American Materialism: The Elephant in the Middle of the Room

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Money as Taboo

Pluto is the planet of taboos.
How appropriate it is that the god of Hell is the governor of these festering
energies, always in the atmosphere but rarely discussed honestly and directly.
The danger attached to these ideas causes baroque mythologies to build up
around them, a system of apologias which would provide a fascinating self-study
if we had the courage to look into them. In our own natal chart, Pluto's placement
points to issues we may be semi-aware of but rarely look into, because we
simply don't know what to do with them.

It
is human to resist confronting this realm of the psyche. As individuals, it is
difficult to even begin without a trusted, dispassionate guide. We need help
negotiating that dark, uneven path, which is why we have therapists and AA
groups. But what do whole countries do with their Pluto issues?

For
the United States, the big taboo is money. Our enthrallment with the world of
matter is something we are all too aware of, but don't know what to do with. In
the USA birth chart (July 4th, 1776, 5:10 pm, Philadelphia, Pa), Pluto resides
in the second house, the house of valuables, territory, things of worth.
Materialism is America's elephant in the middle of the room.

Pluto
represents the forces of regeneration which manifest as takeovers and
makeovers. The second house governs resources and ownership. This placement,
whether in the chart of an individual or a country, links the planet of control
together with the activity of possessing.

 

Obsession

Through this astrological lens we
can start to make sense of why money is so central to the American ethos. No
other topic is held with such fierce ambivalence: coveted above all else, yet
strangely despised. It is rare to hear money talked about in a sober, rational
way; instead it is approached with a kind of magical thinking masked in a
façade of dead seriousness. Obsessing about money sucks the energy out of
Americans from every socioeconomic faction, from the high to the low, the haves
right along with the have-nots.

If
your natal Pluto is in this house, you are familiar with the intensity it puts
into your financial dealings. You may have found that your personal karma
involves "going through hell (Pluto) and back" as regards earning, selling,
buying and saving. Similarly, as a group entity, America is destined to grapple
with intensified financial dealings. We are meant to go through economic hell
and – if we're smart – climb back up into the light, having matured as a
culture.

Certainly
it is obvious to the rest of the world that the USA has a desperately neurotic
relationship with money. The problem is that it is not obvious to us.
Individual members of a collective inevitably have a hard time seeing the
idiosyncrasies of the whole of which they are a part. But as astrologers, we
are in a good position to achieve this perspective; and as souls who have
incarnated into incomparably perilous times, it would seem that we had the
responsibility to use it.

Considering
the degree of impact our financial dysfunction has upon the world at large, it
is remarkable that more thoughtful analysis is not attempted on the subject.
From our frenzied consumerism to our obsession with security, we are fixated on
money without any sense of what it means in the big picture.

America
has been using her Pluto in the 2nd house like a nonstop partygoer, eating and
drinking herself into oblivion and then shopping for the next round.

 

Pluto's House Placement

Let's review how Pluto affects
the activities of a given house.

What
house does your natal Pluto occupy? Here is where you find yourself
simultaneously repelled and fascinated by a certain set of activities. You may
invest more time and energy into them than you'd want others to know about. Or
you may avoid them like the plague. Even activities that would seem to be as
rote and prosaic as commuting or using the telephone (3rd house) may be
associated with feelings of danger or compulsion. This is not because of the activities
themselves. It is because, for you, that house's activities channel deeply
compelling forces. Unprocessed feelings and urges bubble up from the depths of
the unconscious, and play themselves out through the activities designated by
your Pluto placement.

Pluto
in America's 2nd house does not mean that money and territory are fated to be a
problem. Our money issues are merely symptomatic. At issue is our collective
karma about right use of power, which gets expressed through the way we
use our resources.

Material
wealth is not the origin of our power as a nation. But we think it is. That is
the problem.

 

The Pathology of Power

Pluto's meaning encompasses
decay, compulsion and shame. But what does this have to do with power?

