Tag Archives: Grof

Cartography of the Deep Human Psyche (6)

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Symbol Reader

Having reread the whole chapter dedicated to LSD subjects reliving their own birth, once again, just like after the first reading many years ago, I feel amazed. Our coming into this world is a metaphor of the process of individuation. … Continue reading →

Posted in Stanislav Grof | Tagged Basic Perinatal Matrices, Basic Perinatal Matrix, death, delivery, depth psychology, Grof, LSD research, rebirth, Stanislav Grof, symbolism | 28 Comments

Cartography of the Deep Human Psyche (5)

Posted on September 14, 2013 by Symbol Reader

Gustave Dore, Dante at the Gate of Hell Just as Adam and Eve are cast out from Paradise, so our blissful sojourn in the mother’s womb comes to an end in the first stage of delivery. This moment marks the … Continue reading →

Posted in Stanislav Grof | Tagged Basic Perinatal Matrices, Basic Perinatal Matrix II, Centaurs, depression, depth psychology, despair, Emil Cioran, evil, Grof, hell, Ixion, LSD research, no exit, Stanislav Grof, symbolism | 46 Comments

Cartography of the Deep Human Psyche (3)

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Symbol Reader

Perhaps it’s true that things can change in a day. That a few dozen hours can affect the outcome of whole lifetimes. And that when they do, those few dozen hours, like the salvaged remains of a burned house—the charred … Continue reading →