Editing Dick Price (section)

=== Altered state research ===
Price's interest in the expansion of human potentials led him to investigate many avenues of research, including the exploration of altered states of consciousness with psychotropic substances.<ref name= wayoutin/>{{rp|152}} In the early 1960s he experimented with [[LSD]] administered by a psychiatrist. Later he discovered that [[empathogens]], such as [[MDMA]], facilitated self-exploration and were helpful in psychological healing when used in conjunction with therapy.

In 1973, Price was instrumental in bringing [[Stan Grof|Stanislav Grof]] to Esalen in the capacity of Scholar in Residence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.holotropic.com/bio_stan-grof.shtml|title=Grof - Originators And Staff|access-date=2010-05-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609051233/http://www.holotropic.com/bio_stan-grof.shtml|archive-date=2010-06-09|url-status=dead}}</ref> Grof was interested in the enhancement of human potentials through the induction of non-ordinary states of consciousness. He had conducted research with LSD at the Psychiatric Research Center in Prague, followed by similar research at Johns Hopkins University and the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center.<ref>Stanislav Grof, "Realms Of The Human Unconscious: Observations From LSD Research"</ref> At Esalen, Price encouraged Grof to develop the therapeutic technique of [[Holotropic Breathwork]], which functioned as a substitute for psychedelic drugs.<ref>Stanislav Grof, "Physical Manifestations of Emotional disorders:Observations from the study of non-ordinary states of consciousness" in ''Exploring Holotropic breathwork: Selected Articles from a Decade of the Inner Door''. Taylor, K [Ed.] Hanford Mead (2003)</ref>