The
placement of this planet in the natal chart shows us where we have been
operating undercover — literally (hidden affairs, espionage) or undercover of
awareness — and have cultivated, over time, a set of obsessive habits. These
take up residence in our unconscious, where they don't have to answer to
criticism.

Psychology
tells us that repressed material gains potency as a result of the energy
invested in keeping it secret. Astrology tells us that Pluto governs the Dark
Mysteries of death and rebirth, which, when tapped, allow us to access
tremendous power. But unless mindfully used, that power waxes destructive.

However
you explain the potency of Pluto, it is the source of the greatest power
available to the chart. And as a first step in getting in touch with it, we
have to look at how we misuse it. Does America misuse the power of money? Our
country has more wealth at its disposal than any nation that has ever existed
on Earth. Where does it all go?

Most
of us don't like to think about how much of the national budget goes to the
Pentagon, but let's look at it with the dispassionate eye of an accountant for
a moment. At this writing, one hundred and eighty billion dollars of our money
has been spent in Iraq over three years' time. Whether or not it has been
well-spent (killing and maiming innocents, destroying the infrastructure,
reducing ancient holy sites to rubble, spreading depleted uranium throughout
the air, soil and water, and convincing young Muslim idealists worldwide that
Bin Laden was right), let us just try to wrap our minds around that number. We
are talking about 250 million dollars a day.

Moreover,
we are in debt. Major debt. It is beyond this writer's capability to
conceptualize the several trillion dollars that America is apparently in debt.
And how are we making amends? We are giving away money to those who need it
least. In a world where four billion people earn less than four dollars a day,
our leaders are busy planning additional tax cuts for the already
preposterously wealthy profiteers who put them in office. And so far, Congress
and the public have been letting them do it.

It
is time for America to raise its collective hand, as at a twelve-step meeting,
and say: "I have a problem with money."

 

Plutonian Cover-Ups

The Plutonian level of the psyche
is masterful at covering itself up. Its operations tend to take place in their
own little world under their own separate laws, quite apart from our self-image
and its laws. Like a cult member avoiding questions from skeptical
outsiders, we tend to resent being asked about the area designated by Pluto's
chart placement. We prepare ruses to throw people off the scent. Take another
look at your own chart and ask yourself whether you protect your compulsions
with stories that wouldn't stand up to scrutiny.

When
the will to grow is properly engaged, however, we can drum up the courage to
challenge Pluto's blind workings and access its power creatively. This requires
seeing through the tales we tell ourselves about why we are riveted upon
certain subjects in a not-altogether-wholesome way. The process of transforming
Pluto from a destructive to a regenerative force begins with identifying the
alibis and obfuscations that the unconscious mind has erected to keep our
dramas intact.

In
the natal chart, Pluto's placement by house and aspect indicates our personal
myths. In the national chart, it points to our collective myths. It takes a
special kind of awareness to see through our own myths. Certainly it will take
a great deal more consciousness than we have thus far been using, to admit that
– as a nation comprising a mere five per cent of an increasingly impoverished
world population – we Americans harbor some rather incongruous beliefs about
wealth and entitlement.

 

Middle Class Bag Ladies

One example of such a myth is the
entrenched middle-class fear — currently reaching epidemic proportions among
midlife baby boomers — of becoming a bag lady. (A couple of generations ago,
the same phobia was expressed by the quaint Dickensian phrase "ending up in
the poor house
".) The genuinely indigent do not buy into these pictures, of
course; they have their own stories. But among those whose middle-class
expectations are slipping, as well as among many who would, by any standard, be
described as quite well-off, a peculiar strain of financial panic is on the
rise that might be called First-World poor-mouthing.

