by Spirit Molecule | Cannabis, Psychedelics, Spirituality
People use meditation in order to gain mindfulness, self-awareness, physical and emotional relaxation. Every major organized religion encourages some form of “meditation” (in the broad sense).. For example, Hindu mantras are repetitions of sacred words able to bring...
by Manmohan Singh | Self Actualization, Spirituality
Approach to life is a very important outlook and this approach determines a person’s livelihood. Having a negative impact or approach makes our thought process narrow and we have succumbed to the negativity that surrounds us. Meditation helps us eliminate these...
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 Spirit Molecule | Ayahuasca, Psychedelics
by Dennis McKenna My good friend and colleague, Dr. Charles Grob, has extended a kind invitation to submit a contribution to this special edition of the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, devoted to the topic of ayahuasca, for which he has been selected as guest editor....
by Contributing Author | Ayahuasca, Other, Psychedelics, Psychedelics & Health, Self Actualization
Dieta is a Spanish word that means – simply enough – “diet.” However, when used in Amazonian herbalist traditions that deal with the more powerful and often reality-altering and visionary varieties of plants known as plantas maestras or teacher-plants, the word comes...
by Spirit Molecule | LSD, Microdosing, Other, Psilocybin, Psychedelics, Self Actualization
As I write this I am consciously aware that I will give birth to more questions than answers, Yet I feel it is crucial and sane to open up the discussion on psychedelics into a new area of possibilities and understanding. I do feel that it is more important not to shy...
by Spirit Molecule | LSD, Microdosing, Psychedelics, Self Actualization
You’ve been lied to about so many things, haven’t you? Money, God, meat, drugs, sex, gluten, which wine goes best with fish – it’s all a ruse, a set of weirdly hardwired myths we’re trained to cling to, feverishly, until we die. Who’s to blame? Obama? Jesus? The...
by Spirit Molecule | Other, Psychedelics, Self Actualization
Is it too much to hope that a system of education may someday be devised, which shall give results, in terms of human development, commensurate with the time, money, energy and devotion expended? In such a system of education, it may be that mescaline or some other...
by Spirit Molecule | Cannabis, LSD, Other, Psychedelics
Is intelligence related to an increased likelihood of recreational drug use? I10 Famous Geniuses and Their Drugs of Choicet’s an interesting hypothesis and one that’s been gaining momentum in recent years. If a definitive link between intellectual capacity and drug...
by Spirit Molecule | LSD, Microdosing, Psilocybin, Psychedelics, Self Actualization
Microdosing of 10 to 20 micrograms (of LSD) allow me to increase my focus, open my heart, and achieve breakthrough results while remaining integrated within my routine. My wit, response time, and visual and mental acuity seem greater than normal on it. –...
by Spirit Molecule | Ayahuasca, Cacti, Ibogaine, Psychedelics, Safety & Harm Reduction
WVC acknowledges that a growing number of people throughout the world are participating in ceremonies that use psychoactive substances. We recognize that these rituals can offer participants opportunities for deep healing and self-knowledge. Our community is also...
by Contributing Author | LSD, Psychedelics
Growing up, I was conditioned to believe that LSD was one of the worse drugs, with its dangers and addictive properties following close behind those of heroin. This would all change when I fell severely ill in my twenties. After conventional medicine had failed me, I...
by Spirit Molecule | Psilocybin, Psychedelics, Science, Self Actualization
A study out last year from the Imperial College of London shows that our brains display a similar pattern of activity during dreams as it does during a mind expanding drug trip. This study found that while dosed with psilocybin, the psychoactive compound in mushrooms,...
by Contributing Author | Other, Psilocybin, Psychedelics, Safety & Harm Reduction, Self Actualization
On an April Monday in 2010, Patrick Mettes, a fifty-four-year-old television news director being treated for a cancer of the bile ducts, read an article on the front page of the Times that would change his death. His diagnosis had come three years earlier, shortly...
by Spirit Molecule | LSD, Microdosing, Psychedelics, Self Actualization
“So, I don’t think there is such a thing as recreational LSD use,” veteran Silicon Valley engineer Kevin Herbert said wryly. “I would be at a Grateful Dead show, high on LSD … and something about my work would just come to me.”...
by Spirit Molecule | LSD, Psychedelics, Self Actualization
Apple Founder and CEO Steve Jobs changed the world of technology by making simple, innovative and beautiful designs for products like the iPod, the MacBook and the iPhone. Building the most powerful brand on Earth, Steve’s company Apple pulled in a historic $18...