Twórczość Hovarda P. Lovecrafta w perspektywie psychologii transpersonalnej Stanislava Grofa

Bogusław Olszewski

doi:10.25167/sk.1425

Published: 2019-11-03

No. 3 (2016)

Twórczość Hovarda P. Lovecrafta w perspektywie psychologii transpersonalnej Stanislava Grofa

Bogusław Olszewski

Studia Krytyczne/Critical Studies

Section: Varia

https://doi.org/10.25167/sk.1425

Abstract

Article discusses the work of Hovard P. Lovecraft grasped from the point of view of Stanislav Grof ’s transpersonal psychology. The location of the literary works in this perspective lets us specify the inspiration lying in the perinatal memories and transpersonal realms of the psyche. Lovecraft, creating weird fiction literature, encapsulated in it an expression of subconscious experiences related to the perinatal experiences, constituting the source of his dark fascination and inspiration. Grof ’s theory sheds light on the specific elements of writing of a master of horror, allowing to recognize in it the reminiscences of fetal life. Phenomena accompanying the different stages of the birth process influenced the personality of the writer, giving a distinctive feature of his prose and poetry.

Keywords:

Stanislav Grof, Hovard P. Lovecraft, transpersonal psychology, inspiration, perinatal matrices

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Olszewski, B. (2019). Twórczość Hovarda P. Lovecrafta w perspektywie psychologii transpersonalnej Stanislava Grofa. Studia Krytyczne/Critical Studies, (3), 153–165. https://doi.org/10.25167/sk.1425

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