Stanislav Grof

Stanislav Grof

Born: July 1, 1931
in Prague, Czechia
Stanislav "Stan" Grof is an American psychiatrist. Grof is one of the principal developers of transpersonal psychology and research into the use of non-ordinary states of consciousness for purposes of psychological healing, deep self-exploration, and obtaining growth and insights into the human psyche.

Movies for Stanislav Grof...

The Meaning and Mystery of Life
Title: The Meaning and Mystery of Life
Released: November 23, 2023
Type: Movie
What is the meaning of life? What is love, humor, fear and death? Is it all just a dream? Who are we? Will we wake up, will we remember? Do beings from other dimensions help us? Can we finally understand the purpose of the Game? Who is the Creator? Where is the Kingdom of God? The new feature movie called The Meaning and Mystery of Life is looking for answers to these questions and many others as well. Question for Petr Vachler, the author of the story and screenplay, and the movie director: Why did you decide to make such an author-pronounced movie? “As a small kid I used to hide behind the house and cry because there was an end to everything, and there would be NOTHING afterwards. But what was that big NOTHING? This question accompanied me all my life, probably just like it has to the majority of us all.
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The Way of the Psychonaut
Title: The Way of the Psychonaut
Character: Himself
Released: October 14, 2020
Type: Movie
The Way of the Psychonaut explores the life and work of Stanislav Grof, Czech-born psychiatrist and psychedelic psychotherapy pioneer. Stan’s quest for knowledge and insights into the healing power of non-ordinary states of consciousness, influenced the discipline of psychology and profoundly changed many individual lives. One of those transformed by Stan is filmmaker Susan Hess Logeais. The documentary utilizes Susan’s personal existential crisis as a gateway to Grof’s impact, from the micro to the macro.
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The Secret of Carlos Castaneda
Title: The Secret of Carlos Castaneda
Released: September 19, 2018
Type: Movie
Carlos Castaneda (1925–1998) has been called the “godfather” of the human potential movement. In this film, Castaneda’s closest apprentices—in addition to contemporary practitioners of spiritually-oriented psychology—discuss his quest to become real.
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Title: Psychedelica
Character: Himself
Released: January 15, 2018
Type: TV
Exploring the history and use of psychedelic plants. Psychedelica examines; Sacred Healing ,Integrating Shamanic, Wisdom, Treating Illness with Plant Medicines, Set, Setting, & Psychotropic Experiments, Expanding Human Consciousness, Shadow Side of Psychedelics, Indigenous Medicine of the Mind, and The Holy Mushroom Theory. Psychedelica is an original series streamed on Gaia. 2018
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Crazywise
Title: Crazywise
Character: Self – Psychiatrist, Author; Professor of Psychology, CIIS
Released: June 6, 2017
Type: Movie
Western culture treats mental disorders primarily through biomedical psychiatry, but filmmakers Phil Borges and Kevin Tomlinson reveal a growing movement of professionals and survivors who are forging alternative treatments that focus on recovery and turning mental “illness” into a positive transformative experience.
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The Dance of Infinity
Title: The Dance of Infinity
Released: June 7, 2015
Type: Movie
True happiness is based on the realized life and development of humanity to the Highest. The film tells us about the Great Search for Paradise, Happiness, Love, Truth, Freedom, Holiness, Joy, Knowledge, Creativity and High Perfection carried out by humanity.
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Crossing the Bardo
Title: Crossing the Bardo
Released: November 23, 2014
Type: Movie
An engaging reflection on the meaning of existence and on the theme of death in the different spiritual traditions of the East and West.
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Dark Star: H. R. Giger's World
Title: Dark Star: H. R. Giger's World
Character: Self
Released: October 23, 2014
Type: Movie
An account of the life and work of Swiss painter, sculptor, architect and designer H. R. Giger (1940-2014), tormented father of creatures as fearsome as they are fascinating, inhabitants of nightmarish biomechanical worlds.
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Neurons to Nirvana
Title: Neurons to Nirvana
Character: Self
Released: October 19, 2013
Type: Movie
Through interviews with leading psychologists and scientists, Neurons to Nirvana explores the history of four powerful psychedelic substances (LSD, Psilocybin, MDMA and Ayahuasca) and their previously established medicinal potential. Strictly focusing on the science and medicinal properties of these drugs, Neurons to Nirvana looks into why our society has created such a social and political bias against even allowing research to continue the exploration of any possible positive effects they can present in treating some of today's most challenging afflictions.
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Stanislav Grof: Researcher, Author, Teacher, and Visionary
Title: Stanislav Grof: Researcher, Author, Teacher, and Visionary
