Women of Visionary Art: Interview with David Jay Brown and Rebecca Ann Hill
Rebecca Ann Hill and David Jay Brown are the authors of the beautiful new book Women of Visionary Art that features interviews and artwork from 18 women at the forefront of the visionary art movement, including Amanda Sage, Martina Hoffmann, and many others. Brown, a...
Denver Voters Could Decriminalize Psilocybin Mushrooms in May
At this moment in time, the global psychedelic community seems to be collectively standing at the frontier of a brand new world. With many drug policy reforms around the world inching toward a variety of decriminalized, medicalized, and legalized models, it’s...
From the Vasty Deep: The Reality of DMT Entities and Other Spirits
This is a guest post by author, lecturer and occultist Julian Vayne. It is an essay that attempts to go beyond the simplistic and unhelpful real/not real debate about spirits. First published at theblogofbaphomet.com The question of the ‘reality’ or otherwise of...
Trip Sitters and Conscious Bachelorette: Interview with Chi of Truffles Therapy
Last week we spoke with Chi about his personal journey and what led him to start working as a facilitator for psilocybin truffle experiences in Amsterdam. This week, we discuss some of his other projects that aim to unify psychedelic supporters and reinvent the...
Magic Truffles in Amsterdam and the Monastic Path: Interview with Chi of Truffles Therapy
One of the few places in the world where psilocybin-containing fungi are legal to grow, buy and consume is the Netherlands. Today we are speaking with Chi who runs Truffles Therapy, a magic truffle retreat in Amsterdam. Thanks so much for speaking with us, Chi. Can...
Sacred Sexuality, Psychedelics and Erotic Hustle: Interview with Lana Baumgartner
If nature is sacred, which indeed I believe it is, then there is nothing more natural and more sacred than sex and sexuality. This inescapable quality of our human experience has been responsible for countless conflicts, love affairs, epic stories, and meaningful...
Cosmic Sister and #PsychedelicFeminism: Interview with Zoe Helene
Zoe Helene founded Cosmic Sister, an ecocentric feminist educational advocacy group fiscally sponsored by MAPS. Psychedelic Feminism by Cosmic Sister grants educational advocacy awards to women speakers, writers, and photographers in the psychedelic community in...
A Brief History of Microdosing Research
Formerly known only to the underground psychedelic community, the practice of taking microdoses of psychedelic drugs for a variety of purported benefits has made its way to the wider mainstream society. Just for starters, microdosers have reported experiencing...
They See Me Pourin’, They Hatin’: Interview with Kentucky Ayahuasca Shaman Steve Hupp
In our second conversation with Steve Hupp of Aya Quest and Kentucky Ayahuasca, we discuss issues surrounding cultural appropriation, criticism on social media, and how having a live film crew impacts an ayahuasca ceremony. You can read our first interview with Steve...
Bank Robber to Ayahuasca Brew Maker: Interview with Steve Hupp of Kentucky Ayahuasca
If I were to tell you just two or three years ago that there would be a reality show about an ayahuasca shaman in Kentucky with a church in a trailer park, you’d probably laugh me out of the room. But lo and behold, that day has come, and it’s far stranger than we...
