A new study published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology has found that experiences with psychedelics like LSD and psilocybin mushrooms are associated with decreased risk of opioid abuse and dependence among respondents with a history of illegal opioid use.
Hitchhiking to Machu Picchu and Arequipa
Most young males have the impulse to push themselves to the limit, to test their capacities. For me, this time of youthful testing was South America. I did not set out on a self-conscious vision quest in going to South America, but I had inadvertently experienced one.
Ensconced in Eros, Bathed in Beauty
Allowing Eros in our hearts and bodies probably will not happen in the midst of traumatic or life-threatening situations. However, as soon as possible after the emergency passes, the body and psyche need the comfort and healing salve of Eros.
Astro-Advaita: saving the world one question at a time
No one ever told you, but astrology is a powerful language of self-inquiry designed to break us free from the trance of personality. Why? So we can retake our seat on the throne of timeless presence.
Plant Intelligence
The deep intelligence possessed by plants has been explored and discussed by many people of note over the past several centuries. Nevertheless, their research and findings have usually been dismissed.
Nightlight Horoscope 4.16.2014
The Moon is in Scorpio, trining Venus, and about to make aspects to Jupiter and Pluto.
How I Accidentally Started the Drug Culture in 1962
A smattering of otherwise sensible humans have dropped out and followed our hero and his kool aid to Berkeley, where they’ve holed up in a condemned house and have adopted a new style: 24/7 nudity. Meanwhile . . .
Separation
When the conscious mind cannot find a reason to say no, the unconscious says no in its own way. More and more of us cannot bear to stay in the “old normal” any longer.
Ecology That Really Works
Living Energy Farm uses no gasoline, no diesel, and no grid
electricity. The project is being built inexpensively so that people may
live comfortably, support themselves economically, and do so in a
manner that is easily replicated by others.
9 Key Components of the Shift to Higher Consciousness
Personal evolution is the great duty and the great joy of all human beings. Here are 9 key components of the shift commonly experienced by evolving people.