Character: himself
Released: January 1, 2011
Type: Movie
This documentary traces Stan’s phenomenal fifty-year career as consciousness researcher from his early research on psychedelics, to the birth of the transpersonal movement, to Holotropic Breathwork. Highlights include Grof’s first psychedelic experience and its impact on his life and career, his days at Esalen Institute as a Scholar-in-Residence, and his insights into non-ordinary states and their potential for healing and transformation. Included are interviews with Stan, his wife and partner Christina Grof, and UCI researcher Charles Grob, MD, and archival photographs with friends, colleagues, and prominent teachers and visionaries.
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H.R. Giger Revealed
Title: H.R. Giger Revealed
Character: Self
Released: February 10, 2010
Type: Movie
The film offers a unique insight into the world of Giger's creation and his private life. In addition to the interview with the artist himself, a considerable part of the documentary is formed by interviews with personalities such as Ernst Fuchs, Stanislav Grof and Debbie Harry. Though the authors do not avoid particular developmental periods of Giger's work, the main purpose was not to create the artist's biography. In this case, it is more likely considered to be an authentic perspective on the peculiar world of this Swiss surrealist artist.
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A Trip to Inside
Title: A Trip to Inside
Character: himself
Released: September 1, 2009
Type: Movie
Holotropic Breathwork is arguably one of the most powerful and effective non-pharmacological methods of psychotherapy and self-exploration. It integrates in its theory and practice the findings from modern consciousness research, depth psychology, and mystical traditions of the world. Among the innovations of this revolutionary approach to therapy and self-exploration is the use of a vastly expanded model of the human psyche, new understanding of the architecture of emotional and psychosomatic disorders, and mobilization of the inner healing intelligence and new therapeutic mechanisms. The essential element in this treatment modality is utilization of the healing potential of non-ordinary states of consciousness, induced by very simple means - faster breathing, evocative music, releasing bodywork, and expressive painting.
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Science of the Soul: the Story of Transpersonal Psychology
Title: Science of the Soul: the Story of Transpersonal Psychology
Character: himself
Released: November 15, 2007
Type: Movie
The definitive documentary history of the Transpersonal Psychology movement. Includes interviews with many of the field's luminaries such as co-founder of the field, Stanislav Grof, as well as Charles T. Tart, Frances Vaughan, James Fadiman, Miles Vich and many others.
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Entheogen: Awakening the Divine Within
Title: Entheogen: Awakening the Divine Within
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 2006
Type: Movie
A feature length documentary which invites the viewer to rediscover an enchanted cosmos in the modern world by awakening to the divine within. The film examines the re-emergence of archaic techniques of ecstasy in the modern world by weaving a synthesis of ecological and evolutionary awareness,electronic dance culture, and the current pharmacological re-evaluation of entheogenic compounds.
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Hofmann's Potion: The Pioneers of LSD
Title: Hofmann's Potion: The Pioneers of LSD
Character: himself
Released: September 1, 2002
Type: Movie
Long before Timothy Leary urged a generation to "tune in, turn on and drop out," lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD, was being used by researchers trying to understand the human mind. This documentary is a fascinating look at the story of "acid" before it hit the streets. Featuring interviews with many LSD pioneers, Hofmann's Potion is much more than a simple chronicle of the drug's early days. With thoughtful interviews, beautiful music and stunning cinematography, it is an invitation to look at LSD, and our world, with a more open, compassionate mind.
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Holotropic Breathwork: A Conversation with Christina & Stanislav Grof, MD
Title: Holotropic Breathwork: A Conversation with Christina & Stanislav Grof, MD
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
In this interview, psychiatrist Dr Stanislav Grof, MD and his wife Christina explain holotropic breathwork, and discuss its uses in psychotherapy. Like hypnosis and psychedelic therapy, holotropic breathwork is a method for invoking non-ordinary states of consciousness for therapeutic purposes. Viewers see patients undergoing holotropic breathwork in a group session, and the patients themselves then report their experiences.
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The Occult Experience
Title: The Occult Experience
Character: Self
Released: July 7, 1985
Type: Movie
An examination of occultism as practiced in different parts of the world.
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Hledá se toxin X
Title: Hledá se toxin X
Character: Self (uncredited)
Released: May 17, 1963
Type: Movie