Stanley Krippner

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Stanley Krippner (born October 4, 1932 in Edgerton , Wisconsin , USA ) is an American psychologist , parapsychologist and professor of psychology at Saybrook University in Oakland , California . His main research interests are in the fields of transpersonal psychotherapy and transpersonal psychology , consciousness research , shamanism research (shamanic and spiritual healing methods), hypnosis and dream research , telepathy and parapsychological phenomena .

Life

Stanley Krippner in his dream laboratory, 1969

Krippner was born the son of a German- born farmer and, according to his own account, has been dealing with parapsychological phenomena with which he has come into contact since childhood. As a teenager, he recorded his dreams and evaluated these records on the basis of popular scientific publications on dream interpretation .

Following his early inclinations, he began in 1954 to study philosophy and psychology at the University of Wisconsin , Madison , from which he finally graduated in 1957 from Northwestern University , Evanston , Illinois . In 1961 he received his doctorate there in psychology. In addition to his studies, he worked as a speech therapist at various schools. From 1961 to 1964 he was director of the Child Study Center at Kent State University , Kent , Ohio . From there he moved to Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn , New York in 1964 , where he was director of the Dream Research Laboratory until 1973 . During this time he was already in close contact with the parapsychologists Gardner Murphy , whose assistant he was in Hawaii for some time , and Montague Ullmann.

Krippner became a member of the American Psychological Association (APA), the largest North American professional association for psychologists, of which he was president from 1980 to 1981. He was also head of Section 30 of the APA, the Society for Psychotherapeutic Hypnosis. In 2002 he received the APA award for outstanding services to the advancement of psychology.

Krippner is considered an important pioneer of consciousness psychology , on which he has been researching for almost sixty years with a focus on dream research and interpretation, hypnosis, shamanism, especially with and from an intercultural perspective, and focuses on abnormal phenomena, the common scientific and social ones Opposite ideas and norms. His research and lecture trips took him across all continents. He also holds seminars and workshops in many countries around the world. Krippner endeavors to bring together findings from psychology and parapsychology.

In 2009, Krippner appeared in the documentary film Cognition Factor alongside Rupert Sheldrake , Terence McKenna ( ethnoparmacologist ), Ralph Abraham (mathematician / chaos research ), Ralph Metzner (psychologist / Harvard ) and other well-known scientists. The film was about answers to the Big Five questions.

reception

Dream research

The scientific studies that Krippner led in the 1970s at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn on the topics of consciousness and dream research are still considered to be the most extensive that have ever been carried out on these topics. According to Krippner, there are many studies today that deal with the dreams of mentally ill people. He sees an equally great need for action in dream research, which is based on healthy people. "It's important to find out what makes healthy people healthy." Krippner also focuses on the aspect of intuition in dreams. He examines synchronicities and precognitive dreams in the sleep laboratory . Numerous studies in renowned scientific journals have emerged from this. With Ullmann he carried out studies and experiments on telepathy in dreams.

"There is a principle that goes back to the psychologist Alfred Adler, that we dream what we live and live what we dream. And I think that he hit the bull's eye with that."

Parapsychological research with psychoactive substances

Another focus of Krippner's research in the field of parapsychology, the psychology of altered states of consciousness and the healing methods of indigenous peoples lies in the psychology of consciousness in relation to psychoactive substances. In the experiments of his studies, he put the subjects under the influence of substances such as marijuana, LSD or psilocybin. Krippner found out that the test subjects 'experiences reflect more anecdotal accounts and that users' self-assessments reported increased "paranormal abilities" during the active phase of these substances. In this research field, Krippner primarily looked at the associated health and psychological problems.

Shamanism research

For many decades, Krippner has been researching the tension between traditional healing methods ( ethnomedicine ) from other peoples and modern western medicine. This made him one of the most important shamanism researchers of our time. In October 2005 he attended the “World Conference of Ethnotherapies” as a speaker, to which healers, doctors and scientists from all over the world came to Munich . Krippner distinguishes eleven types of ethnomedicine. Four shamanic (in Bali , Peru and two Indian tribes), three folk healing traditions (in the Philippines , in southern Italy and in Mexico ), two religious ( Islamic and Ayahuasca cult in South America ) and two alternative medical systems ( traditional Chinese medicine and the South American kalam) . He justifies the growing interest in ethnomedicine in the western world with the appeal of the World Health Organization (WHO), which called for cooperation with healers as early as 1977, as well as the worldwide migration and refugee movement, which preferred doctors with ethnomedical knowledge. Furthermore, the herbal medicine- based healing art of the shamans and healers is an important addition to Western medicine. On average, according to Krippner, "one third of herbs are very effective", one third cannot do any harm ( placebo ) and one third is questionable. In addition to scientific publications, many of his findings from research work and trips on the subject of shamanism have been incorporated into numerous popular books, such as Healing and Shamanism: Documents of Other Realities (1986) or Spiritual Dimensions of Healing: From Native Shamanism to Contemporary Health Care ( Frontiers of Consciousness, 1992).

