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The elimination of the fear of death transforms the individual's way of being in the world.

Stanislav Grof

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Stanislav Grof
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: July 1
Academic
Physician
Psychiatrist
Psychologist
University Teacher
Writer
Praha
Fear
Death
Way
World
Transforms
Elimination
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