Psychedelics have unique effects on the brain compared to other psychoactive drugs. In the effort to demonize mind-altering drugs, critics have overlooked some very real benefits. The main reason for this difference is that, the vast majority of psychedelic drugs...
Psychedelic medicine, long taboo, is moving toward the mainstream. Medical marijuana recently became legal in 28 states, and now doctors at prestigious medical institutions are studying the effects of magic mushrooms and ecstasy on depression and anxiety with fantastic results.
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In one of his most memorable stand-up acts, comedian Bill Hicks quipped, “Today, a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration—that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. There...
Ayahuasca and its various uses is knowledge that can extraordinary physical healing and a deep emotional change. Ayahuasca just isn't for every individual. Yet there are a few who think it is by far the most tangible spiritual doorway...
Written By Alex Gearin (PhD, Anthropology).
When a Cambridge University researcher took a famous ayahuasca shaman to his first cinema experience, the Yaminahua shaman José Choro concluded that the cinema “was not as good as strong shori (ayahuasca)”. For the shaman the psychedelic brew ayahuasca was somewhat...