The motif of death plays an important role the human psyche in connection with archetypal and karmic material. Stanislav Grof
The materialistic paradigm of Western science has been a major obstacle for any objective evaluation of the data describing the events occurring at the time of death. Stanislav Grof
The knowledge of the realm of death makes it possible for the shaman to move freely back and forth and mediate these journeys for other people. Stanislav Grof
The experiences associated with death were seen as visits to important dimensions of reality that deserved to be experienced, studied, and carefully mapped. Stanislav Grof
The elimination of the fear of death transforms the individual's way of being in the world. Stanislav Grof
Research challenges the materialistic understanding of death, according to which biological death represents the final end of existence and of all conscious activity. Stanislav Grof
Individuals approaching death often experience encounters with their dead relatives, who seem to welcome them to the next world. These deathbed visions are authentic and convincing they are often followed by a state of euphoria and seem to ease the transition. Stanislav Grof
If consciousness can function independently of the body during one's lifetime, it could be able to do the same after death. Stanislav Grof
Dying before dying has two important consequences: It liberates the individual from the fear of death and influences the actual experience of dying at the time of biological demise. Stanislav Grof
A number of cases have been reported in which a dying individual has a vision of a person about whose death he or she did not know. Stanislav Grof
The drink? Yes, I've had tough times in my life, especially the last year, regarding my ex-wife, my kids, I nearly broke my neck, I was on death row with pneumonia. Paul Gascoigne
Though I am a Catholic, a professing one, I have serious doubts about the survival of the human personality after death. Taylor Caldwell
I'm death obsessed. You know, I have death all over my house. I have a stuffed two headed sheep! Kirk Hammett
Since fame is an illusion and death is in our future all we have is the next moment before we are swallowed into oblivion. Al Goldstein
Of course, we avoid death. To know something is inevitable is one thing. To accept, to truly feel it... that's different. Michael Haneke
We all labor against our own cure, for death is the cure of all diseases. Thomas Browne
Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living. Thomas Browne
What is ironic is that Allen Ginsberg's importance was in its twilight for so many years that it took his death to bring it to the front page. He electrified an entire world! Rita Dove
When I see someone who is starved, they don't look alert. They don't have boundless energy. If you're too skinny, it looks like you're near death. Kirstie Alley
'American Horror' goes for a very specific kind of Seventies suburban downer ambience - 'Flowers in the Attic' paperbacks, Black Sabbath album covers and late-night flicks like 'Let's Scare Jessica to Death.' It even has 'Go Ask Alice'-era urban legends. Rob Sheffield