This might be the post that costs me some followers, but growth often comes with a little discomfort, and I’m here for it.
I truly believe classic psychedelics have the power to change the world for the better, when paired with the right set and setting, a trusted trip sitter, and the right mindset.
Let me introduce you to my world, where communal living 
, taking psychedelics 
, losing yourself in psytrance 
, and the whole psychedelic culture 
all come together in perfect harmony 
#OMG... This Is Your Priest on Drugs...
THE NEW YORKER: Religious leaders experienced mushrooms in study...
#WTH... Now evangelists for psychedelics - By #MichaelPollan
My new album The Mechanics of Mysticism is a collection. of Intricate wizard synth and visionary ghostwave designed to soundtrack voyages deep into inner space. Embrace its mysteries and step across the threshold of mystical experience today!
https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/album/the-mechanics-of-mysticism
Salience Network Expansion May Be A Reliable Biomarker for Depression https://flip.it/jMKUyk #depression #mentalhealth #ketamine #psychedelics #neuroscience
Happy Friday, y'all. If you're planning to indulge in any sort of recreational or spiritual chemical transformation of your consciousness this weekend, may I humbly suggest you soundtrack your trip with this:
https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/album/the-mechanics-of-mysticism
#Colorado House Approves Senate-Passed #Psychedelics Bill To Allow Pardons And Implement Data-Tracking https://www.marijuanamoment.net/colorado-house-approves-senate-passed-psychedelics-bill-to-allow-pardons-and-implement-data-tracking/
Really interesting read from #ManvirSingh gathering evidence that #ayahuasca is not as old or #Indigenous as it is made out to be. The tales tourists want to hear...
'Brabec de Mori argues that ayahuasca diffused through the Peruvian Amazon in the past 300 years. It is likely older among Tukanoan peoples further north, who, he suspects, transmitted the practice to populations missionised early in the lowlands. Yet in the regions most frequented by tourists, it seems to be a relative novelty. Brabec de Mori isn’t the first to make the argument – the anthropologist Peter Gow proposed something similar in 1994 – but he, more than anyone else, has found the anthropological data to support it.'
We definitely believe Peter Gow (who saw the equivalency of menstrual girls to shamans. Ayahuasca use tends to push women out)
A Comparison of Ketamine to Midazolam for the Management of Acute Behavioral Disturbance in the Out-of-Hospital Setting - PubMed https://flip.it/EuhdzH Una comparación de la ketamina con el midazolam para el manejo de los trastornos agudos del comportamiento en el entorno fuera del hospital #ketamine #ketamina #psychedelic #psychedelics #emergencymedicine #psychedelic #psychiatry #neuroscience #mentalhealth #nursing #behavioralhealth #spravato #psychedelicresearch #research #ketaminesafety
Happy Bicycle Day to all who celebrate! On this date in 1943, Albert Hofman took the LSD off the shelf that synthesized five years previously, ingested 0.25 milligrams and then rode his bicycle on the first LSD trip. #psychedelics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_lysergic_acid_diethylamide#%22Bicycle_Day%22
Today in Labor History Today in Labor History April 19, 1943: Albert Hoffman, inventor of LSD, tested his first dose and went for a bike ride. This day is now celebrated as Bicycle Day. “... Little by little I could begin to enjoy the unprecedented colors and plays of shapes that persisted behind my closed eyes. Kaleidoscopic, fantastic images surged in on me, alternating, variegated, opening and then closing themselves in circles and spirals, exploding in colored fountains, rearranging and hybridizing themselves in constant flux ...” And from that date forward, working class people could finally afford to go on a trip. Hoffman later went on to isolate psilicyben, the active hallucinogenic ingredient in mushrooms, which he also enjoyed experimenting with.
Sandoz originally marketed the drug as Delysid and sold it in 100 microgram doses. From the late 1940s, through the early 1960s, the drug was legal and numerous psychologists and researchers began experimenting with it as a form of therapy. Many were willing participants in the CIA’s UKUltra mind control experiments, in which LSD was given to people, most of whom without their consent or knowledge. Cary Grant was a frequent and enthusiastic user. As early as the late 1940s, anthropologists Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson became enthusiastic about its potential to unleash a new era of peace and expanded consciousness. The founder of Alcoholic Anonymous was also an early user and said that it was far more effective at treating alcoholism than any other treatment he knew of. Researcher John Lily, along with Gregory Bateson, began dosing dolphins in the early 1960s, in experiments connected with the U.S. military, in an attempt to learn to communicate with the animals and deploy them as weapons in the cold war. You can read more about Mead and Bateson’s role in promoting hallucinogens and in collaborating with the military and intelligence communities in Benjamin Breen’s book, Tripping on Utopia.
I own a few items on the subject, including Albert Hofmann’s book on LSD.
This topic fascinates me deeply, which is why I have #Psychedelics in my bio.
If you're planning to celebrate Bicycle Day tomorrow --or even if you're not but you know what it is-- check this out:
https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/track/any-day-can-be-bicycle-day-if-your-mind-is-in-the-right-gear
That's a track I wrote a couple years ago to celebrate this most holy of psychedelic holidays. Enjoy!
Article in the SF Chronicle about the new Bachelor of Science program in Psychedelic Studies launching this fall at California Institute of Integral Studies.
I helped to create the program and I'll be part of the faculty.
#psychedelics #psychology #consciousness #cognition #mind #academia
48 years after Playboy published my article on future highs:
"Mindstate Design Labs is using #AI to help map how #psychedelics produce specific changes in #consciousness — and how to replicate them with precision."
He's back!
Saugat Bolakhe is rejoining us as one of ten Ferriss-UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellows. He will be reporting about the mystic and cult following surrounding mad honey, an unregulated psychedelic harvested from the Himalayan cliffs of Nepal and promoted by "podcast bros" such as Joe Rogan.
Learn more: https://fellowships.journalism.berkeley.edu/bcsp/2025-fellows/
#psychedelics #shrooms #Colorado
"The Colorado psychedelic mushroom experiment has arrived
The first licenses for providing psychedelic mushrooms have been issued.
'Magic' mushrooms grow in popularity nationwideWith states like Colorado and Oregon legalizing therapeutic psilocybin use, our panel examines how and why people are indulging in the psychedelic.
Colorado regulators are issuing licenses for providing psychedelic mushrooms and are planning to authorize the state's first 'healing centers,' where the mushrooms can be ingested under supervision, in late spring or early summer.
The dawn of state-regulated psychedelic mushrooms has arrived in Colorado, nearly two years since Oregon began offering them. The mushrooms are a Schedule I drug and illegal under federal law except for clinical research. But more than a dozen cities nationwide have deprioritized or decriminalized them in the past five years, and many eyes are turned toward Oregon's and Colorado's state-regulated programs."
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/colorado-psychedelic-mushroom-experiment-arrived/story?id=120109227
I'll be at Breaking Convention - https://breakingconvention.co.uk
A multi-disciplinary conference offering the latest ground-breaking research and insights into psychedelics 
17 - 19 April 2025, Exeter UK
Who else is going?
Get in touch if you'll be there and want to meet! I love to chat with new people
"Since the beginning of time mankind has used music and dance
to commune with the Spirit of Nature and the Spirit of the Universe...
We are using Trance Music and the Trance Dance Experience
to set off a chain reaction in Consciousness..."
— Goa Gil
