On the Subject of Psychic Self Defence

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This is the spirit realm. Right here, right now. That is the great secret of the lower kabbalistic triad. The point of surviving on this plane is imbuing matter with your spirit by participating with life. How you do so makes all the difference. (1)

Dion Fortune writes, in her novel Psychic Self Defence, in 1930, “Times, points of view, and fashions change, but never principles.  Those who have formed the impression they are suffering from some form of psychic attack should take note of this.  In the end, isn’t your own projection simply exaggerated into a dramatic scenario?  For the ultimate answer to most of life’s problems almost inevitably lies with oneself.” (2)

How do we know we are in control of our own spirit?  How do we know we are acting for our own best interest?  And when we feel that we are fully our empowered selves, what does it feel like?  Many New Agers believe that they can use their intuition to find truth.  But how do they know they are not being co-opted into believeing things that are incorrect?  And if we are the subject of psychic attack or subliminal control, what does that look like?

Fortune describes many signs and symptoms of psychic attack. The summary of symptoms is lethargy, sudden exhaustion, disinterest in previous activities, nightmares, irrational fear, fear of ridicule, seclusion, vertigo, shock leading to memory loss, forgetfulness, sudden personality change, mental breakdown, physical illness.  There can also be odd smells around the victim such as sulphur or burning. (2)

Basically, Fortune suggests that psychic attack can appear as mental breakdown, depression, and even physical illness.  Also, those with previous imprints of PTSD are more easily influenced by attack because they have previous energetic holes in their fields, or access points in their personalities.  In other words, in humans, psychological patterns are often easy to reprogram as behavioural psychologist Skinner ascertained with his theories of positive reinforcement and radical behaviourism in relation to physical elements. Humanistic psychology concomitantly reinforced this through the mental and unconscious realms.  Tools exist for psychological reprogramming in both the physical level of positive reinforcement and the non physical plane of intention and concentration.

I have participated in ayahuasca ceremonies in Peru with people who believed they were being psychically attacked, and others who believed they were formerly or currently possessed.  Psychic attack is a sort of blindsided attack on the Free Will of the individual through subliminal or magical means.  Usually, it happens to a person within a closed social circle, with a sense of tension and confinement.  The isolation or seeming psychological isolation serves to create additional stress which leads to further weakness within the mind. The attacker may also be a percieved authority figure, as in the everpresent case of dueling brujo shamans in the jungle of Peru.

I have known a few people who described themselves as sociopaths.  What I witnessed was that they observed many of the subtle energetics and psychological patterns that I notice as an intuitive reader, but instead of working in the field of healing, they worked strategically to manipulate people through playing off of their psychological wounds.  They operated under a sort of constant state of subtle psychic attack by doing so.  In effect, they skillfully manipulated an individual’s weakness and turned it against him.  Sociopaths have no empathy, so this sort of psychological strategy is second nature to them.  One could argue that in our modern society of advertising and global corporate capitalism, psychic attack is more common than ever, on a subtle persistent level.  It is certainly true that mental illness and chronic fatigue are more common than at any other time in known history. 

Fortune uses the examples of victims of psychic attack being duped through fixed gazes, repeated demeaning phrases, and social isolation.  The psychic weight begins to wear them down over time.  Imagine a woman in an abusive relationship with a charismatic man.  She starts out beautiful and radiant, but a year later, is clearly exhausted and tormented. This is a form of psychic attack.  However, a more serious psychic attack takes the form of intentional magical attack.  Fortune refers to the comparison of prayer and sorcery.  While prayer is considered mainstream and acceptable, the existence of sorcery still gets called into question.  She writes, “There is no essential difference between sticking pins in a wax image of an enemy and burning candles in front of a wax image of the Virgin.  You may think that both these practices are gross superstition, but you can hardly think that one is real and potent and deny the reality and potency of the other.”(2)

She says that psychic attack works through the attack of the etheric double of the victim.  This entity is common in certain animistic practices around the world.  For instance, some tribes in Papau New Guinea used to make small figurines of themselves to represent themselves in the dream world, or the other world where the energy body traveled.  In Taoist medicine, they refer the etheric soul of the liver as the Hun, and speak of it traveling outside of the body during dreams.  Attacking this energetc version of the person is thought to affect them on a soul level.

In Jewish Kabbalistic mysticism, there is an idea of the Qliphoth, the disembodied energies of the anti-tree of life. Qliphoth means shell or husk.  These energies seek to inhabit people by manipulating their egoic desires.  The qliphoth feed the viral meme of the overactive ego and the void of its hungry ghost can never be filled. (3)  The qliphothic energies are the sort that encourage vampiric psychic attack through persuading the ego into battle.

