York Press
Year
1988
ISBN
0887065414, 9780887065415, 9780585075921
LCC
RC480.5
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (1620609 bytes)
Series
SUNY Series in Transpersonal and Humanistic Psychology
Pages
0\0
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

Here Grof presents a useful model of the psyche—a model extended by his thirty years of studying non-ordinary states of consciousness. It is useful for understanding such phenomena as shamanism, mysticism, psychedelic states, spontaneous visionary experiences, and psychotic episodes. The model is also useful in explaining the dynamics of experiential psychotherapies and a variety of sociopolitical manifestations such as war and revolution. This book might have been entitled Beyond Drugs. The second part describes the principles and process of the non-pharmacological technique developed by the author and his wife, Christina, for self-exploration and for psychotherapy. Grof explores in detail the components of this technique. He describes its method, its effective mechanisms, as well as its goals and potential. Its practice is simple, since it utilizes the natural healing capacity of the psyche.

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