LSD or REST? How Float Tanks Mimic the Therapeutic Effects of Psychedelics
The journey out of chronic stress, anxiety and addiction can seem like an arduous one requiring continuous effort, but emerging research is showing that sometimes doing absolutely nothing at all- not even fighting gravity- can have long term benefits that bear...
New Psilocybin Review: It’s Safe, Highly Effective and Begs Further Study
A recent clinical review of psilocybin, the active compound in “magic mushrooms”, shows that it holds great promise in treating psychiatric conditions such as anxiety, depression, and substance abuse. This review of seven independent studies, authored by Kelan...
Death and Family Healing with Psilocybin: A Conversation with Dennis McKenna
One of the great lessons that psychedelics are known for revealing is how profoundly connected we are with the natural world, but nature is not just the sum of all living things- it is the dynamic process of life, death, and rebirth. The kingdom of Fungi, which...
Becoming Certified in Recovery & Psycho-Spiritual Coaching: Interview with Deanne Adamson
For those who are interested in making psychedelic integration and recovery coaching a full or part-time vocation, our friends and colleagues at Being True to You are offering their annual Addiction Recovery & Psycho-Spiritual Integrative Coaching...
What is Psychedelic Group Coaching? Interview with Deanne Adamson of Being True to You
It’s wonderful that psychedelics are finally being recognized for their psychological healing potential, but it is also important to humbly acknowledge that our culture is literally thousands of years behind others in terms of understanding the nuances and best...
Ayahuasca and Artificial Intelligence: A Conversation with Dennis McKenna
Psychedelics are well known for their ability to impart a deeper appreciation for nature, but can they expand our relationship with technology as well? In parallel with the familiar accounts of psychedelics helping people to connect with nature in numinous ways...
New Jersey Looks Towards Recreational Marijuana Legalization
New Jersey may become the 9th state in the US to legalize recreational cannabis use, thanks to a new bill announced by Senate Judiciary Chairman Nicholas Scutari (D). The Garden State has allowed medical marijuana use since 2010, but this will be the second...
The Medicine is the Teacher: Dennis McKenna on Ayahuasca, Shamanism, and Psychotherapy
As the West’s love affair with ayahuasca continues to expand, many big questions remain unanswered. Despite all of our scientific progress, or perhaps because of it, we still do not fully understand how ayahuasca works in all its intricacies, nor do we even...
The Legendary Psychedelic Symposium Returns at ESPD50: Interview with Dennis McKenna
In January 1967 ethnobotanists and neuroscientists gathered together in San Francisco, California to discuss the exotic psychedelic substances that explorers were finding in use in indigenous cultures around the world. The Ethnopharmacologic Search for...
Science, Spirituality and Ayahuasca: Interview with Joe Tafur, MD
Science and spirituality are like the the yin and yang of human experience. On the one hand we have everything that is measurable, observable, and provable, and on the other hand all that is subjective, meaningful, and beyond logic. These two sides of reality...
