Stanislav Grof Receives Prestigious VISION 97 Award
Stanislav
Grof, M.D., psychiatrist, author and consciousness researcher, and one who pioneered
the development of Transpersonal Psychology, accepted the prestigious VISION
97 award granted by the Foundation of Dagmar and Vaclav Havel in Prague on October
5, 2007.
The foundation’s philanthropic mission supports cultural and social projects and ground-breaking prototypes with the potential to bring meaningful change to the future.
Former recipients of the annual VISION 97 award include Karl Pribram, American neurosurgeon and thinker, Robert Reich, former US Secretary of Labor, psychologist Phillip G. Zimbardo, MIT professor of computer science and pioneer in Artificial Intelligence, Joseph Weizenbaum, and semiotician and writer Umberto Eco.
Vaclav Havel, writer, dramatist and former President of Czechoslovakia, describes the significance of this award:
The awarding of this Prize is not limited to the actual ceremonial act of its presentation but is also accompanied by other events, including interviews with representatives of public media and informal meetings of students and professors during discussions with the laureate and invited guests."It is given to thinkers, whose scientific work returns science into the framework of general culture, transcends the dominant concepts of knowledge and being, reveals unknown, surprising, or overlooked connections, and touches in a new way the mysteries of the universe and of life. It is thus an Award, by which we would like to bring the attention of the public to spiritual achievements, which in the best sense of the word do not meet the criteria of the established ways of exploring of reality."
To view a complete
Photo Gallery of this event and learn more about the award, please visit
the Foundation
of Dagmar and Vaclav Havel website.
New Perspectives in
Psychiatry, Psychology, and Psychotherapy - Stan Grof's newest overview
and collection of his life's work and thought. (288-page PDF file) Václav Havel's speech at the Vision 97 Award Ceremony (3-page PDF file)
Dr. Stanislav Grof's Speech in accepting the 2007 Havel Foundation Vision 97 Award. (9-page PDF file)
A Laudation by Miloš Vojtěchovský at the Havel Foundation Vision 97 Award ceremony. (3-page PDF file)
Press Inquiries
Stan Grof is available in the San Francisco Bay Area, California for
lectures, conference presentations, clinical trainings, workshops, and for telephone
or video feed interviews. He will occasionally travel to present at conferences
and leads workshops and trainings in the U.S. and internationally, through
Grof Transpersonal
Training. Interviews and speaking engagements can sometimes be coordinated
with those events.
Contact: Alia Moore
Telephone: 828-788-2188 (North Carolina)
E-Mail: pr@stanislavgrof.com
Visit the Stan and Christina Grof Photo Archive at the Association for Transpersonal Psychology website.
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