by Spirit Molecule | LSD, Other, Psychedelics
The Creative Process and Entheogens by Alex Grey, Published in MAPS Creativity issue Fall 2000 Twenty-five years ago I took my first dose of LSD. The experience was so rich and profound, coupled as it was with the meeting of my future wife, Allyson, that there seemed...
by Contributing Author | Cannabis, Psychedelics, Psychedelics & Health
For years, many caregivers and patients have been using cannabis extracts to directly treat cancer and dramatically reduce the side effects of chemotherapy. Despite the steady increase in remarkable success stories, the mainstream media has generally been reluctant to...
by Contributing Author | LSD, Psychedelics
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Since its 60s counterculture heyday, LSD has been closely associated with music. But it’s not just artistic proclivities that link them: Researchers have found that listening to music can actually affect the LSD experience on a...
by Spirit Molecule | Ayahuasca, Psychedelics
Its early evening and Badi is looking out the fifth-story window of her new apartment perched in Cochabamba’s northern foothills. With the 18,000 foot peaks of Mount Tunari to her back, Badi’s apartment surveys the valley below. To the West, a clear view...
by Contributing Author | Other, Psychedelics
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https://player.vimeo.com/video/64459868″ align=”center”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] A Note on Safety As we repeatedly stress on HighExistence, psychedelics must be approached with reverence and caution....
by Contributing Author | Cannabis, Psychedelics
Chips, chicken wings, perhaps some White Castle? We already know that activating the cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1R) contributes to that uncontrollable urge to snack. And now, according to a new study published in Nature this week, the munchies are partly driven by...
by Contributing Author | LSD, Psychedelics
The drug, which was favoured in the 1960s and 1970s and again in the 1990s, is seeing another resurgence. Despite recent trends for cocaine and MDMA, LSD usage is becoming more common in recent years. LSD – which abbreviates the chemical name lysergic acid...
by Spirit Molecule | Ayahuasca, Psychedelics, Psychedelics & Health, Science
Ten years ago, Mark Pischea, then a 42-year-old political consultant and father of five from Williamston, Michigan, was rushed to the hospital with severe stomach pain. Pischea was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, a chronic autoimmune condition that can cause...
by Contributing Author | Psilocybin, Psychedelics, Science
Psychedelic drugs, such as psilocybin have been of interest to psychologists due to their ability to induce altered states of intense well-being and profound personal significance. A recent study asked people, some who were psilocybin users and others who were not,...
by Contributing Author | LSD, Psilocybin, Psychedelics, Science, Spirituality
Psychedelic drugs, including LSD, psilocybin, and mescaline, have long had an association with spiritual pursuits. For example, psychedelic plants, such as psilocybe mushrooms, peyote, and ayahuasca have long been used in shamanic traditions in the Americas (Lerner...
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 Spirit Molecule | Other, Psychedelics
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I was fortunate enough to attend the Breaking Convention event this year, which was held in London UK. I was also fortunate enough to get onboard the team of volunteers at the event and film the lectures. The event took place over 3...
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...
