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efl ections from the organizer: out her, nothing would have been atmosphere, and active participation of Gratitude: Round sun possible, the numerous diffi culties the public. and fragrance of humid would not have been surmounted. earth smiles me in the We learned quickly not to invest too heart the memory of days spent to- many resources in publicity in the 12TH INTERNATIONAL getherR in Milan. Th e felt sense is that media, which has high cost and low EUROTAS CONFERENCE IN of a spiritual experience of brother- return. We gave priority to the per- hood and professional value. Person- sonal contact with those who already GWATT, SWITZERLAND ally I am grateful, deeply grateful to had experience with prior Eurotas Knowledge, Pleasure, & Belief the board of EUROTAS (European conferences. SEPTEMBER 29–OCTOBER 3, 2010 Transpersonal Association) which Presenters: With the sending out honored me with the confi dence of the call for papers, the public phase needed. And to all the presenters and of the 11th EUROTAS Conference ow do Knowledge and Belief all the participants: You have been ex- was initiated. Th en we started on the infl uence each other? How traordinary. Th e feedback we received long and fascinating adventure of do Art and Research play was enthusiastic, very appreciative contact with all the presenters: their with each other? How with some constructive criticism. proposals and requests. Every email can we create a life among materialism Quality: To organize the 11th a world, each contact a teaching. religion,H and science? We look beyond EUROTAS Conference was a fasci- Th e relationship with each of you the narrow confi nes of conventional nating journey from the personal and has been full. We lived “wired” for a belief systems and areas of knowledge transpersonal whole to create combinations, integration, and point of view. year. You visions among these fi elds. Th e organiza- not only Transpersonal Psychology, modern tional machine entered spirituality, and integral consciousness fi red up right into our will mediate in a new way. Th ey will after the Bar- comput- bridge anthropological tradition and celona Eurotas ers, but postmodern living, and be a source of Conference, also into inspiration and understanding within thus in Novem- Carmela Marcionelli Lattuada, Stan Grof, Pier Lattuada Luigi our bod- the arts, creative psychotherapy, and ber 2008. Once ies, into everyday living. Th e splendid Bernese the date was set, the Mother giving our breath, into our minds, into our Oberland surroundings will inspire us. birth, love, dedication, and confi dence souls. We will work collaboratively to crys- were the qualities that we immediately Volunteers: Th e heights the con- tallize the essentials of what all human knew were necessary. ference reached have been due to the beings have in common. What inspires First Step: Th e fi rst step, already brilliant splendor of the volunteers. A us? What moves us? Makes us happy? taken in Barcelona, after having cho- force coming directly from the heart U. Z. Rüegg, M.D., President of the sen the title and the date, and shared without which the conference could Swiss Transpersonal Association extends with the board of EUROTAS, was the not have been realized. an invitation: Does this proposal make appointment of the webmaster (Saint Th e Numbers: Presenters: 125, you curious? Are you personally and/or Erich) and the preparation of the site. Total participants: 370, Countries: professionally engaged in networking Organization: At the same time 24, Volunteers: 34, Staff : 19, Spon- the above fi elds? Submit your presenta- we started with the preparation of sors: 2 for €4,000, Films: 2, Events: 5 tion, workshop, or contribution. With a business plan, choosing the loca- Account: Our heart is happy. Th e great joy I invite you on behalf the tion and making decisions about the 11th EUROTAS Conference seemed Swiss ATP to the 12th Eurotas. duration and structure of the event. to all a Conference of good quality, Contact http://www.eurotas.org or the Eleonora, our General Assistant was characterized by the presence of many Swiss ITP, Halenstrasse 10 CH-3012 the soul of the Organization. With- cutting-edge professionals, a good Bern, Switzerland.

18 ahp PERSPECTIVE FEBRUARY/MARCH 2010 ATP NEWSLETTER THE 2008 JUBILEE DIAMOND DELUSIONAL (ERRATIC) ARCHBOULDER AWARDED TO PROFESSOR DR. STANISLAV GROF, M.D., PH.D. — David Lukoff

