Introduction to Cognitive Enhancement, Microdosing, and Nootropics
An introduction to microdosing by contributing author: Kevin Garcia To preface, I’d like to talk a bit about the lack of clinical interest in cognitive enhancement. The primary argument against substances like nootropics and psychedelics is that they are not yet FDA...
Spiritual Warrior on The Psychedelic Path: Interview with Author Richard Haight
Spirituality is a charged subject in our culture, especially when related to things like martial arts or psychedelics. Yet, despite our culture’s uneasy relationship with “spiritual” subjects, there is a veritable gold mine of insights one can draw from when relating...
The Timothy Leary Project: Interview with Jennifer Ulrich
Few figures in psychedelic history have been as inflammatory and influential as Timothy Leary. As a pioneer in early psychedelic research he was among the first to scientifically validate the transformational power of the psychedelic experience, but as an outspoken...
LSD Provokes Synesthetic Hallucinations in a Congenitally Blind Man
We’ve long known about the profound visual effects that humans can experience when under the influence of psychedelic substances, but until now we haven’t had much insight into how they affect those of us without vision. However, a new case report published in this...
Beyond Psychedelics 2018: Interview with Eva Césarová
Eva Césarová is one of the organizers behind Beyond Psychedelics 2018, a premier psychedelic conference in Prague that will feature luminaries such as Amanda Fielding, Rick Doblin, Julian Vayne, and many others. We spoke with Eva recently about her involvement with...
Healing with Movement, Psychedelics and Breathwork: Interview with Samuel Lee, MD
In our previous interview with Samuel Lee, MD, he discussed his background in psychiatry and his journey with psychedelics such as cannabis, ayahuasca, psilocybin, and iboga that lead him to find his passion in pranayama. In this follow-up interview, Dr. Lee discusses...
New Research Study Will Look at the Efficacy of Treating Alcoholism with Ibogaine
At this point in time, roughly 5% of the world’s population suffers from an alcohol-related disorder, which in turn contributes to 3% of all deaths around the world each year. This statistic is even worse in Brazil, where one out of every ten people have an...
Awakening into Psychedelic Spirituality: Interview with Samuel Lee, MD
Any time someone trained in fields of medicine and psychology comes forward to speak about the benefits of psychedelics, it helps to shift our cultural perspective on the validity of these powerful substances. As such, we were delighted when Samuel Lee, MD reached out...
Forthcoming Microdosing Study Will Investigate How LSD Affects Insight
The practice of ‘microdosing’, which involves routinely taking such a tiny dose of a substance that the experience is entirely sub-perceptual, has been all the rage within the past few years. Part of the reason it has been growing in popularity is because workers in...
Denver to Vote This November on Whether to Decriminalize Magic Mushrooms
Colorado residents voted for the legalization of cannabis back in November 2012, becoming one of the first states in the country to legalize the plant for recreational use and sale. Now there is an effort there to decriminalize psilocybin, the active psychoactive...
