By Kate Thompson
Could there be one factor that links together conflict, climate change, racism, anxiety and eating disorders?
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I drank ayahuasca in 1999, in a ceremony led by two scholars with expertise in ayahuasca. What follows is an edited version of what I wrote about the experience in my 2003 book Rational Mysticism.
I'm no psychedelic prude. I reported on, and applauded, the resurgence of research into psychedelics in my 2003 book Rational Mysticism. I participated in a peyote ceremony of the Native American Church, and I advocated legalization of psychedelics for therapeutic purposes.
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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Here, we explore the potential role of psychedelics within a yoga practice or as therapeutic treatment.
Research into psychedelics, shut down for decades, is now yielding exciting results.
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Fueled by a diverse curiosity for the non-ordinary, Terence McKenna’s journey into the mystery was one of a kind. His books, lectures, and lifelong fascination with the “plants of the gods” made him an icon of psychedelic culture in the 1980s, 90s, and beyond.
My first psilocybin journey began around an altar in the middle of a second-story loft in a suburb of a small city on the Eastern Seaboard.
How magic mushrooms expand consciousness.