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The Unconscious Has Bad Manners: Stanislav Grof and the Psychedelic Psyche

The Observing I Podcast · June 2, 2026

Stanislav Grof's maps of the psyche extend far beyond Freud's childhood memories—venturing into birth trauma, death anxiety, the body itself, and what non-ordinary states of consciousness reveal about how we're wired. Explore what makes his psychedelic research still relevant today, where it might claim too much, and why transformative experiences can feel profoundly true even when their meaning stays elusive.

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