Zephyros A Kafkalides
The Greek author, Zephyros Kafkalides was born on the 6th of January 1948.
He studied law and philosophy at Athens University. He is a member of the Athens Bar, as well as a member of the Commission on Greek National Issues founded by the ex-president of the Hellenic Republic, Michael Stasinopoulos. He is also a member of the Association of Greek playwrights, and member of the ISPPM, the International Society of pre and perinatal Medicine and Psychology. (Heidelberg, Germany).
His work
He is the coauthor, with D.N. Keranis of the International legislation and jurisprudence of Labour law, Legislation Code of labour and jurisprudence. (1976)
In 1976, Karolos Khun, the famous Greek director put on stage his play, The dinner party (2 acts) at the Art Theater, Athens.
In 1980, he wrote a series of essays on Constantine Cavafy in the review Epoptia, and in 1981, on Alexander Papadiamantis, in the collection, Fota olo fota.
Then, in 1999, his historical work, Stefanos Xenos, scenes of the drama of Hellenism in West and East, 1821-1894 is published by Kastaniotis editions, and in 2001 he receives the award of the Athens Academy.
In 2005, his philosophical essay, Poetry and Memory, (vol. 1) was published. by Sillogos pros diadosi ofelimon biblion Publications
In 2008, his novel, 25 summers, is published by Patmos editions, then in 2010, his book Discussions with Dr. K, Psychedelics and Psychotherapy (ed. Patmos) This book is based on a series of interviews given by the Greek psychiatrist , Athanasios Kafkalides to his son, between 1980 and 1987. (Ed. Patmos)
His philosophical Essay, Plato's Olive tree, was published in 2013 by Captainbook Editions, Athens
Zephyros Kafkalides and Constantine Kafkalides MD : Studies on Prenatal Psychology&Psychedelic Science, TRP publication, 2018
All the papers he presented at international congresses on psychology and philosophy are published in international scientific reviews,
Address: Triklino House
Triklino
Corfu 49100
Greece
He studied law and philosophy at Athens University. He is a member of the Athens Bar, as well as a member of the Commission on Greek National Issues founded by the ex-president of the Hellenic Republic, Michael Stasinopoulos. He is also a member of the Association of Greek playwrights, and member of the ISPPM, the International Society of pre and perinatal Medicine and Psychology. (Heidelberg, Germany).
His work
He is the coauthor, with D.N. Keranis of the International legislation and jurisprudence of Labour law, Legislation Code of labour and jurisprudence. (1976)
In 1976, Karolos Khun, the famous Greek director put on stage his play, The dinner party (2 acts) at the Art Theater, Athens.
In 1980, he wrote a series of essays on Constantine Cavafy in the review Epoptia, and in 1981, on Alexander Papadiamantis, in the collection, Fota olo fota.
Then, in 1999, his historical work, Stefanos Xenos, scenes of the drama of Hellenism in West and East, 1821-1894 is published by Kastaniotis editions, and in 2001 he receives the award of the Athens Academy.
In 2005, his philosophical essay, Poetry and Memory, (vol. 1) was published. by Sillogos pros diadosi ofelimon biblion Publications
In 2008, his novel, 25 summers, is published by Patmos editions, then in 2010, his book Discussions with Dr. K, Psychedelics and Psychotherapy (ed. Patmos) This book is based on a series of interviews given by the Greek psychiatrist , Athanasios Kafkalides to his son, between 1980 and 1987. (Ed. Patmos)
His philosophical Essay, Plato's Olive tree, was published in 2013 by Captainbook Editions, Athens
Zephyros Kafkalides and Constantine Kafkalides MD : Studies on Prenatal Psychology&Psychedelic Science, TRP publication, 2018
All the papers he presented at international congresses on psychology and philosophy are published in international scientific reviews,
Address: Triklino House
Triklino
Corfu 49100
Greece
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Με τον Ζέφυρο Καυκαλίδη, ανοίξαμε θέματα ταμπού για την κοινωνία, μιλήσαμε για ψυχοδηλωτικές ουσίες(LSD, Psilocybin, Ketamine), την ιστορία και τη χρήση τους ως φάρμακα στην ψυχοθεραπεία, ενεργοποίηση μνήμης από την μήτρα και τυχόν απόρριψης, τρανσέξουαλ, φοβίες και θεραπευτικό πλαίσιο χρήσης ψυχοδηλωτικών ουσιών.
The Greek psychiatrist Athanassios Kafkalides, who was one of the leading researchers in the field, in his treatise The Knowledge of the Womb - Autopsychognosia with Psychedelic Drugs (first published in Greek in 1980, American Edition 2005, Russian Edition 2008), mentions the following: under the influence of the psychedelic drug, any experience of the past - sensorial, emotional, intellectual and so forth - may be relived vividly. Characteristic and very striking is the emotional and physical 'synchronization' which accompanies the revival of childhood, infancy and fetal life; that is, the subject feels that his body has assumed the dimensions it had at the time of the revived event and he relives the emotions of that period.
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Cette réflexion a poussé certains chercheurs à administrer le LSD-25 à des malades psychonévrotiques.
Busch et Johnson (2) ont été les premiers, en 1950, à 1'utiliser dans un but thérapeutique, et les résultats obtenus ont encouragé d'autres psychiatres à appliquer ce médicament d'une façon systématique (1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9).
