Stanislav Grof

I read Freud's Introductory Lectures in Psychoanalysis in basically one sitting. I decided to enroll in medical school. It was almost like a conversion experience.

Coming to terms with the fear of death is conducive to healing, positive personality transformation, and consciousness evolution.

There is no fundamental difference between the preparation for death and the practice of dying, and spiritual practice leading to enlightenment.

I always dreamed of writing in an orchestral context. But when you finish a piece, you want to hear it. So we played everything with Phish.

Shaft was a pop culture figure along t he lines of, I guess, Dirty Harry - except that he wasn't as much of a racist. So yeah, I was always a fan.