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Psychosis or Spiritual Awakening: Phil Borges at TEDxUMKC

2014

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Phil Borges, filmmaker and photographer, has been documenting indigenous and tribal cultures for over 25 years. See more...

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If You're Going to Solo Trip On Psychedelics, Bear This in Mind

Taking drugs is generally perceived as a social activity. Whether you’re passing joints at home or raving bug-eyed in a forest, the presence of other people can elevate those bliss-inducing chemicals.

As Psychedelics Revival Rolls On, Don't Downplay Bad Trips

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.

The Doors of Perception

"A genuine spiritual quest. . . . Extraordinary.

Aldous Leonard Huxley

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Shamans Through Time: 500 Years on the Path to Knowledge

A survey of five centuries of writings on the world's great shamans-the tricksters, sorcerers, conjurers, and healers who have fascinated observers for centuries.

Jeremy Narby (editor), Francis Huxley (editor)

A Psychiatrist on Finding Meaning in Psychedelic Experiences and Altered States

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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DMT, Aliens, and Reality—Part 2

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.

Scott A. McGreal

DMT, Aliens, and Reality—Part 1

Psychedelic drug phenomena do not justify radical new views of reality.

Scott A. McGreal

Scientists Want to Know More About DMT Entities People Encounter

Now, researchers are attempting to catalog these experiences to figure out just what, or who, those DMT entities are.

The Grandmother Plant—and What Turned on Consciousness

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.

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The World's First-Ever Acid Trip Actually Kinda Sucked

Acid was at the start of its own long strange trip: from research chemical to psychiatric wonder drug, brainwashing tool to agent of ego-dissolution, cosmic insight and cultural revolution.

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