Με τον Ζέφυρο Καυκαλίδη, ανοίξαμε θέματα ταμπού για την κοινωνία, μιλήσαμε για ψυχοδηλωτικές ουσίες(LSD, Psilocybin, Ketamine), την ιστορία και τη χρήση τους ως φάρμακα στην ψυχοθεραπεία, ενεργοποίηση μνήμης από την μήτρα και τυχόν απόρριψης, τρανσέξουαλ, φοβίες και θεραπευτικό πλαίσιο χρήσης ψυχοδηλωτικών ουσιών.
The Greek psychiatrist Athanassios Kafkalides, who was one of the leading researchers in the field, in his treatise The Knowledge of the Womb - Autopsychognosia with Psychedelic Drugs (first published in Greek in 1980, American Edition 2005, Russian Edition 2008), mentions the following: under the influence of the psychedelic drug, any experience of the past - sensorial, emotional, intellectual and so forth - may be relived vividly. Characteristic and very striking is the emotional and physical 'synchronization' which accompanies the revival of childhood, infancy and fetal life; that is, the subject feels that his body has assumed the dimensions it had at the time of the revived event and he relives the emotions of that period.
Cette réflexion a poussé certains chercheurs à administrer le LSD-25 à des malades psychonévrotiques.
Busch et Johnson (2) ont été les premiers, en 1950, à 1'utiliser dans un but thérapeutique, et les résultats obtenus ont encouragé d'autres psychiatres à appliquer ce médicament d'une façon systématique (1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9).
In this book Athanassios Kafkalides provides a summary of his work from 1960 to 1972 and gives an account of the re-enactment of very early experiences before and during birth in 16 patients, the majority of whom had severe neurotic and psychosomatic symptoms. LSD is able to bring our earliest experiences and our emotional states during such experiences into our consciousness; at the same time, with the appropriate expert support, an inner assessment and real understanding of these experiences becomes possible. On reading the case descriptions, it is astounding to see again and again how, in the course of an LSD session, the patient’s problem turned out to stem from the dramatic early experience of a relationship - in the case of feelings of inferiority, for example, the experience of massive rejection and debasement in the prenatal stage of life. Kafkalides’ findings thus enable us to achieve a new and direct understanding of the psychodynamics of neurotic and psychosomatic symptoms.
The statements made in psychotherapeutic research are often limited by the fact that such studies are restricted to individual cases. The framework used for research with LSD makes it possible to compare the re - enactment of experiences in several patients, allowing general statements to be made. The main point that Kafkalides was able to prove using this method was that a child’s affective, positive or negative relationship with its mother before birth crucially determines its fundamental affectivity, its basic attitude towards life and the way in which it sees and experiences the world. Kafkalides’ findings and the conclusions he draws from them seem to me to be so convincing that we cannot but accept this statement.
There is no doubt that this insight into the fundamental significance of prenatal affectivity presents a challenge for developmental psychology and psychotherapy as a whole, but in particular for psychoanalysis. Various psychoanalysts have suspected and begun to determine the significance of the prenatal mother-child relationship, but were unable to gain acceptance for their assumptions. Kafkalides’ studies, which in a way furnish experimental proof of the importance of our earliest experiences of relationships, have provided a new basis for scientific discussion. Kafkalides also makes some initial remarks on this subject in the second part of the book, in which he introduces the basic categories of the “rejecting womb” and the “welcoming womb”. He arrives at a new understanding of the roots and the psychodynamics involved in the development of neurotic, psychosomatic and psychotic symptoms of particular significance are his comments concerning sexual disorders and problems with relationships and their roots in prenatal disturbances. Of perhaps more general importance is the concept of “womb substitutes”, which refers to the fact that re-enactments of the relationships experienced before birth play a much greater part in our personal relationships, our relationships to groups and the way in which we see and experience the world as a whole than had been previously assumed. In recent years, psychoanalytic theory and practice have become increasingly ready to accept the significance of our early experience of the mother; Kafkalides' findings challenge those involved to enter into fundamental discussion and probably revision of central psychoanalytical assumptions. It is my impression that in the present day and age the results of Kaflkalides’ research are more likely to find acceptance than they were at the time he carried out his studies.
There is now a whole host of findings in prenatal and perinatal psychology and medicine that support Kafkalides’ results. Accordingly, and especially in the interests of the patients, I hope that this book will reach a wide audience, as Kafkalides’ findings may encourage many therapists who have made similar observations in different settings to take them seriously, so that they may provide better support for their patients while reassessing their early experiences.
Heidelberg 1995 LUDWIG JANUS, MD.
However, for reasons of momentum, I remained a Cartesian on the unconscious level. This can be seen clearly from the manner in which I perceived the principles of neuron fluctuation theory (See The Knowledge of the Womb). Fortunately my infallible teachers, i.e. my patients, helped me to perceive my conflicting convictions that existed on an unconscious level. On the one hand there were the wonderful discoveries made in the autopsychognosia sessions, and on the other the unconscious vestiges of Cartesianism which had been imbued in me at university and hardened my mental inadequacy (Carte-sian methodology creates a psychological background of intellectual and emotional "security"). Lest there be any misunderstanding, let me declare that my anti-Cartesian position in the field of psychiatry does not prevent me from admitting that Cartesian methodology in certain disciplines in the macrocosm has achieved great successes and will go on doing so. And now I feel the reader wondering: "So what do I care if K. was once one hundred percent Cartesian and now is eighty percent anti-Cartesian?" A kind of reply to this question may be my realisation that not only my knowledge but also the rate of clinical improvement in the patients who underwent autopsychognosia sessions increased according to the degree to which my Cartesian attitude became differentiated. In other words, the less I intervened in their subjective realisations with my intellectual interpretations, the more constructive were the therapeutic results. Among the 126 cases, there were not a few whose mental health was saved by the autopsychognosia sessions. […]