he controversial nature of being, reveals unknown, surprising, or Seven years earlier (in 2000), the transpersonal psychol- overlooked connections, and touches Committee of Club Sisyphus, a group ogy research at this time of in a new way the mysteries of the uni- of Czech academicians functioning as paradigm clash can be illus- verse and of life. It is thus an Award self-appointed defenders of rationality trated by the response to Stan Grof’s by which we would like to bring the and judges of the purity of science, Tresearch by the academic circles of his attention of the public to spiritual gave Stan a mock award called “Delu- native country, . In achievements, which in the best sense sional (Erratic) Boulder.” Th is group October 2007, Stan received the pres- of the word do not meet the criteria —like its American model CSI- tigious award COP—is VISION headed by 97 from the an astrono- Foundation mer (Dr. of the Czech Grygar). ex-president Th eir an- Vaclav Havel nual award and his wife is intended Dagmar. to express Former the club recipients of members’ the annual ridicule VISION 97 of “silly Award individu- include the als” who brain re- have spent searcher and years of neurosurgeon hard labor Karl Pribram, (like Sisy- the former phus) and U.S. Secre- produced tary of Labor something , Stan Grof receives the VISION  Award, represented by the Staff of Adalbert, utterly the psycholo- from Vaclav and Dagmar Havel in absurd gist Phillip G. that makes Zimbardo, the MIT professor of com- of the established ways of exploring of no sense to rational thinkers. Th ey puter science and pioneer in Artifi cial reality. Th e Foundation also tries—in explained why Stan deserved the Intelligence , and the spirit of its name—to orient Delusional Boulder: the semiotician and writer Umberto itself in the direction of what in a Eco. Th e Havel Foundation gives this certain way points to the future, what Th is award is given for melding the description of their award: transcends the horizon of momentary shamanic techniques of hyperventila- attractive opportunities, but may not tion into the so-called Holotropic VISION 97 is given to thinkers be appreciated and validated until , which can cause a chemi- whose scientifi c work transcends the some years pass. What is in a certain cal storm in the brain and evoke in dominant concepts of knowledge and way visionary and pioneering. the obnubilated individuals extraordi-

FEBRUARY/MARCH 2010 ahp PERSPECTIVE 19 ATP NEWSLETTER nary sensations and experiences. Dr. Grof gives the babbling accounts of doped hyperventilators the status of Student Conference reality; he deduced from them even Organizational Meeting the concept of Cosmic Consciousness. Th e Past, Present, and Future According to Grof, human conscious- ness can through the change of Ph of Maturation of Transpersonal the blood detach from the body and Psychology, MARCH 19, 2010 transport to one of the past lives or to the time of biological birth. Dr.Grof is Jiri Grygar leading is entering its midlife also the cofounder of a “canine–feline Delusional Boulder ceremony s ur field years, a time to refl ect upon (dog–cat) discipline”—transpersonal what was accomplished, for psychology—which is trying to unite ness research. However, although example respect for diverse science and spirituality. comprehensive and well-substantiated spiritual traditions and for personal in and of itself, the new fi eld repre- Ospiritual experiences and practices, what sented such a radical departure from revisions and self-critiques are called for, academic thinking in professional and what new issues we might want to circles that it could not be reconciled commit to in the 21st century, includ- with either traditional psychology and ing attending the Moscow June 2010 or the Newtonian–Carte- International Conference. In 2011, ATP sian paradigm of Western science. As will sponsor a student-organized Stu- a result, transpersonal psychology was dent Transpersonal Conference. Come extremely vulnerable to accusations to this organizational meeting to help in Silver, gold, and bronze of being irrational, unscientifi c, and its creation, and develop your skills in Delusionasl Boulder Awards even “fl aky,” particularly by scientists event-production, research presentation, who were not aware of the vast body and community-building. After Stan had received the VISION of observations and data on which 97 Award from the Havel Foundation, the new movement was based. Th ese the infuriated members of the Sisy- critics also ignored the fact that many OTHER TRANSPERSONAL EVENTS phus Club created for Stan a special of the pioneers of this revolutionary April 9 Romantic Love as a Spiritual category and awarded him in 2008 movement had impressive academic Path, “Where [romantic partners] the “Jubilee Diamond Delusional credentials. Th ese pioneers generated worship one another is the play of the (Erratic) Archboulder.” and embraced the transpersonal vision divine.” Tantra Scriptures. We will In When the Impossible Happens: of the human psyche not because they discuss how lifelong romantic love can Adventures in Non-Ordinary Reality, were ignorant of the fundamental as- prevail over all circumstances and reveal Stan wrote: sumptions of traditional science, but the deepest mysteries of personal and I think it refl ects well the paradigm because they found the old conceptual cosmic creativity. clash we are experiencing and the frameworks seriously inadequate in May 7 What about Psychedelics? Psy- controversial nature of our work. accounting for their experiences and chedelic peak experiences and the chal- Th e challenging observations from observations. Closer scrutiny reveals lenges of their integration into daily life consciousness research amassed in the that what they present as an image and how the Psychedelic Sixties shaped second half of the twentieth century of reality that has been scientifi cally fundamental Transpersonal Psychol- and the basic tenets of transpersonal proven beyond any reasonable doubt ogy concerns such as spiritual bypass, psychology encountered incredulity is a colossus on clay feet supported disengaged and engaged spirituality, and strong intellectual resistance by a host of a priori metaphysical as- and spirituality of the ordinary and the in academic circles. Transpersonal sumptions. extraordinary. psychology, as it was born in the late Stan ends his refl ection on this May 14 Writing, Getting Published 1960s, was culturally sensitive and award by quoting Albert Einstein: and Changing the World with Ideas. treated the ritual and spiritual tradi- Whoever undertakes to set himself up Get support, answers to questions, tions of ancient and native cultures as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is and make contacts to help you get with the respect they deserve in view shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods. published. Contact Stuart Sovatsky of the fi ndings of modern conscious- Visit www.stanislavgrof.com [email protected]

