Psychedelics

Information about psychedelic plants and drugs (Ayahuasca, DMT, Psilocybin mushrooms, MDMA, LSD, Cannabis, Iboga, Kratom, Salvia divinorum, Peyote, Opium poppy etc) including recreational, traditional and spiritual. Psychoactive plants have been used traditionally for thousands of years by human cultures all around the world and many play a significant role in society. An entheogen, is any psychoactive substance that induces a spiritual experience and is aimed at spiritual development. In recent times many have been taken up by the “casual drug user” as a cheap alternative to chemical based drugs. For recreational use they may be classified as hallucinogens. However, don’t underestimate the potency of these plants.

If you have had any experiences with the following plants, be sure to tell us about it in the comments – we are always interested in hearing about our readers experiences in areas like this.

Psychedelics Can Treat Depression

Most anyone with a decent interest in psychedelics knows of the late Terence McKenna, the famous American philosopher and “mushroom guru.” Fewer people are aware that his brother Dennis McKenna is still alive and kicking. The other McKenna is an ethnopharmacologist, research pharmacognosist, lecturer, author, proponent of responsible...

5 Psychedelic Plants That Are Legal To Grow, But Illegal to Consume

Nature is offering a tremendous variety of psychologically altering plants and if you are interested in new age gardening you can grow you own legal garden of LSA, DMT and mescaline. However, you can enjoy these plants from an aesthetic point of view only!...

A Conversation with MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy Researchers

This interview originally appeared in the MAPS Bulletin Winter 2014 Vol. 24, No. 3 – Annual Report. Featuring Annie Mithoefer, B.S.N., Shannon Clare Petitt, I.M.F., Saj Razvi, L.P.C., Ben Shechet, and Will Van Derveer, M.D, it sheds a great deal of light on MDMA-assisted therapy and the...

What’s in my Baggie ? Documentary on Psychedelics

The psychedelic culture has grown exponentially over the years, even though the scene is mostly underground and not exactly mainstream as yet. Literally millions if not more, experiment with psychotropic substances every day. What's in your Baggie is a documentary film that looks closely...

The Rise of Psychedelic Truffles in Amsterdam

Psychedelic, or psilocybin containing mushrooms are currently illegal in the United States and Europe. However, psychedelic truffles, or sclerotia, are legal. Because these types of fungus require a unique environment to be produced, and little to no bad press, they have remained legal. Truffles offer...

Psychedelics in the Modern World

From the beginning of the 20th century there has been a resurgence of interest in what has traditionally been referred to as shamanism, which for the purposes of our discussion we’ll define as the ritual ingestion of psychoactive plants and compounds to produce a...

The Psychedelic Experience

What is the psychedelic experience? Aldous Huxley believed it was the fundamental craving of the human spirit. A desire to turn off the survival biased filter of perception just for a moment... and catch a glimpse beyond the bars of our cognitive prison. The psychedelic...

Interview with Daniel Siebert, expert for salvia divinorum

Interview with Daniel Siebert, the leading expert for Salvia divinorum Mr. Siebert, is it still true that the Salvia divinorum available on the worldwide market is based on clones of an primordial plant from the Sierra Mazateca? Daniel Siebert: Live Salvia divinorum plants have been collected...

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