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Grof's transpersonal realm
the transpersonal realm One of Grof’s most provocative findings was that birth and death appear to be deeply interrelated in the unconscious mind. Reliving their own birth, subject after subject believed they were in fact dying—dying for real—and, emerging from their ordeal, claimed to feel spiritually reborn. They reported a sense of identity that had at times expanded far beyond ego boundaries and transcended the limitations of time and space. Paranormal or esoteric and religious capacities could be briefly activated. Grof cited various out-of-body phenomena: among others, telepathy, precognition, clairvoyance, clairaudience, meeting with deities, and space and time travel. And with an open-minded but noncommittal review of such experiences, Realms of the Human Unconscious closed.