Psychedelics

Guided Psychedelic Sessions

Craig K. Comstock | Posted 04.02.2012

Craig K. Comstock

What is the optimal use of psychedelics, not only to cure human maladies but also to enhance human capabilities?

Magic Mushrooms As Medicine?

The Huffington Post | Rebecca Searles | Posted 01.24.2012

They're called magic mushrooms because people who eat them experience hallucinations. But a pair of new studies from Imperial College London suggests ...

Psychedelics Open the Mind?

Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D. | Posted 12.24.2011

Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D.

The point of this post is not to promote the use of hallucinogens, but understanding the biological and psychological mechanisms by which psilocybin exerts its effects is important, as we may be able to simulate the effects using other methods.

A Cultural History Of The Word 'Enlightenment'

Lewis Richmond | Posted 10.18.2011

Lewis Richmond

It will be interesting to see how the next generation of Buddhist teachers and practitioners deal with the cultural history (and baggage) of the word "enlightenment."

Drugs and the Meaning of Life

Sam Harris | Posted 09.05.2011

Sam Harris

One of the great responsibilities we have as a society is to educate ourselves, along with the next generation, about which substances are worth ingesting, and for what purpose, and which are not.

Darwin's Pharmacy: Sex, Plants and the Evolution of the Noosphere

Jason Silva | Posted 08.30.2011

Jason Silva

In Darwin's Pharmacy, the transhumanist philosopher Richard Doyle focuses on his favorite technology: the psychedelic, "ecodelic" plants and chemicals -- read: drugs -- that can help make us process more information.

Psychedelic Research On The Rise; Trips Found To Help Anxiety

AP | MALCOLM RITTER | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — The big white pill was brought to her in an earthenware chalice. She'd already held hands with her two therapists and expressed her w...

Amanda Feilding's Talk at the Psychedelic Science in the 21st Century Conference in San Jose

Amanda Feilding | Posted 05.25.2011

Amanda Feilding

Now is such an exciting time for Psychedelic Research as our toe is in the door, and it is finally beginning to reap real rewards, after having been a sleeping beauty for the last 40 years.

My Book on Acid

Don Lattin | Posted 05.25.2011

Don Lattin

You never know who will show up or what to expect when you face the folding chairs and start reading from your new book. Especially when the book you just wrote is all about LSD.

Avatar: Pandora Is in the Eye of the Beholder

Eliezer Sobel | Posted 11.17.2011

Eliezer Sobel

Certain Avatar viewers are leaving the movie depressed at their inability to access a world as spiritual and beautiful as Pandora. The problem is not Earth, but rather these viewers.

Andrew Weil, Ram Dass And The Harvard Psychedelic Club

Shelf Awareness | Posted 05.25.2011

Aldous Huxley was a major inspiration for the four men Don Lattin profiles in this lively retelling of the start of America's romance with hallucinoge...