By Oliver Burkeman — 2018
Pollan’s illuminating history of hallucinogenic drugs reveals that their mystical and medical benefits are indivisible.
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We talked to Stacia Butterfield, a Holotropic Breathwork facilitator with nearly two decades of experience through Grof Transpersonal Training, to learn what goes into a Holotropic Breathwork workshop and what people can expect to get out of the technique.
Traditionally, psychedelics (as well as other experiences, like Holotropic Breathwork) are coupled with practices that confirm, extend, and expand the insights intrinsic to altered states.
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What I will focus on are the psychological factors that influence people’s judgments about what is real and how these might explain why people come to believe in the existence of such beings.
The phenomenon of encountering non-human entities under the influence of DMT has inspired debate about what these might actually be.
Research into psychedelics, shut down for decades, is now yielding exciting results.
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Here, we asked Graham Hancock about plant medicine, the purpose and meaning of hallucinogenic experiences, and what bigger opportunities he sees for humanity in all of this.
Studies confirm that during hypnosis subjects are not in a sleeplike state but are awake.