* " Evidence for the Akashic Field from Modern Consciousness Research " by consciousness researcher Dr. Stanislav Grof, M. D.

Stanislav Grof, a founder of transpersonal psychology, based much of his work in prenatal and perinatal psychology on Rank's The Trauma of Birth ( Kripal, 2007, pp. 249 – 269 ).

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Likewise, Stanislav Grof suggested that painful and difficult experiences during a trip could be a result of the mind reliving experiences associated with birth, and that experiences of imprisonment, eschatological terror, or suffering far beyond anything imaginable in a normal state, if seen through to conclusion, often resolve into emotional, intellectual and spiritual breakthroughs.

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Maslow had already published work regarding human peak experiences, and was one of the people, together with Stanislav Grof and Viktor Frankl, who suggested the term " transpersonal " for the emerging field.

In 1969, Abraham Maslow, Stanislav Grof and Anthony Sutich were among the initiators behind the publication of the first issue of the Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, the leading academic journal in the field.

In the 1980s and 1990s the field developed through the works of such authors as Jean Houston, Stanislav Grof, Ken Wilber, Michael Washburn, Frances Vaughan, Roger Walsh, Stanley Krippner, Michael Murphy, Charles Tart, David Lukoff, Vasily Nalimov, Margret Rueffler and Stuart Sovatsky.

By common consent, the following branches are considered to be transpersonal psychological schools: various depth psychology approaches including Analytical psychology, based on Carl Jung, and the Archetypal psychology of James Hillman ; the spiritual psychology of Robert Sardello ; psychosynthesis founded by Roberto Assagioli ; Zen Transactional Psychotherapy created by Robert M. Anthony ; and the theories of Otto Rank, Abraham Maslow, Stanislav Grof, Timothy Leary, Ken Wilber, Michael Washburn and Charles Tart.

One of the demarcations in transpersonal theory is between authors who present a fairly linear and hierarchical model of human development, such as Timothy Leary and Ken Wilber, and authors who present non-linear models of human development, such as Michael Washburn and Stanislav Grof.

In contrast to Leary and Wilber, Michael Washburn and Stanislav Grof present models of human development that are not hierarchical or linear.

The terms " Spiritual Emergence " and " Spiritual Emergency " were coined by Stanislav and Christina Grof in order to describe a spiritual crisis in a person's life ( precedents of Grof's approach in this regard are found in Jung, Perry, Dabrowski, Bateson, Laing, Cooper and antipsychiatry in the widest sense of the term ).

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* Grof, Stanislav ( 1985 ).

* Grof, Stanislav ( 1998 ).

Stanislav Grof ( born July 1, 1931 in Prague, Czechoslovakia ) is a psychiatrist, one of the founders of the field of transpersonal psychology and a pioneering researcher into the use of non-ordinary states of consciousness for purposes of exploring, healing, and obtaining growth and insights into the human psyche.

* Ancient Wisdom And Modern Science ( 1984 ) Edited by Stanislav Grof

* Stanislav Grof homepage

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In the process of elaborating what he calls a meta-transpersonal psychology, Capriles has carried out conscientious refutations of Wilber, Grof and Washburn, which according to Macdonald & Friedman will have important repercusions on the future of transpersonal psychology.

* Beyond Death: The Gates Of Consciousness ( 1981 ) with Christina Grof

* Spiritual Emergency: When Personal Transformation Becomes A Crisis ( 1989 ) Edited with Christina Grof

* The Stormy Search For The Self: A Guide To Personal Growth Through Transformative Crisis ( 1990 ) with Christina Grof

* The Thirst For Wholeness: Attachment, Addiction And The Spiritual Path ( 1994 ) by Christina Grof

It was developed by Stanislav Grof, M. D., Ph. D. and Christina Grof, Ph. D..

* Beyond Death: The Gates of Consciousness ( 1981 ) by Stanislav Grof with Christina Grof

* Spiritual Emergency: When Personal Transformation Becomes a Crisis ( 1989 ) Edited by Stanislav Grof with Christina Grof

* The Stormy Search for the Self: A Guide to Personal Growth Through Transformative Crisis ( 1990 ) by Stanislav Grof with Christina Grof

* The Thirst for Wholeness: Attachment, Addiction and the Spiritual Path ( 1994 ) by Christina Grof

* When the Impossible Happens: Adventures in Non-Ordinary Reality ( 2006 ) by Stanislav Grof

* Curry, E. Patrick " Carl Jung, Stanislav Grof, and New Age Medical Mysticism " The Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine, 2002, 6 ( 2 ): 86-7.

* The Adventure of Self-Discovery: Dimensions of Consciousness and New Perspectives in Psychotherapy ( 1988 ) by Stanislav Grof

* Grof, S., with Bennett, H. The Holotropic Mind: The Three Levels of Human Consciousness and How They Shape Our Lives.

* Human Survival and Consciousness Evolution ( 1988 ) Edited by Stanislav Grof with Marjorie L. Valier

* The Holotropic Mind: The Three levels of Human Consciousness and How They Shape Our Lives ( 1992 ) by Stanislav Grof with Hal Zina Bennet

* The Cosmic Game: Explorations of the Frontiers of Human Consciousness ( 1998 ) by Stanislav Grof

* The Consciousness Revolution: A Transatlantic Dialogue ( 1999 ) by Stanislav Grof with Peter Russell and Ervin Laszlo.

* Psychology of the Future: Lessons from Modern Consciousness Research ( 2000 ) by Stanislav Grof

* The Ultimate Journey: Consciousness and the Mystery of Death ( 2006 ) by Stanislav Grof