The Fool and the Trance – Esotrance Column Esoterism and Trance – Esotrance Continuing our journey of the Fool (...) After going out the door and finding himself completely aimless in the midst of life. Our Crazy Walker sees that he is...

In 1967, psychologist and psychedelics proponent Timothy Leary told a crowd in Golden Gate Park to “turn on, tune in, drop out.” It was a turning point in how the public viewed psychedelics and, in particular, how lysergic acid...

Ayahuasca and its various uses is knowledge that can extraordinary physical healing and a deep emotional change. Ayahuasca just isn't for every individual. Yet there are a few who think it is by far the most tangible spiritual doorway...

Written By Alex Gearin (PhD, Anthropology). When a Cambridge University researcher took a famous ayahuasca shaman to his first cinema experience, the Yaminahua shaman José Choro concluded that the cinema “was not as good as strong shori (ayahuasca)”. For the shaman the psychedelic brew ayahuasca was somewhat...

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...