When
the stark realities of the world economy are taken into account, we may find
ourselves conceding that the bourgeois bag lady threat seems less than dire.
Indeed, in the spirit of overall ecological balance, for the American middle
class to consider lowering its standard of living just a tad might not be an
altogether inappropriate idea. But Plutonian fixations resist global or
philosophical perspectives, as nightmares resist logic. Pluto is an
all-or-nothing planet and its myths follow suit. The bag lady scenario would
have us believe that any lowering at all of our financial status quo will lead
to starving in a gutter somewhere, and that's all there is to it.

This
dread of insolvency, even in Americans who by no stretch of the imagination
could be considered impoverished, is viscerally and painfully real for millions
of people. If nothing else, this certainly goes to show that everything is
relative. Of interest here is that tell-tale certitude of doom, a tip-off that
Pluto is involved. Those in the grip of this fear tend to defend the likelihood
of their imminent poverty with a fervency that rivals that of a trial lawyer in
a capital case.

But
there may be a covert spiritual mechanism operating here as well. The bag lady
obsession seems to involve a kind of reverse projection, by which the American
middle class is inadvertently reflecting what is going on in the greater world.
Rather than making it our business to address, in thought or deed, the actual
destitution that exists almost everywhere except in our own tiny
demographic minority, we seem to be identifying with global poverty
unconsciously. We are, after all, psychically interconnected. Perhaps worrying
about our own future "in the poor house" is the American way of feeling at one
with the millions of victims of genocide, AIDS, war and diaspora we hear about
daily in the news.

 

Absolute Control

Pluto is the planet of absolute
control. Wherever it is positioned in the chart, we want to dominate and
manipulate something or someone. In your own chart, do you detect any of these
urges in those areas of your life designated by Pluto's placement?

The
positioning of America's Pluto tell us that in the mass mind, the sharing of resources
is a counter-intuitive concept. That is, in the absence of an integrated
national consciousness, Pluto will take over our behavior as regards physical
valuables and compel actions which fly in the face of the more refined values
we harbor as a culture. A consummate example of this drive at work is the "New
American Century", the not-all-that-secret doctrine erected by our shadowy
Washington king-makers. This document outlines, quite specifically, a
geopolitical and military plan of action whereby our corporate titans would
achieve absolute control of the world's resources. (And here we thought that I-want-to-rule-the-world
thing was just a comic book-villain trope.)

Larger-than-life
and unapologetically amoral, Pluto's vision is one of straight-up power;
leaving such niceties as social justice and moral responsibility to the other
planets. Plutonian impulses are too raw to be expressed on their own. Unless
softened by Venus and Jupiter (personal and ethical values) and boundaried by
Saturn (civil law), our Plutos wouldn't be allowed out in polite society.
Unalloyed, the planet would get us locked up, or impeached for war crimes (or
would, if we had a working democracy).

 

The Earth Plane

Let us look more closely at what
we mean when we use the term materialism, a classic 2nd-house issue.

The
2nd is the house that most directly refers to life in the tangible realm, and
here we immediately run into the limitations of cultural assumption. Unlike in
ancient philosophies like astrology, which divides all experience down into
four utterly equal parts (matter, thought, emotion and spirit), in modern
scientific thought it is axiomatic that the realm of matter has greater
validity than the other realms.

Modern
thinkers presume that the nature of physical things is incontestably objective,
whereas all other experience is more or less subjective (the New Physics
has refuted this, of course, but consensus opinion has been slow to register
the news). The language we use to speak about such things tells the tale. An opinion
is "only an opinion", whereas an object "really exists".

Material
things are thought to live out there in the external world, whereas we
live in here in our internal world. The barrier between these worlds is
seen as an absolute existential divide. Moreover, if the realm of matter has a
monopoly on realness, and money is a concentrated symbol of matter, it follows
that money is über-real. Ideas, by contrast, are given only qualified
credence in our society; usually only marketable ideas are considered "real".
Our poor feelings are seen as having even less credibility. And intuitions?
They are snubbed entirely.

