Books Recommended by Stanislav Grof
On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres
Nicolaus Copernicus
Source: "The shift from the geocentric system to the heliocentric system [was after the publication of this book]." - Stanislav Grof
What is Reality?
Ervin Laszlo Ph.D.
Source: "Goes through these different experiments that we have related to consciousness." - Stanislav Grof
The Psychoanalytic Theory of Neurosis
Otto Fenichel M.D.
Source: "A psychoanalytic understanding of emotional and psychosomatic disorders." - Stanislav Grof
The Lost World of the Kalahari
Laurens van der Post
Source: "About [the author's] childhood when he had a bushman nanny." - Stanislav Grof
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
DSM-5
American Psychiatric Association
Source: "They moved completely from any question of etiology." - Stanislav Grof
Mysticism Sacred and Profane
R. C. Zaehner
Source: Stanislav Grof mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.
The Rig Veda
Anonymous
Source: Stanislav Grof mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.
The Rites of Passage
Arnold van Gennep
Source: Stanislav Grof mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Padmasambhava
Source: Stanislav Grof mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.
Dementia Præcox and Paraphrenia
Emil Kraepelin
Source: Stanislav Grof mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.
The Road to Eleusis
Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries
R. Gordon Wasson
Source: Stanislav Grof mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.
The Way of the Animal Powers
The Historical Atlas of World Mythology, Vol. 1
Joseph Campbell
Source: "About shamanic mythologies of the world." - Stanislav Grof
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Thomas S. Kuhn
Source: "A fantastic book." - Stanislav Grof
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