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Index
TITLE PAGE
DEDICATION
EPIGRAPH
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PREFACE
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
The LSD Controversy
LSD and Its Effects in Human Beings
Empirical Basis for a New Theoretical Framework
Heuristic Value of LSD Research
ABSTRACT AND AESTHETIC EXPERIENCES IN LSD SESSIONS
PSYCHODYNAMIC EXPERIENCES IN LSD SESSIONS
COEX Systems (Systems of Condensed Experience)
Origin and Dynamics of COEX Systems
Manifestation of COEX Systems in LSD Sessions
Dynamic Interaction between the COEX Systems and Environmental Stimuli
PERINATAL EXPERIENCES IN LSD SESSIONS
Perinatal Matrix I. Primal Union with the Mother (Intrauterine Experience before the Onset of Delivery)
Perinatal Matrix II. Antagonism with the Mother (Contractions in a Closed Uterine System)
Perinatal Matrix III. Synergism with the Mother (Propulsion through the Birth Canal)
Perinatal Matrix IV. Separation from the Mother (Termination of the Symbiotic Union and Formation of a New Type of Relationship)
Significance of Basic Perinatal Matrices in LSD Psychotherapy
TRANSPERSONAL EXPERIENCES IN LSD SESSIONS
Experiential Extension within the Framework of “Objective Reality”
Embryonal and Fetal Experiences
Ancestral Experiences
Collective and Racial Experiences
Phylogenetic (Evolutionary) Experiences
Past-Incarnation Experiences
Precognition, Clairvoyance, Clairaudience, and “Time Travels”
Ego Transcendence in Interpersonal Relationships and the Experience of Dual Unity
Identification with Other Persons
Group Identification and Group Consciousness
Animal Identification
Plant Identification
Oneness with Life and with All Creation
Consciousness of Inorganic Matter
Planetary Consciousness
Extraplanetary Consciousness
Out-of-Body Experiences, Traveling Clairvoyance and Clairaudience, “Space Travels, ” and Telepathy
Organ, Tissue, and Cellular Consciousness
Temporal Expansion of Consciousness
Spatial Expansion of Consciousness
Spatial Constriction of Consciousness
Experiential Extension beyond the Framework of “Objective Reality”
Spiritistic and Mediumistic Experiences
Experiences of Encounters with Suprahuman Spiritual Entities
Experiences of Other Universes and Encounters with Their Inhabitants
Archetypal Experiences and Complex Mythological Sequences
Experiences of Encounters with Various Deities
Intuitive Understanding of Universal Symbols
Activation of the Chakras and Arousal of the Serpent Power (Kundalini)
Consciousness of the Universal Mind
The Supracosmic and Metacosmic Void
Significance of Transpersonal Experiences in LSD Psychotherapy
Transpersonal Experiences and Contemporary Psychiatry
Environmental Stimuli and Elements of the Setting
Personality of the Therapist and the Therapeutic Situation
Present Life Situation
Past Life History
Early Childhood and Infancy
Biological Birth and the Perinatal Period
Embryonal and Fetal Existence
Transindividual (Transpersonal and Transhuman) Sources
Psilocybin/LSD/MDMA Psychotherapy in Subjects with End-of-Life Related Anxiety
Psilocybin in Subjects with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
LSD, LSA, and Psilocybin in Subjects with Cluster Headache
Psilocybin in Catalyzing Spiritual Experiences
MDMA Research
MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy in Subjects with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Ibogaine Research in Subjects with Opiate Dependence
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy in Alcoholics and Opiate-Dependent Subjects
Basic Science with Psilocybin, DMT, Ayahuasca, MDMA
Conclusion
References
MULTIDIMENSIONAL AND MULTILEVEL NATURE OF THE LSD EXPERIENCE
EPILOGUE
FOOTNOTES
ENDNOTES
OTHER BOOKS BY DR. STANISLAV GROF
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
BOOKS OF RELATED INTEREST
ABOUT INNER TRADITIONS • BEAR & COMPANY
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