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What is the optimal use of psychedelics, not only to cure human maladies but also to enhance human capabilities?
What is the optimal use of psychedelics, not only to cure human maladies but also to enhance human capabilities?
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 ...
Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D. | Posted 12.24.2011
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.
Lewis Richmond | Posted 10.18.2011
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."
Sam Harris | Posted 09.05.2011
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.
Jason Silva | Posted 08.30.2011
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.
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 | Posted 05.25.2011
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.
Don Lattin | Posted 05.25.2011
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.
Eliezer Sobel | Posted 11.17.2011
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.
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...
Craig K. Comstock | Posted 04.02.2012