Lessons from ~4,500 LSD Sessions and Beyond | Stan Grof | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)

Stanislav Grof, M.D., (stanislavgrof.com) is a psychiatrist with more than 60 years of experience in research of “holotropic” states of consciousness, a large and important subgroup of non-ordinary states that have healing, transformative, and evolutionary potential.

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Start [00:00]
Initial interest in psychedelics [8:32]
LSD's potential to change psychiatry and psychology [13:18]
First experience with LSD [18:45]
Why words fail us when describing psychedelic experiences [21:40]
How does Stan view consciousness? [25:22]
Other non-ordinary states of consciousness [28:26]
On 5-MeO-DMT + "the most powerful psychedelic experience” he’s ever had [37:43]
On the potential of psychedelic compounds [44:42]
Ideal psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy [56:10]
Holotropic breathing [56:57]
Psychedelic assistance under Stan’s guidance [58:52]
The neglect of etiology in modern psychology [1:03:30]
Differences in psychedelic experiences [1:08:47]
Stan's experience with Swami Muktananda. [1:18:07]
The reasons Stan wrote When the Impossible Happens [1:25:17]
On out of body experiences [1:36:32]
Comparing holotropic breathwork to psychedelics [1:44:34]
The experience of encountering entities [1:45:49]
Microdosing [1:51:18]
"Spiritual emergencies” + Can any good come from a bad trip? [1:55:15]
Treatment for someone experiencing a psychotic break [1:59:25]
Stan’s concept of the inner world [2:04:36]
Unexplainable experiences [2:08:42]
If Stan were a young scientist starting out today [2:16:33]
How Stan stays sharper at 87 than a lot of people in their 20s? [2:23:34]
What does Stan think humanity needs most of all right now? [2:27:46]
One final story: a lesson in forgiveness [2:31:16]
Parting thoughts [2:40:59]