Around the country people are taking hallucinogens not for fun, but to seek a deeper spiritual connection to the universe and the divine.
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Take the Trip Out of Psychedelics?
In an essay published in International Journal of Drug Policy, Dutch psychology researcher Julian Heller and philosopher Yogi Hendlin argue that such attempts to take the trip out of psychedelics are a mistake.
The duo explain that psychedelics’ therapeutic potential is not merely neurochemical, but “highly dependent on subjective experience and environmental context.”
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Journalist Andrew Lawler discusses new archeological tools for studying psychoactive plant residues.
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A recent report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) encourages U.S. states to begin preparing for possible approval of psychedelic therapies by the Food and Drug Administration.
The transition from research to clinics is moving faster than those in the field anticipated even five years ago, the report notes, and being proactive is important.
“The question is not whether individuals in a particular state will use psychedelics, but whether they will do so in regulated, safe contexts or in underground networks,” the report reads.
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Psychedelics can create a new “hidden order” in brain activity that could explain how these drugs alter our sense of self.
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Professor David Nutt joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about psychedelic therapy.
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He is driven by the belief that psychedelic drugs can crack open the minds of scientists and other problem-solvers.
In 2023, he founded the nonprofit organization the Center for MINDS (Multidisciplinary Investigation into Novel Discoveries and Solutions). Its philosophy: “Psychedelics and other consciousness practices may be our greatest underutilized tool for sparking paradigm-shifting breakthroughs.”
Read morePodcast with Dennis Mckenna: Escaping the "Reality Hallucination": What Psychedelics Actually Teach Us
Dennis McKenna and Mandi Astola explore Terence McKenna, psychedelics, epistemology, shamanism, science, and truth. A deep conversation on insights, skepticism, and the philosophy of consciousness.
Psychedelics and Major Life Changes
Do psychedelics lead to major life changes? Here are five questions with health behaviorist Nic Carlisle.
Read moreMichael Pollan Talks About Consciousness and Psychedelics
Sam Harris speaks with Michael Pollan about consciousness, the mind, and the self. T
hey discuss Pollan’s new book, the relationship between consciousness and intelligence, whether consciousness is a product of evolution, the role of psychedelics in consciousness research, AI and the question of machine consciousness, the illusion of the self, and other topics.
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