Dr Siegmar Gerken in conversation with Dr Stanley Krippner
Human Possibilities Beyond Our Ordinary Appearances?
This rare interview covers the fascinating life work of one of the early consciousness researchers and his path to study the human possibilities beyond their / our ordinary appearances.
His childhood awakening – that reality has much larger and subtle dimensions unknown to mankind – left him with the call to study these phenomena for the rest of his life – to these days. Prof Krippner documented early research in the 70s on the dynamic human energy fields and furthered the expansion of thinking and discussion about these domains – opening the door for other researchers to follow.
He was the leading psychologist and researcher in the dream laboratory at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn. That laboratory became well known for the study of communication during dreamtime – such as telepathy. This work -already documented in the 60s and 70s – indicated that researching subtle states on the basis of material physics will always remain a limited approach, and that we have to go beyond the brain to find meaningful answers.
Dreamwork is an integral part of most shamanic traditions. Shamans are men and women who use altered states of consciousness to travel into dreamtime, obtaining power and knowledge to help and heal members of their society. Stanley travelled the world, especially in South America, to experience and interview Shamans first hand, and he will share with us some of his experiences and insights from these explorations.
Turning 90 this year and being one of the pioneers in the research of Human Consciousness, he shares with us how he sees the role of our human endeavour in our journey of existence.
This is a rare opportunity to hear and experience Prof Stanley Krippner and to ask live questions at the end of the interview – an opportunity not to be missed!
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About the speakers:
Stanley Krippner, has held faculty appointments at Akamai University, Fordham University, Kent State University, New York University, Saybrook University, Sofia University, the Universidade Holistica Internacional (Brasilia), the Instituto de Medicina y Tecnología Avanzada de la Conducta (Ciudad Juárez), and the California Institute for Integral Studies, where he holds the position of Affiliated Distinguished Faculty. He is a Fellow in five divisions of the American Psychological Association, and the past-president of two divisions (the Society of Psychological Hypnosis and the Society of Humanistic Psychology). Formerly, he was director of the Maimonides Medical Center Dream Research Laboratory, in Brooklyn, New York, and (earlier) the director of the Kent State University Child Center in Kent, Ohio.
Krippner is a pioneer in the study of consciousness, having conducted research for over 50 years in the areas of dreams, hypnosis, shamanism, and dissociation, often from a cross-cultural perspective, and with an emphasis on anomalous phenomena that seem to question mainstream paradigms. He is co-editor of Holistic Treatment in Mental Health (McFarland, 2020), Integrated Care for the Traumatized (Roman & Littlefield, 2019), The Shamanic Powers of Rolling Thunder (Bear/Inner Traditions, 2016), Working with Dreams and PTSD Nightmares (Praeger, 2016), Varieties of Anomalous Experience: Examining the Scientific Evidence, 2nd ed (APA, 2014), Mysterious Minds (Praeger, 2010), Debating Psychic Experience (Praeger, 2010), Perchance to Dream (Nova Science, 2009), and co-author of The Voice of Rolling Thunder (Bear/Inner Traditions, 2012), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Biography of a Disease (ABC-CLIO, 2012), Demystifying Shamans and Their World (Imprint Academic, 2011), Extraordinary Dreams and How to Work with Them (SUNY, 2002), Personal Mythology (Tarcher, 1988), and many other books. He has written over 1,200 scholarly articles, chapters, papers, and publications.
Krippner has conducted workshops and seminars on dreams and/or hypnosis in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Cuba, Cyprus, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, the Netherlands, Panama, the Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Venezuela, and at several congresses of the Interamerican Psychological Association. He is a member of the editorial or advisory board for Revista Argentina de Psicología Paranormal, the Journal of Humanistic Psychology, the Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, and the Humanistic Psychologist. He has given invited addresses to the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Russian Academy of Pedagogical Sciences, and the School for Diplomatic Studies, Montevideo, Uruguay. He is a Fellow of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, and of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality.
In 2002, the American Psychological Association granted him its Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Development of Psychology, and the same year he received the Society for Psychological Hypnosis’ Award for Distinguished Contributions to Professional Hypnosis. Krippner has received Lifetime Contributions Awards from the Society for Humanistic Psychology, the International Association for the Study of Dreams, the Parapsychological Association, and the International Network on Personal Meaning.