With
Pluto in the 2nd house of America's chart, our selective interest in the
physical plane is taken to an extreme of slavish devotion. Attention is
directed to the material world and kept there, holding us captive to the
bizarre assumption that our survival depends upon material security
exclusively. Throughout our lives, we are explicitly and implicitly taught that
a diamond, or a paycheck, or a stock quote, is possessed of a deal-breaking
kind of power, a power that can either ruin us or transform us. We are led to
believe that our financial lives are governed by a different set of laws than
those that govern everything else.

Quite
simply, this line of reasoning doesn't make sense. But Pluto surrounds its
issues with a primal urgency that makes us feel we cannot afford to question
even the most blatant theoretical inconsistencies.

 

Practicality: The All-Purpose Rationale

Consider the much-touted practicality
argument, often used as a last word when other justifications fail ("Well, it's
true that I hate the color and the feel and the look of this thing I'm
considering buying, but it is practical.") Pragmatism is used to justify
all manner of activities in our society that are neither beneficial nor
pleasurable, nor even, sometimes, cost-effective (consider the millions spent
on insurance). People describe the most wildly fear-driven scenarios, such as
staying at a job they hate, as being dictated by practicality. The term seems
to have no meaning except to signal the entrance to Pluto territory.

Ironically,
it is when using the dollars-and-cents rationale that we seem to be most bereft
of common sense. And in no other realm of life do we so disrespect our inner
promptings.

 

Pluto as Button-Pusher

Pluto's function is to push our
buttons, and in this country, money is the button-pusher. All 2nd house
activities, from asking-for-a-raise to Christmas shopping, have a compulsive
quality that eludes superficial explanations. When the conversation turns to
money, even utterly reasonable people are apt to knit their brows and lose all
perspective.

 

Metaphysical Materialism

Indeed, even aficionados of
metaphysics, who are theoretically free of this bias (meta: beyond; physic:
the physical realm), can get their panties in a bunch around money. Though we
purport to believe that Money is Just Energy, astrologers seem as prone as
everyone else to see our financial vicissitudes as oddly distinct from the rest
of our doings. We say to ourselves, "This we-create-our-own-reality stuff is
all very well when it comes to relationships, maybe, or spiritual search; but,
hey – this is about the bills, my job, the real world."

What
do we mean by that phrase, "the real world"? Often mentioned with a kind of
conspiratorial wink-and-nudge energy, the phrase seems to be insisting on the
distinction between the way any sane person would approach the material
concerns encompassed by the realm of Earth, and the non-material concerns
encompassed by the realms of Air, Fire, and Water. With those other three, it
is implied, we have the luxury of applying our fancy metaphysical theories;
whereas with this special realm, the material one, we do so at our peril.

It
is as if all the cosmic principles we study – the law of correspondences, the
phenomenon of projection, the theory that event-follows-belief, etc. – all
somehow fail to apply where money is concerned. In this one area, we seem to
share with non-metaphysicians the view that we are the helpless victims of
harsh, implacable forces.

As
we have seen, a theoretical exceptionalism often prevails where Pluto resides.
This may explain why so many spiritual seekers, whose faith in an
unconditionally supportive God/dess seems otherwise unshakable, speak of money
matters as if they were under the auspices of entirely different gods —
relatively unforgiving gods, whose caprices render us either lucky or out of
luck.

Whether
we tell ourselves that we crave or despise material, whether our story is one
of paucity or of plenty, it has the same energetic valence. Consider the
perfect equality of the phrases "filthy rich" and "dirt poor". One expresses
the presumably shameful presence of money and one expresses its
just-as-shameful lack.

There
is no way to cultivate a healthy self-image around money if we follow our
society's messages about it. These messages are contradictory — a scenario
which psychologists say leads to mental imbalance — yet they are also
consistent; for they make of money either more or less than it is, while
attaching fantasies to it that lead to disappointment either way. We cannot
hope to achieve any kind of financial sanity with a perspective this skewed.