Eduardo Duran writes of ancient Native American theory in Buddha in Redface, “That’s how it happened.  We forgot that we are a part of the dreamtime.  Many of the dream healers began to think that the dream was a part of them and not the other way around. At this point, they began to be hurtful in the dream.  They started using power in an egocentric manner in order to gain material wealth and favors.  They started using the wrong type of concentration; they started to rely on their sense of self, which doesn’t exist anyway.” (4)

Psychic attack works by manipulating the psychological wounds and egoic desires of the victim in such a way as to leave them parasitically sucked dry. However, this psychic vampirism is only possible because the victim has an energy leak in the etheric double which allows it.  Fortune argues that the gateway to manipulation or healing of such issues always lies in two realms – survival and the sex drive.  Usually, the victim of psychic attack is either trapped in an isolating scenario afraid that they may not physically or financially survive, or they are in some sort of sexual bind with the attacker, or both.  These two gateways to the psyche are extremely powerful and can have a hypnotizing affect on an individual, especially if they have previous psychological issues which are directly related to the scenario. 

This ties into the two transcendental paths – that of healing, initiation, and knowledge, and that of strategic sorcery and egoic deception.  Again, these are evident on personal levels as well as societal levels.  It is hard to imagine how an entire society could be duped into paying taxes which largely feed the war machine in distant countries, and leave their own children uneducated and without health care.  This is also a form of psychological manipulation on a massive scale.  It operates by hypnotizing and intentionally entraining people into believing in consumer culture and expansion despite the obvious failings. 

The results of psychological manipulation are hysteria, lethargy, insanity.  It is difficult to tell the difference between psychic attack and individual breakdown.  One man I met claimed that a shaman had psychically attacked him for leaving his tutelage for another.  Shortly thereafter, he developed a severe case of malaria which nearly killed him, and recurred for a year, as well as an inability to enjoy or tolerate ayahuasca ceremonies in Peru for a year long period, until another shaman was able to successfully remove the black magic. 

I also experienced psychic attack.  I began having repeating disturbing nightmares of the attacker who was a skilled ceremonial magician. I could not focus, was depressed and frazzled.  I visited two different intuitives, both of whom immediately, with no information, told me that I was being psychically attacked and accurately described the attacker.  I went to extreme ends to remove the cords to the attacker, which of course, were my own egoic flaws, admittedly related to my concepts of desire and attachments to certain styles of survival.

If you have valid reason to believe you may be psychically afflicted by a skilled attacker, there are certain things you can do.  First, sever your connection with this person.  This may seem obvious, but in many cases, there is a very heightened and magnetic energy between the victim and attacker which is difficult to disengage.  Because there is also often a shared secret or exclusive quality to the personal connection between the two, it is difficult to walk away from the bind.  Second, develop a routine of eating healthy food, getting exercise, and good sleep. This builds the energetic field of the victim so that it is harder to access them in other realms.  Try to avoid dissassociative states of alcohol and other drugs which leave the energy field blasted open in an unguarded state.  These states also open up the victim’s latent unresolved emotions concerning the attack and can easily create imbalance.  If counseling helps, do it.  Surround yourself with positive influences and uplifting friends – it wears off. 

The concept of spiritual contracts also applies.  Sometimes it feels nearly impossible to disengage from clearly toxic or charismatic people.  In those cases, there is always an energy that binds the personalities to one another in a vampiric way.  Intuitives call that energetic cord a spiritual contract.  When viewed in the light of spiritual healing, this contract karmicly exists so that you fully learn the lesson of a psychological pattern.  We all know people with strange patterns in their lives.  I once had a girlfriend who got arrested and beaten by police repeatedly for strange unassuming reasons.  It would happen even when she seemed to do little to provoke it.  In that case, she had a longstanding issue with authority that was easily triggered, provoked, and attracted by subtle cues.  In the case of psychic attack, there is always a spiritual contract or negative belief system in place that perpetuates the sort of hypnotizing dissonance of the relationship.  Unraveling this prolonged entrapment is karmic and can heal the ego-dominated schism that may repeat endlessly until you do so. 

Spiritual practice such as meditation and yoga help defend against psychic attack because they unravel psychological issues as well as help the practitioner develop an impenetrable neutral aura in the face of suffering, desire, and survival.  “There is nothing in this world or the next that a hypnotist can do to a person who keeps his nerve and won’t pay attention.” (2) 

Protection against psychic attack is merely any exercise that strengthens your energetic boundaries, sense of self, and individual spiritual connection.  For instance, any form of practiced concentration, such as meditation, strengthens the individual psyche.  Prayer, ritualistic banishing or creating a helpful bond with any variety of “unseen forces,” such as angels or guides, helps because it builds energetic immunity.  Creating a large and varied social network prevents the isolation and confinement common in successful psychic attack.  Being cautious with altered states in private and in public and keeping your body in good physical shape both create a stronger energetic field which is harder to penetrate. 

