An Underground Psychedelic Therapist Speaks on Healing Trauma with High Doses of LSD
At this moment of psychedelic history, MDMA therapy for the treatment of PTSD has been granted Expanded Access by the FDA, psilocybin mushrooms and other plant medicines have been decriminalized in three U.S. cities, ketamine and cannabis are being used in numerous...
How Sage Institute Is Putting The ‘Psychedelic’ Back in Ketamine Therapy
Ketamine is more than just a hell of a party drug. Outside of Bassnectar raves, it’s also an innovative approach to treating depression and other mental health conditions. Many cities around the US are increasingly home to ketamine infusion therapy clinics, but this...
Miracles, Medicine and Mycelial Networks: A Conversation with Louie Schwartzberg
In this continuing conversation with filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg (first interview here), we talk about compost, drug laws, and the upcoming global release of Fantastic Fungi on March 26th. Thanks again for speaking with us, Louie. Fantastic Fungi was 13 years in the...
Fantastic Fungi – The Magic Beneath Us: Interview with Filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg
“We’re about to have a flower open up in the timelapse room. I’m going to give you a treat, dude.” Via the magic of the internet, I’m in a video call with Louie Schwartzberg, filmmaker behind the new documentary Fantastic Fungi. Taking me on a walk he jokingly refers...
Upcoming Film “Lamar Odom Reborn” Documents the Basketball Legend’s Psychedelic Awakening
In this continuing conversation with Mike “Zappy” Zapolin, we discuss his second feature-length film Lamar Odom Reborn, which will document the basketball superstar’s journey out of addiction and depression with the help of ketamine and ibogaine. Thanks again for...
The Ketamine Fund – Saving Lives and Stopping Suicide: Interview with Zappy Zapolin
Mike “Zappy” Zapolin is an accomplished entrepreneur and filmmaker behind the psychedelic advocacy film The Reality of Truth which follows actress Michelle Rodriguez and her experiences in South America with ayahuasca and San Pedro. It’s been three years since we...
Understanding the Ego in Psychology, Spirituality, and Psychedelics
Engage in a psychedelic conversation long enough, and you’ll probably hear terms like “ego death” tossed around as casually as “Shpongle” and “blasting off.” But what is the ego? With so many passing references, can we be certain everyone’s talking about the same...
Mysteries and Mythopoeic Imagination: A Conversation with Rob Harper
In this continuing conversation with Rob Harper, the filmmaker behind Journeys to the Edge of Consciousness, we delve into the realms of mythopoeic imagination and why our culture needs to connect, now more than ever, with the mysteries at the heart of human...
The Rose Of Paracelsus: On Secrets & Sacraments by William Leonard Pickard – An Appreciation by Dave Lee
This book review of The Rose Of Paracelsus is by guest contributor David Lee. You can visit David's website here and contact him via email here. The Rose of Paracelsus was hand-written on paper, in the US prison where Leonard Pickard is imprisoned for “conspiracy to...
Journeys to the Edge of Consciousness: Interview with Rob Harper
Rob Harper is the UK filmmaker behind Journeys to the Edge of Consciousness, a fantastic new film that centers around three pivotal figures in the psychedelic movement: Timothy Leary, Alan Watts, and Aldous Huxley. The film features animated narrations of some of...