Just
as impossible is the achievement of spiritual self-awareness from within this
schema. When we buy into the prevailing cultural paradigm, we take power away
from our higher self and give it over to money.

 

Metaphysical Law

The truth is that money and our
attitudes towards it are no more a fluke of fate than anything else.

The
metaphysical worldview is not for everyone, of course, but if it is believed
that external events have internal origin and soul-driven meaning, it is surely
unfair to deny the 2nd house equal access to universal principles. If karma
works at all, it must work everywhere. If it is so that no event in our lives
is random, then every event — from the changes in the weather to the
fluctuations in our stock portfolio — must be, by definition, complicit in our
greater plan.

Moreover,
if we believe that there is no such thing as an accident of location any more
than there could be an accident of birth time, it follows that every one of us
who identifies as an American incarnated into this particular society in order
to learn Plutonian lessons about materialism.

This
is not the only blind spot in our national karma that we have been given to
transcend. But it is the one that is most urgently necessary to understand,
because it is driven by the planet of destruction.

 

Image by Jonathan Michael Peel, courtesy of Creative Commons license.

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How Much Does LSD Cost? When shopping around for that magical psychedelic substance, there can be many uncertainties when new to buying LSD. You may be wondering how much does LSD cost? In this article, we will discuss what to expect when purchasing LSD on the black market, what forms LSD is sold in, and the standard breakdown of buying LSD in quantity.   Navy Use of LSD on the Dark Web The dark web is increasingly popular for purchasing illegal substances. The US Navy has now noticed this trend with their staff. Read to learn more.   Having Sex on LSD: What You Need to Know Can you have sex on LSD? Read our guide to learn everything about sex on acid, from lowered inhibitions to LSD users quotes on sex while tripping.   A Drug That Switches off an LSD Trip A pharmaceutical company is developing an “off-switch” drug for an LSD trip, in the case that a bad trip can happen. Some would say there is no such thing.   Queen of Hearts: An Interview with Liz Elliot on Tim Leary and LSD The history of psychedelia, particularly the British experience, has been almost totally written by men. Of the women involved, especially those who were in the thick of it, little has been written either by or about them. A notable exception is Liz Elliot.   LSD Guide: Effects, Common Uses, Safety LSD, Lysergic acid diethylamide, or just acid is one of the most important psychedelics ever discovered. What did history teach us?   Microdosing LSD & Common Dosage Explained Microdosing, though imperceivable, is showing to have many health benefits–here is everything you want to know about microdosing LSD.   LSD Resources Curious to learn more about LSD? This guide includes comprehensive LSD resources containing books, studies and more.   LSD as a Spiritual Aid There is common consent that the evolution of mankind is paralleled by the increase and expansion of consciousness. From the described process of how consciousness originates and develops, it becomes evident that its growth depends on its faculty of perception. Therefore every means of improving this faculty should be used.   Legendary LSD Blotter Art: A Hidden Craftsmanship Have you ever heard of LSD blotter art? Explore the trippy world of LSD art and some of the top artists of LSD blotter art.   LSD and Exercise: Does it Work? LSD and exercise? Learn why high-performing athletes are taking hits of LSD to improve their overall potential.   Jan Bastiaans Treated Holocaust Survivors with LSD Dutch psychiatrist, Jan Bastiaans administered LSD-assisted therapy to survivors of the Holocaust. A true war hero and pioneer of psychedelic-therapy.   LSD and Spiritual Awakening I give thanks for LSD, which provided the opening that led me to India in 1971 and brought me to Neem Karoli Baba, known as Maharajji. Maharajji is described by the Indians as a “knower of hearts.”   How LSD is Made: Everything You Need to Know Ever wonder how to make LSD? Read our guide to learn everything you need to know about the procedures of how LSD is made.   How to Store LSD: Best Practices Learn the best way to store LSD, including the proper temperature and conditions to maximize how long LSD lasts when stored.   Bicycle Day: The Discovery of LSD Every year on April 19th, psychonauts join forces to celebrate Bicycle Day. Learn about the famous day when Albert Hoffman first discovered the effects of LSD.   Cary Grant: A Hollywood Legend On LSD Cary Grant was a famous actor during the 1930’s-60’s But did you know Grant experimented with LSD? Read our guide to learn more.   Albert Hofmann: LSD — My Problem Child Learn about Albert Hofmann and his discovery of LSD, along with the story of Bicycle Day and why it marks a historic milestone.   Babies are High: What Does LSD Do To Your Brain What do LSD and babies have in common? Researchers at the Imperial College in London discover that an adult’s brain on LSD looks like a baby’s brain.   1P LSD: Effects, Benefits, Safety Explained 1P LSD is an analogue of LSD and homologue of ALD-25. Here is everything you want to know about 1P LSD and how it compares to LSD.   Francis Crick, DNA & LSD Type ‘Francis Crick LSD’ into Google, and the result will be 30,000 links. Many sites claim that Crick (one of the two men responsible for discovering the structure of DNA), was either under the influence of LSD at the time of his revelation or used the drug to help with his thought processes during his research. Is this true?   What Happens If You Overdose on LSD? A recent article presented three individuals who overdosed on LSD. Though the experience was unpleasant, the outcomes were remarkably positive.

