The Psychiatric and Philosophical Dimension of Athanasios Kafkalides’ Research Work

The use of psychedelic drugs in minute doses as an adjuvant psychotherapeutic means, within the context of Athanassios Kafkalides’ autopsychognosia, caused the emotional revival of prenatal and perinatal experiences. This mnemonic process gives rise to a wide range of gnosiological questions such as, inter alia, those regarding the use of psychedelic drugs to stimulate memories and the difference between emotional and intellectual realization in the quest for knowledge. The new findings in this field necessitated profound changes of concepts like truth, reality, subjectivity, objectivity, unconscious, consciousness, cause and effect, emotions, intellect, quality, quantity, etc.
The presentation will deal with these issues in the context of gnosiotheoretical stands supported by thinkers from Plato to Feyerabend. Furthermore, it will expand on the concepts of “consciousness” and “unconscious” in the light of Autopsychognosia, Intrauterine life and human personality overturning the principle of Tabula Rasa.

A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE SPEAKER
NAME: ZEPHYROS KAFKALIDES
AFFILIATION: PRENATAL SCIENCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE, SOPHIA, GREECE

The Greek author Zephyros Kafkalides is a frequent contributor of research papers and international guest speaker in the field of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology. 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 National Issues founded by the ex-president of the Hellenic Republic, Michael Stasinopoulos. He is also a member of the Association of Greek Playwrights. He coauthored with D.N. Keranis the Code of Labour Legislation and Jurisprudence. The Greek stage director Carolos Khun put on stage his play The dinner party at the Art Theater of Athens. In 2001 he received the award of the Athens Academy for his historical and philosophical work Stefanos Xenos, Scenes of the Drama of Hellenism in East and West. He is the coauthor with Constantine Kafkalides MD of the book Studies on Prenatal Psychology and Psychedelic Science. All his papers on prenatal psychology and psychedelic psychotherapy are published in international scientific reviews. Other books and studies by the author : Poetry and Memory. Discussions with Dr. K – psychedelics and psychotherapy (this book is based on a series of interviews given by the Greek psychiatrist Athanassios Kafkalides to his son, between 1980 and 1987).
Twenty Five Summers, a novel. Plato’s Olive Tree, a Platonic Dialog. Coments on Anaximander’s fragment : “for they pay penalty and retribution to each other for their injustice according to the assessment of Time” (διδόναι γαρ αυτά δίκην και τίσιν αλλήλοις της αδικίας κατά την του χρόνου τάξιν) .