Siegmar Gerken, PhD, ECP, HP (Psychotherapy) studied psychology, education and anthropology. He taught on the Faculty of the JFK University Somatic Psychology Department, the Santa Barbara Graduate Institute, the Esalen Institute, and the Behavioral Therapy Training Institute in Hamburg. He teaches at universities and private institutions worldwide, on the interconnectedness of psychosomatic processes as they manifest on the levels of body, emotions, mind, will and consciousness. For almost 15 years, Dr Gerken also led Change Management workshops at the Norwegian Defense University College. His research in energy field documentation with Prof F. A. Popp on coherence and psycho-emotional states opened new horizons to scientists and practitioners. He is co-founder of the Scientific Committee of the European Association for Body Psychotherapy. Dr Gerken is a lecturer, therapist, trainer and supervisor with his wife Cornelia, Co-founder of the International Training Institute of Core Evolution® and CoreSoma® and of the International Institute for Energy and Consciousness. In his Energy, Love and Consciousness Programs™ he connects with the Essence within to share empathy, compassion and the wisdom of the Body-Mind, to meet our individual and collective challenges in Ecology, Environment and the sustaining of our planet.
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Speakers
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Siegmar GerkenLecturer, Therapist, Trainer, Public SpeakerSiegmar Gerken, PhD, ECP, HP (Psychotherapy) studied psychology, education and anthropology. He taught on the Faculty of the JFK University Somatic Psychology Department, the Santa Barbara Graduate Institute, the Esalen Institute, and the Behavioral Therapy Training Institute in Hamburg. He teaches at universities and private institutions worldwide, on the interconnectedness of psychosomatic processes as they manifest on the levels of body, emotions, mind, will and consciousness. For almost 15 years, Dr Gerken also led Change Management workshops at the Norwegian Defense University College. His research in energy field documentation with Prof F. A. Popp on coherence and psycho-emotional states opened new horizons to scientists and practitioners. He is co-founder of the Scientific Committee of the European Association for Body Psychotherapy. Dr Gerken is a lecturer, therapist, trainer and supervisor with his wife Cornelia, Co-founder of the International Training Institute of Core Evolution® and CoreSoma® and of the International Institute for Energy and Consciousness. In his Energy, Love and Consciousness Programs™ he connects with the Essence within to share empathy, compassion and the wisdom of the Body-Mind, to meet our individual and collective challenges in Ecology, Environment and the sustaining of our planet.
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Stanley KrippnerProfessor of PsychologyStanley Krippner, has held faculty appointments at Akamai University, Fordham University, Kent State University, New York University, Saybrook University, Sofia University, the Universidade Holistica Internacional (Brasilia), the Instituto de Medicina y Tecnología Avanzada de la Conducta (Ciudad Juárez), and the California Institute for Integral Studies, where he holds the position of Affiliated Distinguished Faculty. He is a Fellow in five divisions of the American Psychological Association, and the past-president of two divisions (the Society of Psychological Hypnosis and the Society of Humanistic Psychology). Formerly, he was director of the Maimonides Medical Center Dream Research Laboratory, in Brooklyn, New York, and (earlier) the director of the Kent State University Child Center in Kent, Ohio.
Krippner is a pioneer in the study of consciousness, having conducted research for over 50 years in the areas of dreams, hypnosis, shamanism, and dissociation, often from a cross-cultural perspective, and with an emphasis on anomalous phenomena that seem to question mainstream
paradigms. He is co-editor of Holistic Treatment in Mental Health (McFarland, 2020), Integrated Care for the Traumatized (Roman & Littlefield, 2019), The Shamanic Powers of Rolling Thunder (Bear/Inner Traditions, 2016), Working with Dreams and PTSD Nightmares (Praeger, 2016), Varieties of Anomalous Experience: Examining the Scientific Evidence, 2nd ed (APA, 2014), Mysterious Minds (Praeger, 2010), Debating Psychic Experience (Praeger, 2010), Perchance to Dream (Nova Science, 2009), and co-author of The Voice of Rolling Thunder (Bear/Inner Traditions, 2012), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Biography of a Disease (ABC-CLIO, 2012), Demystifying Shamans and Their World (Imprint Academic, 2011), Extraordinary Dreams and How to Work with Them (SUNY, 2002), Personal Mythology (Tarcher, 1988), and many other books. He has written over 1,200 scholarly articles, chapters, papers, and publications.Krippner has conducted workshops and seminars on dreams and/or hypnosis in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Cuba, Cyprus, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, the Netherlands, Panama, the Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Venezuela, and at several congresses of the Interamerican Psychological Association. He is a member of the editorial or advisory board for Revista Argentina de Psicología Paranormal, the Journal of Humanistic Psychology, the
Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, and the Humanistic Psychologist. He has given invited addresses to the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Russian Academy of Pedagogical Sciences, and the School for Diplomatic Studies, Montevideo, Uruguay. He is a Fellow of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, and of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality.In 2002, the American Psychological Association granted him its Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Development of Psychology, and the same year he received the Society for Psychological Hypnosis’ Award for Distinguished Contributions to Professional
Hypnosis. Krippner has received Lifetime Contributions Awards from the Society for Humanistic Psychology, the International Association for the Study of Dreams, the Parapsychological Association, and the International Network on Personal Meaning.