The Ayahuasca Experience
Ayahuasca is both a medicine and a visionary aid. You can employ ayahuasca for physical, mental, emotional and spiritual repair, and you can engage with the power of ayahuasca for deeper insight and realization. If you consider attainment of knowledge in the broadest perspective, you can say that at all times, ayahuasca heals.

 

Trippy Talk: Meet Ayahuasca with Sitaramaya Sita and PlantTeachers
Sitaramaya Sita is a spiritual herbalist, pusangera, and plant wisdom practitioner formally trained in the Shipibo ayahuasca tradition.

 

The Therapeutic Value of Ayahuasca
My best description of the impact of ayahuasca is that it’s a rocket boost to psychospiritual growth and unfolding, my professional specialty during my thirty-five years of private practice.

 

Microdosing Ayahuasca: Common Dosage Explained
What is ayahuasca made of and what is considered a microdose? Explore insights with an experienced Peruvian brewmaster and learn more about this practice.

 

Ayahuasca Makes Neuron Babies in Your Brain
Researchers from Beckley/Sant Pau Research Program have shared the latest findings in their study on the effects of ayahuasca on neurogenesis.

 

The Fatimiya Sufi Order and Ayahuasca
In this interview, the founder of the Fatimiya Sufi Order,  N. Wahid Azal, discusses the history and uses of plant medicines in Islamic and pre-Islamic mystery schools.

 

Consideration Ayahuasca for Treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Research indicates that ayahuasca mimics mechanisms of currently accepted treatments for PTSD. In order to understand the implications of ayahuasca treatment, we need to understand how PTSD develops.

 

Brainwaves on Ayahuasca: A Waking Dream State
In a study researchers shared discoveries showing ingredients found in Ayahuasca impact the brainwaves causing a “waking dream” state.

 

Cannabis and Ayahuasca: Mixing Entheogenic Plants
Cannabis and Ayahuasca: most people believe they shouldn’t be mixed. Read this personal experience peppered with thoughts from a pro cannabis Peruvian Shaman.

 

Ayahuasca Retreat 101: Everything You Need to Know to Brave the Brew
Ayahuasca has been known to be a powerful medicinal substance for millennia. However, until recently, it was only found in the jungle. Word of its deeply healing and cleansing properties has begun to spread across the world as many modern, Western individuals are seeking spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical well-being. More ayahuasca retreat centers are emerging in the Amazon and worldwide to meet the demand.

 

Ayahuasca Helps with Grief
A new study published in psychopharmacology found that ayahuasca helped those suffering from the loss of a loved one up to a year after treatment.

