Psychology of the Future: A Visionary Journey
Saturday, August 27, 2011, 12:00 noon (PT)
Thursday, September 1, 2011, 9:00 am (PT)
Presentation Center, Los Gatos, California
"In the last five decades, psychedelic therapy and other avenues of modern consciousness research have revealed a rich array of "anomalous" phenomena 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 concerning the relationship between consciousness and matter. The insights from this work also throws new light on artistic creations from ancient times to the modern era and on sociopolitical events, such as wars, revolutions, and genocide. "
During this seminar we will undertake a Visionary Journey in order to reveal, discuss, and understand emerging research, knowledge and wisdom held by the Psychology of the Future.
Keynote: Dr. Stan Grof
Psychology of the Future:
Lessons from Modern Consciousness Research
Monday, August 29, 2011
9:00 am – 4:30 pm
Day Pass: $75 (includes lunch)
Click here for day pass online registration
In the last five decades, psychedelic therapy and other avenues of modern consciousness research have revealed a rich array of "anomalous" phenomena 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 concerning the relationship between consciousness and matter.
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 Transit Astrology for Psychiatry
Psychospiritual Death and Rebirth: A Visionary Journey
In this slide-illustrated lecture, we will explore the dynamics and symbolism of the process of psychospiritual death and rebirth and its relationship to the trauma of birth, using the paintings from depth psychological work with psychedelic substances and Holotropic Breathwork. The understanding of this process is essential not only for psychiatry and psychology, but also 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 also throw new light on artistic creations from ancient times to the modern era and on 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 in the Department Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in San Francisco and at Wisdom University in Oakland, CA, 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) in August 1993, Stanislav Grof received a Honorary Award for major contributions to and development of the field of transpersonal psychology. On October 5, 2007, he was granted the prestigious Award >Vision 97< from the Vaclav and Dagmar Havel Foundation in Prague, and on November 13, 2010, the Thomas R. Verny Award from the Association for Pre- and Perinatal Psychology for his pivotal contributions to this field. He also was invited as special consultant for the Hollywood science fiction movies Brainstorm and Millennium.
Among his publications are over 140 papers in professional journals and the books Realms of the Human Unconscious; LSD Psychotherapy; The Adventure of Self-Discovery; Beyond the Brain; Books of the Dead; The Holotropic Mind; The Cosmic Game; The Consciousness Revolution (with Ervin Laszlo and Peter Russell); Psychology of the Future; The Ultimate Journey; When the Impossible Happens; Beyond Death; The Stormy Search for the Self; and Holotropic Breathwork (the last three with Christina Grof). He also edited the books Ancient Wisdom and Modern Science; Consciousness Evolution and Human Survival; and Spiritual Emergency (the last with Christina Grof).
APA/ITP Style Workshop for the Global Seminar
Saturday, August 27, 2011
2:30 – 5:00 PM
Open only to PhD Students from:
- Year 1 – Term 3
- Year 2
- Year 3 – Term 3
- Year 4
- Year 5
Having trouble with APA/ITP style? Are you wondering about how to cite a secondary source? Do you get confused about formatting a block quote? Note sure about citing paraphrased material or when to use & versus and in a citation?
These questions and many more will be answered as we take an in-depth look at APA/ITP style in this workshop. You will also be introduced to the Writing Lab; the online resources as well as the services offered to all ITP students, faculty, and staff. Please bring your APA manual and a copy of the ITP Writing & Style Handbook. If you have any APA/ITP style issues that you would like to have addressed in the workshop, please email them to writing_lab@itp.edu in advance of the workshop. Put APA Global Seminar in the subject line.
Carol Haefner, Ph.D. , graduated in June, 2011. Carol has worked as a writing tutor
and has taught APA and ITP style at ITP since 2007. She rewrote the ITP Writing &
Style Handbook to make it compliant with APA 6th edition. She is a peer-reviewer for
Psychology of Women Quarterly, Sex Roles, and Symbolic Interaction. Currently she is
a member of the Writing Standards Committee and is the Director of the Writing Lab at
ITP.