There are also techniques which can be used, of course, for both healing or sorcery, that you can utilize to ward off attack and strengthen your field.  Simple exercises of prayer or “relating to unseen forces,” trance states, energized suggestion through incantation or hypnotism, distance healing visualization optionally with reiki symbols (both personal and interpersonal), invocation of universal healing currents such as the Green Tara or Buddha or Jesus, calling on teachers within a spiritual lineage both vocally and in prayer, going to power places on earth such as Machu Pichu or other sacred sites, and using all five senses to focus your intention at once through energized subliminal association are all effective methods. 

Having energetic holes which attract certain psychological and physical patterns in life is common in people who are psychically attacked.  They can remove the attack and regain better psychological balance than before by recalibrating their energetic fields.  This is similar to an imbalance in gut bacteria.  When certain parasites in our guts overgrow, we become ill and need to rebalance our intestinal flora.  The same can be true of our energetic fields and psychological imprints.  Evil forces do not exist on their own accord, only evil intentions – evil is relative to the human condition and interpretation.  Although a tornado kills people, it is not inherently evil.  Evil is a matter of perspective, balance, and intention.

A shaman friend of mine once told me that there are three types of demons: 1.) The kind we laugh off because they are irrelevant and cannot hurt us.  2. ) The kind we overwhelm with unconditional love. 3.) The kind we must charge and fight. The results are always the same when we succeed in these demonic battles – all becomes one!  We succeed by overcoming demons and either identifying with them and healing them, or else transmuting them.  This is because the demons that most relate to the wounds in us are directly connected to our own egos.  Therefore, ironically, protection against psychic attack can also take the form of ego dissolution or ego transcendence.

In Dispelling Wetiko, Paul Levy writes of a nonlocal collective psychosis that is overcoming mankind.   The term “wetiko” is a Cree Native American word for the diabolical egoic spirit that has been terrorizing mankind for some 2000 years.  The Cree believe that this evil egoic spirit stems from another dimension and controls people through evil acts and intentions. (5)

Likewise, psychic attack is based on the egoic needs of the attacker taking root in a victim’s psychological weak spot.  It operates by feeding off the fear of the victim and keeping them caught in a cage which stems from their own blindspots.  It is a sort of invisible bind that causes the afflicted to disempower themselves in the long run, through the weakening of their self-confidence and faith. 

This is where Timothy Leary’s Game Theory comes in handy.  In psychological and paranormal concerns, it matters where we put our belief.  It often takes time for those dabbling in intuition and the paranormal to fully understand the balance of good and evil and the reciprocity of their actions in the equilibrium of the homeostatic universe.  This is why mystery schools with levels of initiation exist.  There are very good reasons for the shamanic concept of purity of intention.  “In a world of matter and energy, intention is everything.” 

Through the use of LSD, Leary developed a theory of behavioural psychology that he called “Game Theory.”  It has to do with creating a distance from our intimacy with our own egos by moving into the space of Sacred Witness.  Shamans worldwide have been doing this for eons in their healing circles.  For instance, in Tibet, The Tibetan Book of the Dead is traditionally read to the dead for many days after they pass, in order to remind the dying spirit of the teachings so that they may pass through the demonic Bardo state and be liberated from attachment to the ego, post-mortem.  This is a perfect example of Leary’s Game Theory in ancient indigenous terms. 

By removing attachment to the personal ego drives (mainly of sex and survival), and creating distance from the idea of the Self, one can transcend the energetic body and move closer to the field of unity consciousness while living.  This is the goal of many schools of Tibetan Buddhism – to have a constant awareness of the uncertainty of the hour of death and to develop a keen sense of ego dissolution and connection with Source energy beyond the Self. 

In relation to psychic attack, Fortune writes of the importance of the etheric double because, “the aura is always pierced from within.” (2)  In other words, there is always a corresponding belief that allows the psychic attack to be effective.  This is why treatment of psychic attack must be specifically tailored to the psyche of the individual.  Although there are certain helpful guidelines, the details of the egoic storyline can be important for unwinding of the negative imprint and forming an embodied awareness of the lesson in the wound.  When this cycle is complete, the psychic hooks detaches and the particular Bardo demon can no longer phase the self- actualized ego.

