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The EurotasItaly2009 is presented by Associazione Om and directed byProf. dott. Pier Luigi Lattuada
Via Villapizzone 26
I - 20156 Milano-Italia
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Psychology of the Future: Lessons from Modern Consciousness Research
In the last four decades, various avenues of modern consciousness research have revealed a rich array of “anomalous” experiences and observations that have undermined some of the most basic assumptions of modern psychiatry, psychology, and psychotherapy concerning consciousness and the human psyche in health and disease. Many of these observations are so radical that they question the basic philosophical assumptions of materialistic science.
In this slide-illustrated lecture, we will review these remarkable data and explore the most important major revisions that would have to be made in our understanding of consciousness, of the human psyche, and of the nature of reality to respond to these conceptual challenges. These radical changes in our thinking would fall into the following categories:
- Cartography of the Human Psyche
- Architecture of Emotional and Psychosomatic Disorders
- Effective Therapeutic Mechanisms
- Strategy of Psychotherapy and Self-Exploration
- Role of Spirituality in Human Life
- The Nature of Reality: Psyche, Cosmos, and Consciousness
- Relevance of Archetypal Psychology and Astrology for Psychiatry
Psychospiritual Death and Rebirth: A Visionary Journey
In this slide-illustrated seminar, we will explore the process of psychospiritual death and rebirth, using the paintings from depth psychological work with psychedelic substances and holotropic breathwork. The understanding of this process is essential for any serious approach to the ritual and spiritual history of humanity - shamanism, rites of passage, healing ceremonies of native cultures, ancient mysteries of death and rebirth, the great religions of the world, and the mystical traditions of all times and countries. The insights from this work throw also new light on artistic creations from ancient times to the modern era and sociopolitical events, such as wars, revolutions, and genocide.
Stanislav Grof, M.D., is a psychiatrist with more than five decades of experience in research of non-ordinary states of consciousness. In the past, he was Principal Investigator in a psychedelic research program at the Psychiatric Research Institute in Prague, Czechoslovakia, Chief of Psychiatric Research at the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, and Scholar-in-Residence at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California.
Currently, he is Professor of Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), conducts professional training programs in holotropic breathwork and transpersonal psychology, and gives lectures and seminars worldwide. He is one of the founders and chief theoreticians of transpersonal psychology and the founding president of the International Transpersonal Association (ITA).
At the 25th Anniversary Convocation of the Association for Transpersonal Psychology (ATP) held in August 1993 at Asilomar, CA, Stanislav Grof received a Honorary Award for major contributions to and development of the field of transpersonal psychology. In October 2007, he was granted the prestigious Award >>Vision 97<< from the Vaclav and Dagmar Havel Foundation in Prague. He also was invited as special consultant for the Hollywood movies Brainstorm and Millenium.
Among his publications are over 150 papers in professional journals and the books LSD: Doorway to the Numinous; LSD Psychotherapy; The Adventure of Self-Discovery; Beyond the Brain; Books of the Dead; The Holotropic Mind; The Cosmic Game; The Transpersonal Vision; The Consciousness Revolution (with Ervin Laszlo and Peter Russell); Psychology of the Future; The Ultimate Journey; When the Impossible Happens; Beyond Death; and The Stormy Search for the Self (the last two with Christina Grof). He also edited the books Ancient Wisdom and Modern Science; Consciousness Evolution and Human Survival; and Spiritual Emergency (the last one with Christina Grof).
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