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The Holotropic Mind: The Three Levels of Human Consciousness and How They Shape Our Lives Reprint Edition, Kindle Edition

by Stanislav Grof (Author), Hal Zina Bennett (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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“An exceptionally clear and readable introduction to the evolving psychology of the spirit, transpersonal psychology” from the renowned psychiatrist (Charles T. Tart, PhD, author of Mind Science).

A turning point in psychology and human history . . .

Loaded with case studies which present a unified model of human consciousness—a revolutionary map of the mind that explains our evolution, behavior, personality, and the mind-body connection—this work takes readers on a compelling journey into the mind, human behavior, and future of humankind.

“If you want to know about the psychology of the future today, read this book. It is about a revolution in our understanding of the mind that is as far-reaching in psychology as the idea of the quantum was to physics.” —Fred Alan Wolf, PhD, author of Taking the Quantum Leap



“Grof marshals an impressive array of data and speculation in support of the timely demand that Western science acknowledge consciousness and its many non-ordinary states.” —Ram Dass
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Grof ( The Stormy Search for Self , LJ 4/1/90) offers this New Age book which purports to unravel the complexities of the human mind through the assessment of observations of "non-ordinary" states of consciousness (LSD-induced, etc.). The mind, according to Grof, is essentially "holotropic," that is, like a hologram wherein the whole can be reconstructed from a tiny part. The book's first part analyzes memories of life in the womb and the painful process of birth. This is largely a rehash of Grof's Realms of the Human Unconscious ( LJ 7/75, o.p.). The rest of the book is given to a discussion of our "infinite transpersonal consciousness," wherein we can transcend not only the time-space continuum but even visit other dimensions and parallel universes. Grof purports to be scientific--the word appears often throughout the book--but he is surprisingly short on validation. He accepts without question the spoon bending of Uri Geller and the mental photography of Ted Serios. This book is suitable for the New Age shelf if you don't have the author's earlier treatment.
- Dave Summers, Holly Twp. Lib., Mich.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About the Author

Hal Zina Bennett, Ph.D., is a lecturer, consultant, and the author or co-author of twenty-seven books, including The Lens of Perception, The Well Body Book (with Mike Samuels, M.D.), The Holotropic Mind (with Stanislav Grof, M.D.), and Follow Your Bliss (with Susan J. Sparrow). He is also a contributing editor to Shaman's Drum magazine

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00134XEQY
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperOne; Reprint edition (October 13, 2009)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 13, 2009
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1395 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 258 pages
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    Stanislav Grof, M.D., PhD., is a psychiatrist with over sixty years of experience in research of non-ordinary states of consciousness and one of the founders and chief theoreticians of transpersonal psychology. He was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, where he also received his scientific training: an M.D. degree from the Charles University School of Medicine and a Ph.D. degree (Doctor of Philosophy in Medicine) from the Czechoslovakian Academy of Sciences. He was also granted honorary Ph.D. degrees from the University of Vermont in Burlington, VT, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology in Palo Alto, CA, and the World Buddhist University in Bangkok, Thailand. In 2018 he received an honorary Ph.D. degree for Psychedelic Therapy and Healing Arts from the Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in San Francisco, California.

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    Hal Zina Bennett, PhD, is the bestselling author of 26 successful books, His work covers a wide range of topics including creativity, health, popular anthropology, human consciousness research, personal and spiritual development, fiction and poetry.

    A graduate in Language Arts/Creative Writing from San Francisco State University, he holds a Masters degree in Holistic Health Science, and a PhD in Psychology. His doctoral dissertation on the psychology of intuition was published as three popular books under the titles:"The Lens of Perception;" "Inner Guides, Visions, Dreams & Dr. Einstein," and "Mind Jogger: A Problem Solving Companion."

    He is the co-author and/or developmental editor for more than 20 books, several of them being international bestsellers. These include: The Well Body Book; Be Well; The Holotropic Mind; Move Into Life; Change Your Questions, Change Your Life; Kids Beyond Limits; and Teaching That Changes Lives.

    His books are published in 6 languages, with total sales over 2 million copies. .

    He lives and writes in northern California.

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Peter Fritz Walter
5.0 out of 5 stars A Holographic View of Life
Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2014
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In 'The Holotropic Mind' Stanislav Grof exposes his vision of a holographic universe, and he summons convincing amounts of data and evidence for his view. Grof’s contribution is important especially right now as the holographic view of the universe is one of several ‘theories of everything’ or integrative visions that actually link back to ancient holistic science traditions.

Grof further references current research, thus blending ancient and new cutting-edge science into something like a total synthesis. With good reason and convincing arguments, he refers to David Bohm’s theory of a constantly unfolding universe as one of the first holistic science concepts in modern times.

One of the most daring thinking habits to overcome, that are connected with mechanistic science, is the illusion of separateness. Grof writes:
—The holographic model offers revolutionary possibilities for a new understanding of the relationship between the parts and the whole. No longer confined to the limited logic of traditional thought, the part ceases to be just a fragment of the whole but, under certain circumstances, reflects and contains the whole. As individual human beings we are not isolated and insignificant Newtonian entities; rather, as integral fields of the holomovement each of us is also a microcosm that reflects and contains the macrocosm./10

But apart from systems theory, in which he knows to excel, Grof is really the specialist for LSD-based psychiatry, and his two decades of experience together with sound judgment of his many observations have led to something like an integrated concept of LSD-based psychiatry.