Books (selection)

(Published in German)

  • 1975: Light images of the soul - Psi made visible - Everything about Kirlian's aura photography, Krippner / Daniel Rubin, Verlag Scherz
  • 1982: dream telepathy. Telepathic experiments in sleep, Stanley Krippner / Montague Ullmann, J. Kamphausen Verlag, ISBN 978-3-591-08045-3
  • 1983: Spiritual Healing. Two scientific essays on the phenomenon of shamanism, Verlag Dusslingen Thunder Circle
  • 1984: Soviet Parapsychology. Fiction or reality? - Official Soviet statements on parapsychology, Krippner / E. Farmer
  • 1986: Healing and Shamanism: Documents of Other Realities (with Alberto Villoldo), Verlag Sphinx, ISBN 978-3-85914-168-1
  • 1987: Between heaven and earth: Spiritual healing of shamans, witches, priests and media, Krippner / Patrick Scott, Chiron Verlag, ISBN 978-3-925100-05-5
  • 1996: Jahrbuch für Transkulturelle Medizin und Psychotherapie / Yearbook of Cross-Cultural Medicine and Psychotherapy, Krippner / Kalweit / Andritzky, VWB-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-927408-95-1
  • 1998: Personal Mythology- The Psychological Development of the Self, Krippner / David Feinstein, Heyne, ISBN 978-3-453-13289-4
  • 2007: The Dr. Fritz Phenomenon: In the footsteps of a Brazilian trance surgeon, Krippner / Masao Maki, Verlag Michaels, ISBN 978-3-89539-518-5

(English)

  • 2016: Stanley Krippner Papers 1953-1980, Kent State University
  • 2012 - Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (Biographies of Disease) (with Daniel Pitchford and Jeannine Davies). (ABC-CLIO / Greenwood)
  • 2012 - The Voice of Rolling Thunder: A Medicine Man's Wisdom for Walking the Red Road (with Sidian Morning Star Jones). (Bear & Company) ISBN 1-59143-133-6
  • 2011 - Demystifying Shamans and their World: A Multidisciplinary Study (with Adam Rock). (Imprint Academic)
  • 2010 - Haunted by Combat: Understanding PTSD in War Veterans , Rev. ed. (New Epilogue, with Daryl S. Paulson). (Rowman & Littlefield)
  • 2007 - Haunted by Combat: Understanding PTSD in War Veterans, Including Women, Reservists, and Those Coming Back from Iraq (with Daryl S. Paulson). (Praeger Security International)
  • 2006 - The Mythic Path , 3rd ed. (With David Feinstein). (Energy Psychology Press)
  • 2004 - Becoming Psychic: Spiritual Lessons for Focusing Your Hidden Abilities (with Stephen Kierulff). (New Page Books) ISBN 1-56414-755-X
  • 2002 - Extraordinary Dreams and How to Work with Them (with Fariba Bogzaran & Andre Percia de Carvalho). (SUNY Press)
  • 1997 - The Mythic Path (with David Feinstein). (Jeremy P. Tarcher / Putnam) ISBN 0-87477-857-3
  • 1993 - A Psychiatrist in Paradise: Treating Mental Illness in Bali (with Denny Thong and Bruce Carpenter). (White Lotus Press) ISBN 974-8495-77-9
  • 1992 - Spiritual Dimensions of Healing: From Tribal Shamanism to Contemporary Health Care (with Patrick Welch). (Irvington Publishers) ISBN 0-8290-2462-X
  • 1989 - Dream Telepathy: Experiments in Nocturnal ESP , 2nd ed. (With Montague Ullman and Alan Vaughan) (McFarland Publishers) ISBN 1-57174-321-9
  • 1988 - Personal Mythology: The Psychology of Your Evolving Self (with David Feinstein). (Jeremy P. Tarcher) ISBN 0-87477-483-7
  • 1988 - Dreamworking: How to Use Your Dreams for Creative Problem-Solving (with Joseph Dillard). (Bearly Ltd.) ISBN 0-943456-25-8
  • 1987 - Between heaven and earth: Spiritual healing of shamans, witches, priests and media (with Patrick Scott). (Chiron Verlag)
  • 1987 - Healing States (with Alberto Villoldo). (Fireside Books / Simon & Schuster) ISBN 0-671-63202-7
  • 1986 - La Science et les Pouvoirs Psychiques de l'Homme (with Jerry Solfvin). (Sand)
  • 1986 - The Realms of Healing , 3rd ed. (With Alberto Villoldo). (Celestial Arts Press) (rev. Ed. 1977) ISBN 0-89087-474-3
  • 1980 - Human Possibilities: Mind Research in the USSR and Eastern Europe (Anchor / Doubleday Books) ISBN 0-385-12805-3
  • 1976 - Song of the Siren: A Parapsychological Odyssey (Harper & Row) ISBN 0-06-064786-8
  • 1974 - Dream Telepathy: Experiments in Nocturnal ESP (with Montague Ullman and Alan Vaughan). (Macmillan)
  • 1971 - Shamlet: The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (Exposition Press)