 

Ayahuasca Benefits: Clinical Improvements for Six Months
Ayahuasca benefits can last six months according to studies. Read here to learn about the clinical improvements from drinking the brew.

 

Ayahuasca Culture: Indigenous, Western, And The Future
Ayahuasca has been use for generations in the Amazon. With the rise of retreats and the brew leaving the rainforest how is ayahuasca culture changing?

 

Ayahuasca Guide: Effects, Common Uses, Safety
The Amazonian brew, Ayahuasca has a long history and wide use. Read our guide to learn all about the tea from its beginnings up to modern-day interest.

 

Ayahuasca and the Godhead: An Interview with Wahid Azal of the Fatimiya Sufi Order
Wahid Azal, a Sufi mystic of The Fatimiya Sufi Order and an Islamic scholar, talks about entheogens, Sufism, mythology, and metaphysics.

 

Ayahuasca and the Feminine: Women’s Roles, Healing, Retreats, and More
Ayahuasca is lovingly called “grandmother” or “mother” by many. Just how feminine is the brew? Read to learn all about women and ayahuasca.

What Is the Standard of Care for Ketamine Treatments?
Ketamine therapy is on the rise in light of its powerful results for treatment-resistant depression. But, what is the current standard of care for ketamine? Read to find out.

What Is Dissociation and How Does Ketamine Create It?
Dissociation can take on multiple forms. So, what is dissociation like and how does ketamine create it? Read to find out.

Having Sex on Ketamine: Getting Physical on a Dissociative
Curious about what it could feel like to have sex on a dissociate? Find out all the answers in our guide to sex on ketamine.

Special K: The Party Drug
Special K refers to Ketamine when used recreationally. Learn the trends as well as safety information around this substance.

Kitty Flipping: When Ketamine and Molly Meet
What is it, what does it feel like, and how long does it last? Read to explore the mechanics of kitty flipping.

Ketamine vs. Esketamine: 3 Important Differences Explained
Ketamine and esketamine are used to treat depression. But what’s the difference between them? Read to learn which one is right for you: ketamine vs. esketamine.

Guide to Ketamine Treatments: Understanding the New Approach
Ketamine is becoming more popular as more people are seeing its benefits. Is ketamine a fit? Read our guide for all you need to know about ketamine treatments.

Ketamine Treatment for Eating Disorders
Ketamine is becoming a promising treatment for various mental health conditions. Read to learn how individuals can use ketamine treatment for eating disorders.

Ketamine Resources, Studies, and Trusted Information
Curious to learn more about ketamine? This guide includes comprehensive ketamine resources containing books, studies and more.

Ketamine Guide: Effects, Common Uses, Safety
Our ultimate guide to ketamine has everything you need to know about this “dissociative anesthetic” and how it is being studied for depression treatment.

Ketamine for Depression: A Mental Health Breakthrough
While antidepressants work for some, many others find no relief. Read to learn about the therapeutic uses of ketamine for depression.

Ketamine for Addiction: Treatments Offering Hope
New treatments are offering hope to individuals suffering from addiction diseases. Read to learn how ketamine for addiction is providing breakthrough results.

Microdosing Ketamine & Common Dosages Explained
Microdosing, though imperceivable, is showing to have many health benefits–here is everything you want to know about microdosing ketamine.

How to Ease a Ketamine Comedown
Knowing what to expect when you come down from ketamine can help integrate the experience to gain as much value as possible.

How to Store Ketamine: Best Practices
Learn the best ways how to store ketamine, including the proper temperature and conditions to maximize how long ketamine lasts when stored.

How To Buy Ketamine: Is There Legal Ketamine Online?
Learn exactly where it’s legal to buy ketamine, and if it’s possible to purchase legal ketamine on the internet.

How Long Does Ketamine Stay in Your System?
How long does ketamine stay in your system? Are there lasting effects on your body? Read to discover the answers!

