Stanislav Carl Terence·Mar 8Darkness, the Shadow, and Evil Are Not the SameQuestions about darkness, the Shadow, good, and evil kept coming up in different sharings afterholotropic breathwork sessions or…
Stanislav Carl Terence·Mar 4Why People Sometimes Vomit During Holotropic and Psychedelic SessionsPeople are often surprised — or outright horrified — when they hear that psychonauts sometimes vomit during holotropic breathwork or…
Stanislav Carl Terence·Mar 4Trauma Does Not Simply Disappear from the Places Where It Happened“Trauma is not just a story about something that happened long ago. The emotions and bodily sensations imprinted during a trauma are not…
Stanislav Carl Terence·Mar 1Titanic Never Bothered Me Until I Visited the ExhibitionMany people are fascinated by the catastrophe of the RMS Titanic. Some feel mysteriously connected to it. They speak about it with a kind…A response icon1A response icon1
Stanislav Carl Terence·Feb 25Ancient Spiritual Merits in the Eye of the SaharaI continue leafing through notes from some older holotropic breathwork sessions, looking for strong stories people re-lived. These…A response icon1A response icon1
Stanislav Carl Terence·Feb 22The End of the Archetypal Drama of Individual VictoryIn one profound psychedelic experience, my wife and I found ourselves in a kind of “space beyond all time” — a place where the endings of…
Stanislav Carl Terence·Feb 22How the Trickster Taught Me the Deepest Lesson: “I Don’t Know.”Rationalism, esotericism, politics — on the surface they look like different paths. Yet they often sell the same thing: certainty. Jung…A response icon1A response icon1
Stanislav Carl Terence·Feb 13Maybe the Bucket Isn’t So Leaky After AllSomatic Experiencing often uses a vivid image: after trauma we carry a “leaky bucket” inside — a self that can’t hold safety, satisfaction…
Stanislav Carl Terence·Jan 11The Necessity of the Right Set and SettingEveryone I spoke with during psychedelic sharing sessions emphasized the same core insight: if you want psychedelic experiences to be truly…
Stanislav Carl Terence·Jan 4The Necessity of Direct, Authentic ExperienceA young musician once spoke to me at length about his mission: he wants to teach people how to experience pure music. Not just to play it…
