Stanislav Grof
Referenced in 2 episodes
Definition
Czech-born psychiatrist and co-founder of transpersonal psychology who pioneered LSD psychotherapy research from the 1950s onward. He wrote 'Realms of the Human Unconscious' and mapped perinatal and transpersonal levels of consciousness.
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