“When properly understood and supported, spiritual emergencies can result in healing and remarkable personal transformation.

What mainstream psychiatry sees as ‘psychosis’ is often, in fact, an inner experience with the potential for renewal and spiritual rebirth - if treated with understanding and care, rather than suppressed with drugs or hospitalization.

Crises of transformation should not be seen as manifestations of mental illness but as difficult stages in a natural process of spiritual opening. With sensitive guidance, they can lead to greater integration, creativity, and purpose in life.”

A psychospiritual crisis can be a gateway into new realms of meaning, insight, and connection to the deeper layers of existence. If those in crisis are treated as people undergoing an initiatory ordeal, not as patients to be suppressed, the outcomes can be extraordinary.

It is important to distinguish spiritual emergencies from true psychiatric disorders. When this is done, and a supportive environment is provided, individuals can emerge from these crises stronger, more creative, and with a deeper sense of identity.

The process of spiritual emergency is a positive opportunity for growth and self-discovery. With compassion and understanding, it can lead to the healing of deep wounds and the emergence of a new sense of wholeness."

- Stanislav Grov (Spiritual Emergency: When Personal Transformation Becomes a Crisis)

You may choose to look the other way, but you can never say again that you did not know.

- William Wilberforce