Books Recommended by Stanislav Grof
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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
1 recommenderWhat is Reality?
Ervin Laszlo Ph.D.
Source: "Goes through these different experiments that we have related to consciousness." - Stanislav Grof
1 recommenderThe Psychoanalytic Theory of Neurosis
Otto Fenichel M.D.
Source: "A psychoanalytic understanding of emotional and psychosomatic disorders." - Stanislav Grof
1 recommenderThe Lost World of the Kalahari
Laurens van der Post
Source: "About [the author's] childhood when he had a bushman nanny." - Stanislav Grof
1 recommenderDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
DSM-5
American Psychiatric Association
Source: "They moved completely from any question of etiology." - Stanislav Grof
2 recommendersMysticism Sacred and Profane
R. C. Zaehner
Source: Stanislav Grof mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.
1 recommender- 1 recommender
The Rites of Passage
Arnold van Gennep
Source: Stanislav Grof mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.
1 recommenderThe Tibetan Book of the Dead
Padmasambhava
Source: Stanislav Grof mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.
1 recommenderDementia Præcox and Paraphrenia
Emil Kraepelin
Source: Stanislav Grof mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.
1 recommenderThe Road to Eleusis
Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries
R. Gordon Wasson
Source: Stanislav Grof mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.
1 recommenderThe Way of the Animal Powers
The Historical Atlas of World Mythology, Vol. 1
Joseph Campbell
Source: "About shamanic mythologies of the world." - Stanislav Grof
1 recommenderThe Toad and the Jaguar a Field Report of Underground Research on a Visionary Medicine
Bufo Alvarius and 5-Methoxy-Dimethyltryptamine
Ralph Metzner
Source: "An amazing book." - Stanislav Grof
1 recommender
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