The Way of the Psychonaut

About The Way of the Psychonaut

The Way of the Psychonaut explores the life and work of Stanislav Grof, Czech-born psychiatrist and psychedelic psychotherapy pioneer. Stan’s quest for knowledge and insights into the healing power of non-ordinary states of consciousness, influenced the discipline of psychology and profoundly changed many individual lives.

Susan Hess's The Way of the Psychonaut is a 2020 documentary film. Released in October 2020, it runs 86 minutes.

The film is filed under psychiatrist, psychiatric hospital, consciousness, and LSD.

Stanislav Grof stars as Self, Susan Hess as Self, Brigitte Grof as Self, and Rick Doblin as Self. The screenplay is by Susan Hess. It streams on Gaia Amazon Channel in the United States.

Mad to Be Normal, Twelve Monkeys, and Girl, Interrupted make useful companions to The Way of the Psychonaut, all filed under biography.