How Ketamine is Made: Everything You Need to Know
Ever wonder how to make Ketamine? Read our guide to learn everything you need to know about the procedures of how Ketamine is made.

Colorado on Ketamine: First Responders Waiver Programs
Fallout continues after Elijah McClain. Despite opposing recommendations from some city council, Colorado State Health panel recommends the continued use of ketamine by medics for those demonstrating “excited delirium” or “extreme agitation”.

Types of Ketamine: Learn the Differences & Uses for Each
Learn about the different types of ketamine and what they are used for—and what type might be right for you. Read now to find out!

Kitty Flipping: When Ketamine and Molly Meet
What is it, what does it feel like, and how long does it last? Read to explore the mechanics of kitty flipping.

MDMA & Ecstasy Guide: Effects, Common Uses, Safety
Our ultimate guide to MDMA has everything you want to know about Ecstasy from how it was developed in 1912 to why it’s being studied today.

How To Get the Most out of Taking MDMA as a Couple
Taking MDMA as a couple can lead to exciting experiences. Read here to learn how to get the most of of this love drug in your relationship.

Common MDMA Dosage & Microdosing Explained
Microdosing, though imperceivable, is showing to have many health benefits–here is everything you want to know about microdosing MDMA.

Having Sex on MDMA: What You Need to Know
MDMA is known as the love drug… Read our guide to learn all about sex on MDMA and why it is beginning to makes its way into couple’s therapy.

How MDMA is Made: Common Procedures Explained
Ever wonder how to make MDMA? Read our guide to learn everything you need to know about the procedures of how MDMA is made.

Hippie Flipping: When Shrooms and Molly Meet
What is it, what does it feel like, and how long does it last? Explore the mechanics of hippie flipping and how to safely experiment.

How Cocaine is Made: Common Procedures Explained
Ever wonder how to make cocaine? Read our guide to learn everything you need to know about the procedures of how cocaine is made.

A Christmas Sweater with Santa and Cocaine
This week, Walmart came under fire for a “Let it Snow” Christmas sweater depicting Santa with lines of cocaine. Columbia is not merry about it.

Ultimate Cocaine Guide: Effects, Common Uses, Safety
This guide covers what you need to know about Cocaine, including common effects and uses, legality, safety precautions and top trends today.

NEWS: An FDA-Approved Cocaine Nasal Spray
The FDA approved a cocaine nasal spray called Numbrino, which has raised suspicions that the pharmaceutical company, Lannett Company Inc., paid off the FDA..

The Ultimate Guide to Cannabis Bioavailability
What is bioavailability and how can it affect the overall efficacy of a psychedelic substance? Read to learn more.

Cannabis Research Explains Sociability Behaviors
New research by Dr. Giovanni Marsicano shows social behavioral changes occur as a result of less energy available to the neurons. Read here to learn more.

The Cannabis Shaman
If recreational and medical use of marijuana is becoming accepted, can the spiritual use as well? Experiential journalist Rak Razam interviews Hamilton Souther, founder of the 420 Cannabis Shamanism movement…

Cannabis Guide: Effects, Common Uses, Safety
Our ultimate guide to Cannabis has everything you want to know about this popular substances that has psychedelic properties.

Cannabis and Ayahuasca: Mixing Entheogenic Plants
Cannabis and Ayahuasca: most people believe they shouldn’t be mixed. Read this personal experience peppered with thoughts from a procannabis Peruvian Shaman.

CBD-Rich Cannabis Versus Single-Molecule CBD
A ground-breaking study has documented the superior therapeutic properties of whole plant Cannabis extract as compared to synthetic cannabidiol (CBD), challenging the medical-industrial complex’s notion that “crude” botanical preparations are less effective than single-molecule compounds.

Cannabis Has Always Been a Medicine
Modern science has already confirmed the efficacy of cannabis for most uses described in the ancient medical texts, but prohibitionists still claim that medical cannabis is “just a ruse.”

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