by Contributing Author | Ayahuasca, Psychedelics
Call it group therapy in 2015 Los Angeles. At a Topanga Canyon house, a shaman from the Amazon River region has been flown in for an expenses-paid weekend, to the tune of up to $10,000, to perform an ayahuasca ceremony. Somber people sit on mattresses in a circle on...
by Contributing Author | Other, Psychedelics, Salvia Divinorum
Mr Siebert, is it still true that the Salvia divinorum available on the worldwide market is based on clones of a primordial plant from the Sierra Mazateca? Live Salvia divinorum plants have been collected in the Mazatec region several times in the last few decades....
by Contributing Author | DMT, DMT Entities, Psychedelics
DMT (dimethyltryptamine) is the most powerful and fast-acting of the tryptamine class of hallucinogens. After smoking DMT users regularly report fantastic trips to other dimensions and conversations with intelligent alien life forms. Meyer outlines DMT usage,...
by Contributing Author | DMT, DMT Entities, Psychedelics
In previous posts, I discussed the psychedelic drug DMT, and the remarkable fact that many users of this substance report encounter with non-human entities that often seem compellingly real. Related to this, some extraordinary claims have been made about the DMT...
by Contributing Author | Other, Psychedelics
MEXICO CITY — Mexico decriminalized small amounts of marijuana, cocaine and heroin on Friday — a move that prosecutors say makes sense even in the midst of the government’s gruelling battle against drug traffickers. Prosecutors said the new law sets clear limits that...
by Contributing Author | DMT, DMT Entities, Psychedelics
Read Part 1 here In Part 1 of this article, I discussed Rick Strassman’s(link is external) research on DMT. In particular, I focused on the phenomenon of DMT users frequently encountering non-human entities of various kinds. These experiences have a striking...
by Contributing Author | DMT, DMT Entities, Psychedelics
Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is a naturally occurring psychedelic drug found in many plants and animals and has been claimed to naturally occur in the human brain itself (Strassman, 2001). DMT, less well-known than other psychedelics such as psilocybin or LSD, is striking...
by Contributing Author | DMT, DMT Entities, Psychedelics
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]David Luke – How does one prove ones’ elf? Exploring the Ontology of Discarnate Entities in the DMT Realm (Includes Q&A). David Luke gave a short but interesting talk at the Breaking Convention 2015 in London. Make...
by Contributing Author | Psychedelics, Science
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Psychedelics, in particular, are nothing new to human history and have served as catalysts and vehicles of consciousness in many cultures and societies. Walsh (2003) lists various examples in his article, Entheogens: True or False?...
by Contributing Author | Cannabis, Psychedelics
What drug is enjoyable and, under some circumstances, might actually be good for your brain? Can smoking this substance prevent age-related memory loss, for example? To answer these and similar questions, I turn now to a neurotransmitter system in the brain that was...
by Contributing Author | DMT, Psychedelics
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The psychedelic compound and suspected neurotransmitter dimethyltryptamine, or DMT, has a peculiar ability to give a seeker or traveller a very unique experience of what many refer to as the “realm of spirits”, or a...
by Contributing Author | Psilocybin, Psychedelics, Psychedelics & Health, Science
The mushroom-derived hallucinogen, called psilocybin, is known to trigger transformative spiritual states, but at high doses, it can also result in “bad trips” marked by terror and panic. The trick is to get the dose just right, which the Johns Hopkins researchers...
by Contributing Author | LSD, Psychedelics, Science
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The first controlled LSD study in over 40 years was recently published in the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. The study consisted of 12 participants who suffer from “anxiety, depression, as well as unresolved family and...
by Contributing Author | Other, Psychedelics
BY: MATTHEW CHIN In Cabo Polonio, located on the eastern coast of Uruguay, sits the perfect beachfront getaway that is completely off the grid. The remote village dates back to the 1960s, where hippies, squatters, and fishermen have been building the establishment as...
by Contributing Author | LSD, Microdosing, Other, Psilocybin, Psychedelics
At the fifth annual Horizons: Perspectives on Psychedelics conference in New York City in October 2011, pioneering psychedelic researcher Dr. James Fadiman solidified his reemergence as a leading researcher of and advocate for psychedelic substances. Fadiman had done...
by Contributing Author | Psilocybin, Psychedelics
A recent study done using the tooth plaque of an 18,700-year-old woman’s remains found a variety of mushroom spores embedded in the prehistoric woman’s teeth. This discovery is definitive proof that mushrooms were a part of the human diet by this point in...
