Psychedelics

6 facts about psychedelic drugs that will totally blow your mind

Despite the fact that the U.S. government deems many hallucinogenic or psychedelic substances to be dangerous, classifying them as Schedule I drugs with “no currently accepted medical use,” various scientists have dared to study their effects. What they’ve found over the years paints a...

Inducing A Psychedelic State Without Psychedelics: Inside Holotropic Breathing

Entering A Psychedelic State without Psychedelics: Inside Holotropic Breathwork. Holotropic breathwork is a mysterious and powerful method of healing and self-exploration that utilizes one’s environment and breathing technique to provide them with a profound and momentous experience of the mind. The development of holotropic breathwork was...

Terence McKenna And The Howling Tao’, a heartwarming tale of wishing to be understood

Produced for the movie 'Terence McKenna's True Hallucinations', this short animated story is a glimpse into the mind of a 23-year-old Terence McKenna, spending the March of 1971 in the middle of the Amazon jungle, already steeped in Sci-fi and Taoism, with an imagination...

What are the Cannabis Terpenes?

What Are Cannabis Terpenes And What Do They Do? Scientists are still working on their research in order to understand all the ways Terpenes have been helping humanity for thousand years. When we get to know the role of Terpenes and their connection with other...

San Pedro Cactus: The Master Teacher and Spiritual Healer

What is San Pedro? San Pedro cactus (Trichocereus pachanoi), otherwise known as the Cactus of the Four Winds, Huachuma or Saint Peter’s Cactus, is a fast growing columnar cactus native to the Andes Mountains – which can grow up to 20 feet high. It is...

Psychedelics Can Treat Depression

Most anyone with a decent interest in psychedelics knows of the late Terence McKenna, the famous American philosopher and “mushroom guru.” Fewer people are aware that his brother Dennis McKenna is still alive and kicking. The other McKenna is an ethnopharmacologist, research pharmacognosist, lecturer, author, proponent of responsible...

5 Psychedelic Plants That Are Legal To Grow, But Illegal to Consume

Nature is offering a tremendous variety of psychologically altering plants and if you are interested in new age gardening you can grow you own legal garden of LSA, DMT and mescaline. However, you can enjoy these plants from an aesthetic point of view only!...

A Conversation with MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy Researchers

This interview originally appeared in the MAPS Bulletin Winter 2014 Vol. 24, No. 3 – Annual Report. Featuring Annie Mithoefer, B.S.N., Shannon Clare Petitt, I.M.F., Saj Razvi, L.P.C., Ben Shechet, and Will Van Derveer, M.D, it sheds a great deal of light on MDMA-assisted therapy and the...