While all this research had been stopped because of the fact that LSD, together with number of natural plant psychedelics, has been forbidden by our administrative oversoul, the insights and miracles remain an ecstatic outlook in a possible future of psychiatry.

Contrary to Freudian psychoanalysis, Grof, following a tradition created by Otto Rank, includes perinatal experiences in his psychoanalytic exploration.
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Michael L. Jones
5.0 out of 5 stars This One Really Makes You Think
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2013
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This book was one of my first introductions into taking concepts from physics and proposing mind expanding concepts of how the universe works and as the title indicates, how these ideas can change human consciousness. I loved the book.
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D. Rigas
4.0 out of 5 stars Can hallucinations explain reality?
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2005
What does holotropic mean? The dictionary does not define the term, and neither does the author, although he has developed an entire psychiatric treatment and trademarked it as the "Holotropic Breathwork." If we compare it to the meaning of "allotropic" we can deduce that it should mean "of one form." But with one form with what? After reading the book I am guessing that it refers to the universe. Our mind is one with it. Purely a guess; the author does not tell us.

Stanislav Grof was born in in 1931 in Czechoslovakia, where he received an MD in 1956, and PhD in 1967. It appears that he spent his time between the two degrees doing research in LSD-induced psychic states, often using himself as the subject. But when he came to the US in 1967, LSD use became prohibited, and so he eventually continued his work in "Transpersonal Psychology" (defined as a study of non-ordinary states of consciousness) with techniques that involved controlled breathing in a controlled setting. If nothing else, the reader of this book can get an idea of what a psychedelic trip feels like.

The book consists of two parts, framed between what could be called an introductory and a concluding chapter. In the introduction he mentions how some avant-garde physicists have introduced theories that connect together everything in the universe into one mathematical or even conscious entity: Talbot's holographic universe, Bohm's implicate order, Sheldrake's morphic resonance, and finally Jung's (an avant-garde psychiatrist in his day) collective unconscious. He then takes off into his favorite subject, LSD-induced regression into early childhood states and the birth process.

The next four chapters are allocated to studies of regression into the womb and birth experience, which he considers as the most important factors that are unconsciously affecting our adult feelings and actions. Even if you strongly disagree with what he is saying, try not to throw the book in garbage at this point. The following five chapters deal with wider transpersonal expansions of one's consciousness. Although he starts by discussing how under regression he was able to remember his existence as the spermatozoon that caused his own conception, and how others regressed to previous lives, or even plants and inanimate objects, most of the information here comes from published work by others. A lot of it is interesting, and a sufficient reason to have kept reading the book to this point. There is a good discussion of Carl Jung and his myth and archetype ideas, a brief discussion of synchronicity, and an excellent listing of many inventions and ideas that originated in people's minds as complete, inspired insights.

In the concluding chapter, he ignores the contents of the preceding five chapters, returns to his favorite subject of birth trauma, and generalizes it as the cause of all problems that have plagued mankind through its existence.

Obviously, this book is directed to the open-minded reader. Personally I disagree with the author's conclusions. I think all the data he presented could have been explained better if he followed through with Jung's and others' ideas of a universal subconscious rather than his own birth trauma theories.

The writer is the author of "Christianity without Fairy Tales: When Science and Religion Merge."
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Amy Kline-Rodriguez
5.0 out of 5 stars thought-provoking
Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2013
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There is really nothing unique here that hasn't been explained by numerous other books. But this book does a good job of condensing and synthesizing multiple ideas and explanations of the power that human consciousness can reach.
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richard
5.0 out of 5 stars one of the best books i've ever read
Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2014
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this book has it all. I've been meditating for over thirty years. this book specks to me from many veils of consciousness. from a science prespective. I recommend this book to all who ask.
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Larry Crowley
5.0 out of 5 stars Truth Seeker
Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2005
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A truely inspired journey through an emerging paradigm in consciousness research. This book is an absolute must read for anyone who has seen the futility of modern material science's need to relegate the mind to the status of a physical anomaly.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
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Roxane Boisvert
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book
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Daniel Murray
5.0 out of 5 stars intersting and well written
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 30, 2018
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Good balance in this book between information with depth and readability. Some ideas are a bit of a stretch and some things put as naturally following others facts, observations, are highly arguable. That of course could be said to be the nature of the subject the book covers.

Whether you agree or disagree, likely a mixture of both, with the author's assertions and speculations, you will likely be the better for considering them and also find it enjoyable.
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D. C. Kelly
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant !
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 23, 2011
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I absolutely love this book. Cannot say enough good things about it. They manage to capture the complexity of the subject matter and explain it clearly, without too many diversions.
Based on Jungian Psychology, it takes Jung's theories to new depths.
I first bought this book 15 years ago, this is my third copy, the other two were never returned....
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rayjsavage
5.0 out of 5 stars ... part in a 'Holotropic breath session' this book was brilliant.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 5, 2017
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Having experienced the altered consciousness accessed by taking part in a 'Holotropic breath session' this book was brilliant.
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Rd Harper
4.0 out of 5 stars Its Okay Doesn't Say A Anything New
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 22, 2011
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This book was recommended to me but as I have read a lot of similar books it did not really say anything not in other books. Read it if you are relatively new to esoteric or spiritual things otherwise not recommended if already knowledgeable.
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