Psychedelics, Parapsychology and Exceptional Human Experiences
At the beginning of the 1950s the developed world began in earnest its psychedelic research era. Since then these profoundly mind-altering substances have been inextricably associated with paranormal experiences—such as telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition and out-of-body experiences—by many of the researchers who have studied their effects. Currently however, virtually no research is being conducted in this area.
William Irwin Thompson on the Horizons of Planetary Culture
My second rap with poet-philosopher William Irwin Thompson, on the transformations of self and society in an age of collapse and emergence – of cyborgs, surveillance, and psychedelics, paranoid apocalypticism and inspired new visions for our species…
You Have a Constitutional Right to Psychedelics
Who has the right to rule on what ideas you may and may not consider? Who has the right to regulate how you chose to use your mind? Not the Congress of the United States, not the Drug Enforcement Administration, not the National Institute of Drug Abuse.
The Second Psychedelic Revolution, Part Five: A Short Psychedelic History of Humanity
Psychedelic revolutions in various societies —psychedelic “transformations” might be a better term—have been somewhat common throughout mankind’s history, and may prove to have been essential to the development of culture.
The Second Psychedelic Revolution Part Two: Alexander ‘Sasha’ Shulgin, The Psychedelic Godfather
In a Psychedelic Hall of Fame, the section on chemists would be small; there have only really been two giants in this field — Albert Hoffman, who first synthesized LSD-25 and psilocybin, and Alexander Shulgin, who seems to have invented nearly everything else.
Another Perspective on Terence: An Interview with Dennis McKenna
Even though Terence McKenna is notable as the public voice of the DMT experience, he wasn’t alone in the birthing of the psilocybin resurgence. I had a chat with Terence’s brother, Dennis McKenna, to get his perspective on the Terence McKenna phenomenon.
Aubrey Marcus Returns [The Joe Rogan Experience]
In episode #498 of JRE, Aubrey Marcus joins Joe Rogan to talk about entheogens, psychedelic experiences, religion and other fun banter.
Psychedelic, Shamanic, and Magickal Themes in Anime Culture
Ancient mythic themes emerge anew in video game virtuality and anime culture as expressions of the unconscious desire to shamanize, or walk between the material and spiritual planes of existence.
Illuminorganica: An Interview with the Desert Dwellers
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing the Desert Dwellers in NYC while they were with Shpongle for the “Museum of Consciousness” tour. We talked about spirituality, psychedelics, music festival culture, and more.
Discovering Psychedelic Lichen
Psychedelic compounds can be found throughout a range of different groups of flora. With this thought in mind it is surprising to think that so few of these plants are actually discussed or experienced within drug circles in the Western World. It doesn’t stop at plants either, what with certain fungi and animals also producing mind bending chemicals.