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Conference Announcement Conference Announcement of Transpersonal and Spiritual Arts, 17TH INTERNATIONAL TRANS- post-Conference Journeys in Russia PSYCHEDELIC STUDIES Presenters: 64, including Stanislav PERSONAL CONFERENCE and Christina Grof SAN JOSE, APRIL 15–18 Consciousness Revolution: Visit: http://ww.ita2010.com Inquiries: [email protected] Transpersonal Discoveries his spring the Multidis- Th at Are Changing the World ciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies MOSCOW, JUNE 23–27, 2010 Conference Announcement (MAPS) is hosting the inter- Kundalini Research Network national conference Psychedelic TScience in the 21st Century. nspired by the success of the Presents Perspectives on Conference presenters will address 2008 First World Congress on Kundalini: Clinical, Research, contemporary psychedelic research Psychology and Spirituality in and Traditional Views and psychedelic psychotherapy topics New Delhi and of the annual at the largest conference dedicated and multicultural conferences of the MAY 14–16, PENNSYLVANIA solely to psychedelics in the U.S. in IEuropean Transpersonal Association 17 years. Programming will consist of (EUROTAS), a group of psychologists concurrent tracks exploring clinical his conference will off er partici- sharing the transpersonal vision has applications, neurobiology, issues rel- decided to continue the tradition of pants and instructors the rare opportunity to gather and evant to healthcare and mental health the international transpersonal meet- professionals, and social, cultural, ings. Th is group representing the ma- discuss the powerful impact that yoga and meditation practices, and psychological issues surrounding jor American, European, Australian, the therapeutic and spiritual uses of and Asian transpersonal institutions Tspiritual emergence, transcendent psychedelics. Continuing education decided to hold the 17th Internation- experiences, and the transformative power of Kundalini have on individu- credits are available for psychologists, al Conference on June 23–27, 2010, medical doctors, and other healthcare in Moscow. als. Th rough keynote presentations and panels of experts, we will explore professionals. Th e conference is open Th e mission of the Conference is to the general public. to present, both experientially and what the process of transformation and change looks like from clinical, World-renowned presenters include: didactically, breakthrough discoveries • Stanislav Grof, M.D., co-founder revealing the fundamental role of con- research, and traditional spiritual and yogic perspectives. of transpersonal psychology sciousness in all human aff airs and the • Ralph Metzner, Ph.D., conscious- value for humanity of our growing in- Friday 7:30 p.m. – 9 p.m. ness researcher & psychotherapist sights into the nature of consciousness Saturday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. • Andrew Weil, M.D., integrative and of the world. We want to review Sunday 9 a.m. – noon medicine proponent the role the transpersonal perspective Presenters: Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, • Jim Fadiman, Ph.D., psychologist has played in human history from and pioneering psychedelic researcher the time of the fi rst shamans 50,000 Lawrence Edwards, Teri Degler, Sat Bir Singh Khalsa, Russel Park, Dale • David Nichols, Ph.D., medicinal years ago to the discoveries of modern chemist and pharmacologist consciousness research, transpersonal Pond, Paul Pond, Dorothy Walters, Jyoti Jean Prevatt, Barbara Harris • Alex & Allyson Grey, visionary psychology, and other scientifi c dis- artists ciplines. Th e Conference will present Whitfi eld, Charles L. Whitfi eld. Registration Fee: $150 • Rick Doblin, Ph.D., founder and not only a comprehensive overview executive director of MAPS of the forty years of the transpersonal Register on or before March 15, 2010, for only $125! A special banquet will honor the paradigm through the voices of its lifetime achievements of psychedelic founders and pioneers, but also out- Contact: Kundalini Research Network Conference: Himalayan luminaries Sasha and Ann Shulgin. line its future perspectives. We expect Register before Mar. 15 to avoid the more than 1,000 participants from Institute, Honesdale, Pennsylvania, (800) 822–4547; http:www.himalaya- late rate. (831) 429–6362; http:// more than 50 countries. ww.maps.org/conference Cultural Program: World Festival ninstitute.org

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