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Stanislav Grof Recommended Books
Stanislav Grof has recommended 14 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
Stanislav Grof is a Czech psychiatrist.
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Mysticism Sacred and Profane
by R. C. Zaehner
Stanislav Grof mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast. (Source)
The Toad and the Jaguar a Field Report of Underground Research on a Visionary Medicine
Bufo Alvarius and 5-Methoxy-Dimethyltryptamine
by Ralph Metzner
"An amazing book." - Stanislav Grof (Source)
What is Reality?
by Ervin Laszlo Ph.D.
"Goes through these different experiments that we have related to consciousness." - Stanislav Grof (Source)
The Rig Veda
by Anonymous
Stanislav Grof mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast. (Source)
"They moved completely from any question of etiology." - Stanislav Grof (Source)
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Michael Pollan recommended this bookMichael Pollan
"The bible of psychiatric diagnoses." - Michael Pollan
Michael Pollan's recommendation of this book
The Rites of Passage
by Arnold van Gennep
Stanislav Grof mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast. (Source)
On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres
by Nicolaus Copernicus
"The shift from the geocentric system to the heliocentric system [was after the publication of this book]." - Stanislav Grof (Source)
The Psychoanalytic Theory of Neurosis
by Otto Fenichel M.D.
"A psychoanalytic understanding of emotional and psychosomatic disorders." - Stanislav Grof (Source)
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
by Thomas S. Kuhn
"A fantastic book." - Stanislav Grof (Source)
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5 people
Steve Jobs recommended this bookSteve Jobs
Michael S. Malone said the first time he sat down with Steve Jobs, Steve immediately asked him if he had read this book. Michael thinks Steve was assimilating into this personality, this notion that he found in this book.
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Mark Zuckerberg recommended this bookMark Zuckerberg
"Explores the question of whether science and technology make consistent forward progress or whether progress comes in bursts related to other social forces." - Mark Zuckerberg
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Paul Graham recommended this bookPaul Graham
Paul Graham mentioned re-reading this book on Twitter.
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David Deutsch recommended this bookDavid Deutsch
David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality."
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Brad Delong recommended this bookBrad Delong
Brad Delong recommended this book in his website.
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The Tibetan Book of the Dead
by Padmasambhava
Stanislav Grof mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast. (Source)
The Lost World of the Kalahari
by Laurens van der Post
"About [the author's] childhood when he had a bushman nanny." - Stanislav Grof (Source)
"About shamanic mythologies of the world." - Stanislav Grof (Source)
Stanislav Grof mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast. (Source)
Dementia Præcox and Paraphrenia
by Emil Kraepelin
Stanislav Grof mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast. (Source)
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