Again, it matters where you put your belief.  Recently I read an article on a man’s ayahuasca experiences. At one point, he decides that the ritual of the ceremony is a meaningless structure, realizing, “There is no tradition/ritual/ceremony/belief system that is imperically valuable, necessary, or valid outside of the psychosocial context in which it is supported.” Instead of illuminating the essence of the ceremony, he revealed an element of himself – an unwillingness to meaningfully participate and imbue his life with intention. (6) He then continues to do ceremony in an effort to learn about this “naked” awarness, stripped of unquestioning belief. Leary also implies the importance of this suspended belief and playfulness with reality in explaining his Game Theory. 

“When we move from behaviour-science to behaviour-change, we see that baseball experts have devised another remarkable set of techniques for bringing about the results which they and their subjects look for: coaching.  Baseball men understand the necessity for sharing time and space with their learners, for setting up role models, for feedback of relevant information to the learner, for endless practice of the desired behaviour… Baseball is a clean and successful game because it is seen as a game.  The nationality game is treason not to play (and treason to play), the racial game, the religious game, and the most treacherous and tragic game of all, the game of individuality, the ego game.” (7)

Leary formed a psychedelically influenced theory of psychology with Game Theory which centers around integrating psychedelic states of ego dissolution and unity consciousness and longterm behavioural change. Transcending and refiguring the ego attachments to our two fundamental drives of sex and survival, in combination with spiritual experience in a safe space with Sacred Witness, inevitably results in the removal of psychic attack and hooks because it creates both empathic understanding and a sense of cellular spiritual transcendence beyond the faculty of the imagination. 

This is why when Leary gave Ginsberg LSD, he tried to call President Kennedy to persuade him and Krushchev to try it.  He was convinced that it could save the world through ego dissolution.

Leary suggests there are cultural myths in place that imprint the collective with limiting beliefs about themselves.  He implies that cultural creatives access visionary states and are able to transcend limiting myths, by becoming more psychologically free and breaking cultural and personal imprints which held them back from their full potential.  Perhaps the idea of psychic attack feeds off these culturally placed limiting myths as well as personal ego traps. It may be that the keys to transcending psychic attack are physiological brain changes led by such visionary creative deviance.

“If you are in an ethnocentric stage of development and you have a unity state experience of being one with everything, you might interpret that as an experience of oneness with Jesus and conclude that nobody can be saved unless they accept Jesus as their personal savior.  If you are at an egocentric stage and have the same experience, you might believe that you yourself are Jesus.  If you are at an… integral stage… you are likely to conclude that you and all sentient beings without exception are one in the spirit.” – Ken Wilbur (8)

These developmental psychological stages could explain why one person is susceptible to psychic attack while another is not.  Again, it matters where you put your belief and how you feel you are related to the universe as a whole. 

Leary writes, “Hatred of the creative is a phobic taboo against change originating in the Prometheus Myth.” He calls it “cultural distrust of the innovator” as neccessitated by a society made strong by hierarchical authority.  Prometheus brings fire to the people yet ends up being tortured for eons in return.  It may be that the ability to reweave physiological cellular and psychological imprints is the key to avoiding psychic attack and promoting self actualization. (7) 

Psychic attack is the individual reflection of the ongoing astral battle in the form of the struggles in our collective unconscious for balance, and the struggles in our political, economic, environmental, and sexual ideas for balance and awakening on global level.  It is as if sacrificing a piece of the Self for the whole is valuable suffering when knowledge is gained.  These lessons are applied to the collective through the awakened individual ego. 

Psychic attack is a real as any other invisible illness. Chronic fatigue syndrome, paranoia, obsessive compulsive disorder are all diseases of vague origin.  What matters is your ability to change the game with enthusiastic conviction and redefine yourself in relation to the universe.

Works Cited

(1) Fortune, Dion. The Mystical Qabbalah. Aziloth Books, 2012.

(2) Fortune Dion. Psychic Self Defense. Weiser Books, revised edition, 2011. Original, 1930.

(3)http://www.myoccultcircle.com/on-the-nature-of-the-qlippoth/   Qliphoth.

(4) Duran, Eduardo. Buddha in Redface. Universe Publishers, 2003.

(5) Levy, Paul. Dispelling Wetiko. North Atlantic Books, 2013.

(6) Jesso, James. “Ayahuasca: Not your Typical Trip Report.” 

http://psypressuk.com/2014/02/03/ayahuasca-and-i-not-your-typical-trip-report-part-1-by-james-w-jesso/

(7) Leary, Timothy & Potter, Beverly.Change Your Brain. Ronin Publishers, 2000.

(8) Fadiman, James.  The Psychedelic Explorer’s Guide. Park street Press, 2011.

 

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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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