How To Talk With Your Kids About Psychedelics

Learn More About Psilocybin Mushroom Spores By Rebecca Martinez A safe and sensitive way to speak with your children about psychedelics, explained. We are living through rapidly shifting times. As parents in the psychedelic community, we are not only navigating our own medicine work, but realizing a responsibility to help our children make sense of … Read more

The “Equity Elephant”: Why Psychedelic Mutualism and Cooperatives are Crucial for an Accessible Future

Learn More About Psilocybin Mushroom Spores By Colin Pugh Paradigm-shifting tools don’t fit into paradigmatically static ways of doing things Psychedelics. Maybe you’ve heard. They’re having a bit of a moment right now. And for good reason. To name just a few examples, the Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) is moving MDMA-assisted therapy for … Read more

Working with Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy and Psychedelics: Everything You Need to Know

Learn More About Psilocybin Mushroom Spores By Simon Yugler Understanding what Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy is, and how it could compliment psychedelic-assisted therapy and integration “To me, what the essence of being psychedelic is is a flirtation with detail and multiplicity.” –Terrence McKenna My eyes had been closed for a while now. Navigating inner … Read more

9 Women of Color Creating A More Inclusive Psychedelic Movement

Learn More About Psilocybin Mushroom Spores By Rebecca Martinez Nine women of color who are working hard to ensure their communities have access and representation in the psychedelic movement As interest in psychedelic medicine explodes, it is trailed by conversation about representation and access. From leaders, authors and filmmakers, to researchers and clinical study participants, … Read more

Psychedelic Capitalism and Other Myths: Is the Joke On Us?

Learn More About Psilocybin Mushroom Spores By Simon Yugler Is psychedelic capitalism a myth? The week I am writing this, author and psychedelic philanthropist Tim Ferriss poised a very direct question (via Twitter) to the public and various leaders in the psychedelic community, including Michael Pollan, Rick Doblin, and Robin Carhart-Harris. Ferriss asked about how … Read more

Group Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy: Practice and Promise of a New Frontier

Learn More About Psilocybin Mushroom Spores By Sean Lawlor Could taking and integrating ketamine in groups make psychedelic therapy more accessible? As psychedelic-assisted therapy continues marching into the mainstream, the issue of how absurdly expensive the treatment is continues to present countless difficulties. Of the strategies practitioners are taking to circumvent this problem, one of … Read more

Online Psychedelic Community Options to Ride Out the Rest of Covid-19

Learn More About Psilocybin Mushroom Spores By Michelle Janikian From virtual psychedelic integration circles to conferences, book clubs, and classes, we’ve rounded up the best of online psychedelic community to help you get through the next few months. We’re almost a year into lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and if you’re feeling quarantine-fatigued, believe … Read more

The Farmer and The Cowman Should Be Friends: Why the Pharmaceutical Industry and Grassroots Reformists Should Join Forces

Learn More About Psilocybin Mushroom Spores By Gary Michael Smith Esq. Our regular contributor on legal matters explains how the nascent psychedelic pharmaceutical industry and grassroots reformist movement could work together to achieve both their goals, read to the majesty of the classic American musical, Oklahoma!  Interested in learning more about the legal side of psychedelics? … Read more

Religious Use of Psychedelics in the United States

Learn More About Psilocybin Mushroom Spores Science has demonstrated that psychedelic compounds “can occasion mystical-type  experiences having substantial and sustained personal meaning and spiritual significance.”  Scientific surveys indicate that a statistically significant number of people have a stronger belief  in a higher power after taking psychedelics. Science is starting to “prove” these things that  practitioners … Read more

Comparing 18-MC vs. Ibogaine for the Treatment of Substance Use Disorder

Learn More About Psilocybin Mushroom Spores By Jeff Kronenfeld Could 18-MC, a synthetic derivative of Ibogaine, make treatment safer without the psychedelic trip? With COVID-19 still spreading, mutating and killing, it’s easy to forget the other health crises ravaging the country. One of the most concerning of these is drug overdose deaths, with opioids representing a … Read more

The Plant Spirit Summit

Learn More About Psilocybin Mushroom Spores Can psychedelics heal humanity’s global mental health crisis? If so, when will it be legal and accessible to all? Mental health disorders affect over a billion people worldwide. Prior to the pandemic, the 2017 Global Burden of Disease study estimated that 264 million people in the world suffered from … Read more

Therapeutic Approaches for Lasting Change in Psychedelic Therapy

Learn More About Psilocybin Mushroom Spores By Sean Lawlor The role of therapy in psychedelic therapy has been underexplored in mainstream articles that focus more on neuropharmacology and the psychedelic medicine experience. Without therapy, however, results from clinical trials would be no more significant than if the substance was studied in a recreational setting, and … Read more

The World of Claudio Naranjo

Learn More About Psilocybin Mushroom Spores By Allan Badiner Claudio Naranjo was a Chilean-born shaman of Moorish, Spanish, and Jewish descent. He was also a psychotherapist, medical doctor, author, educator, serious Buddhist practitioner, and pioneer in the areas of psychology, psychedelic therapies, and human development. His integrative approaches to a variety of fields elevated his … Read more

Reexamining Cultural Beliefs Around Children and Psychedelics

Learn More About Psilocybin Mushroom Spores By Jasmine Virdi For decades, the subject of children and psychedelics has been one of great contention. The mere thought of exposing children to mind-altering substances elicits substantial controversy in public opinion, often considered a “no-go zone.” Anything that concerns children and how to best care for them precipitates … Read more

Recapping the Biggest Wins in Drug Laws and Policies in the 2020 U.S. Elections

Learn More About Psilocybin Mushroom Spores By Sean Lawlor The 2020 U.S. election has brought several significant wins for proponents of drug policy. Presidential and pandemic madness aside, these wins deserve to be celebrated. Here are the most significant changes this election has ushered into law.  1. Psilocybin Mushrooms Have Been Legalized in Oregon For … Read more

Keys for Integrating Psychedelic Experiences

Learn More About Psilocybin Mushroom Spores By Denis Dubouchet and Rosine Fiévet Working in psychotherapy with substances such as LSD, MDMA, and psilocybin in order to help heal depression, post-traumatic stress, or to overcome death anxiety has been the subject of many publications. Some authors, such as Stanislav Grof, have even gone so far as … Read more

Middle East Science Diplomacy Focused on Psychedelics Could Generate Peace Dividends

Learn More About Psilocybin Mushroom Spores By Thomas Buonomo In February 2020, Israel treated its first PTSD patients in Phase 3 trials with MDMA-assisted psychotherapy. The trials are part of a research initiative conducted in partnership with the US-based Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), encompassing 15 sites in the US, Canada, and Israel, that … Read more