Publications (selection)

  • 2016: Stanley Krippner Papers 1953-1980, Kent State University
  • 2007: Four loose stitches: Anomalous healing data and a Ouija Board ritual. Presentation, Workshop on Personal Mythology, Harmony Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia.
  • 2004 : Trance and the trickster: Hypnosis as a liminal phenomenon . Address accompanying the 2002 Award for Contributions to Professional Hypnosis [Division 30 of the American Psychological Association, the Society for Psychological Hypnosis]. Paper presented at the APA annual convention, Honolulu, Hawaii.
  • 2004: The indigenous healing tradition in Calabria, Italy . Paper presented at the Annual Conference for the Study of Shamanism and Alternative Modes of Healing, San Rafael, California.
  • 2001: The circle of sex in mythology and folklore - Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on the Study of Shamanism and Alternate Modes of Healing (181-188). Berkeley, CA: Independent Scholars of Asia.
  • 2000: The epistemology and technologies of shamanic states of consciousness , Journal of Consciousness Studies
  • 2000: Self-organization in the dreaming brain , Journal of Mind and Behavior, 21, pp. 399-412

Film documentaries

  • The Joe Rogan Experience, 2009, Comedy - Talk-Show, TV, USA
  • Cognition Factor , 2006, documentary film, Headspace Studios, USA.
  • Exploring Psychic Powers Live, 1989, TV movie, USA.
  • The Amazing World of Psychic Phenomena , 1976, documentary film, USA.

Awards (selection)

  • 1985: University of Georgia , Bicentennial Award
  • 1992: American Psychological Association (APA), Division 32 Charlotte and Karl Buhler Award
  • 1998: Association for Humanistic Psychology, Pathfinder Award
  • 1998: Parapsychological Association's Outstanding Career Award
  • 2002: Dr. JB Rhine Award for Life-Time Achievement in Parapsychology
  • 2002: American Psychological Association (APA), Division 30 Award for Distinguished Contributions to Professional Hypnosis
  • 2002: American Psychological Association (APA), Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology
  • 2006: International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD), Lifetime Achievement Award
  • 2013: Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, Human Treasure Award

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Stanley Krippner | Psi Encyclopedia. Retrieved November 23, 2018 .
  2. ^ Stanley Krippner: - vitae. In: Homepage. Retrieved November 23, 2018 .
  3. ^ APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology. Retrieved November 23, 2018 .
  4. ^ Stanley Krippner: - biography. In: website. Retrieved November 23, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Guest of Honor at the Institute: Stanley Krippner - Institute for Consciousness and Dream Research. Retrieved on November 23, 2018 (German).
  6. ↑ http://cognitionfactor.net/cognition-factor/the-cast.html. Retrieved November 23, 2018 .
  7. ^ Cognition Factor. Retrieved November 23, 2018 .
  8. ↑ futurezone / KN: Anyone who has happy thoughts during the day apparently sleeps better at night . ( futurezone.de [accessed on November 23, 2018]).
  9. ↑ Wise People - Zen Integral . In: Zen integral . February 22, 2017 ( zen-integral.com [accessed November 23, 2018]).
  10. ^ Gerhard Mayer: Parapsychological research with psychoactive substances. Retrieved on November 23, 2018 (German).
  11. ^ LSD and parapsychological experiences. Retrieved November 23, 2018 .
  12. ^ Christian Salvesen: "Drum and Scalpel" - When medicine men and ethnopaths work together - World conference of ethnotherapies. (PDF) Retrieved November 23, 2018 .
  13. ↑ Stanley Krippner: Conflicting PERSPECTIVES ON SHAMAN AND Shamanism: POINTS AND COUNTER POINTS. In: website. Retrieved November 23, 2018 .
  14. ^ Stanley Krippner: The epistemology and technologies of shamanic states of consciousness . Ed .: Journal of Consciousness Studies.
  15. ^ Stanley Krippner: Book publications. In: website. Retrieved November 23, 2018 .
  16. ^ Stanley Krippner: Bibliography. In: website. Retrieved November 23, 2018 .
  17. ^ University of West Georgia: Stanley Krippner Papers. Retrieved November 23, 2018 .
  18. ^ The Joe Rogan Experience. Retrieved November 23, 2018 .
  19. ^ Exploring Psychic Powers Live. Retrieved November 23, 2018 .
  20. ↑ The Amazing World of Psychic Phenomena. Retrieved November 23, 2018 .
  21. ↑ APA PsycNet: Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology. APA, accessed November 23, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Krippner, Stanley
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American psychologist, parapsychologist, and professor of psychology at Saybrook University in Oakland, California
DATE OF BIRTH October 4, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Edgerton , Wisconsin , USA