A virtual symposium featuring Grof and leaders in psychology and spirituality will be broadcast live January 22, 2022
SANTA FE, N.M. — Pioneers and leaders in the fields of psychology, philosophy, spirituality and psychedelic medicine will gather for a virtual symposium celebrating the life and work of renowned psychologist and researcher Stanislav Grof, MD, PhD on January 22, 2022.
Dr. Grof, accompanied by his wife and fellow psychologist Brigitte Grof, will join the first session from Germany as honored guests. The event will celebrate Dr. Grof’s extensive body of work as well as serve as a launch event for Psyche Unbound: Essays in Honor of Stanislav Grof, a new book co-published by Synergetic Press and the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS).
The day-long symposium, presented by Synergetic Press and MAPS and hosted by City Lights, a bookstore and press based in San Francisco, will include the editors of Psyche Unbound Richard Tarnas and Sean Kelly as well as Rick Doblin of MAPS, Charles Grob, Tom Riedlinger, Diane Haug and Jasmine Virdi, and Roshi Joan Halifax, to name a few. A full list of panelists and moderators can be viewed on the event registration page linked below.
Psyche Unbound: Celebrating the Pioneering Work of Stanislav Grof
Where: Online
Pre-registration required: Click here to register or use the button below.
When: Saturday, January 22, 2022 | 11 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. PST
“Personally, in a very real sense, my entire adult life has been a Festschrift honoring Stan’s work,” Doblin, of MAPS wrote in the foreword to Psyche Unbound: Essays in Honor of Stanislav Grof. Grof’s first book and teachings “inspired me to devote my life to engaging in my own psychedelic therapy, to learn to become a psychedelic therapist, and to bring psychedelic therapy back above ground, legal by prescription and covered by insurance,” Doblin wrote. “Stan’s impact on my life and work is but one of many such stories.”
About the book
Psyche Unbound: Essays in Honor of Stanislav Grof is a compilation of 22 essays that honor the path-breaking lifework of Stanislav Grof, MD, PhD, the world’s leading researcher in psychedelic-assisted therapy, breathwork, and the exploration of non-ordinary states of consciousness.
Edited by Richard Tarnas, Ph.D., and Sean Kelly, Ph.D., Psyche Unbound also features contributions from renowned academics, scientists and researchers including Charles Grob, Michael Mithoefer, Jenny Wade, William Keepin, Thomas Purton, Thomas Riedlinger, Fritjof Capra and more.
About Stanislav Grof
Stanislav Grof, MD, PhD, is a psychiatrist with more than fifty years’ experience researching the healing and transformative potential of non-ordinary states of consciousness. His groundbreaking theories influenced the integration of Western science with his brilliant mapping of the transpersonal dimension. Dr. Grof is also the founding President of the International Transpersonal Association (ITA) and was its President for many years. Currently, Dr. Grof is Professor of Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in the Department of Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness in San Francisco and at Wisdom University in Oakland, Calif.
Dr. Grof’s extensive research includes experiential psychotherapy using psychedelics and non-drug techniques, especially the Holotropic Breathwork®, alternative approaches to psychoses, understanding and treatment of psychospiritual crises (“spiritual emergencies”), the implications of recent developments in quantum-relativistic physics, biology, brain research, and other avenues of the emerging scientific paradigm, for psychiatric theory and consciousness studies.
About Synergetic Press
For over 35 years as an independent publisher, our mission has been to promote mindful discussion of humankind’s present and future lives. We have published unique and paradigm-shifting ideas in subjects such as ecology, sustainability, psychedelics, consciousness, and cultural anthropology that inspire both individual and social change.
About MAPS
Founded in 1986, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit research and educational organization that develops medical, legal, and cultural contexts for people to benefit from the careful uses of psychedelics and marijuana. For more information visit maps.org.
