I wrote a piece about how William James, with his curiosity & emphasis on description, provides a better foundation for the study of certain intense and meaningful altered states of consciousness than Freud's cynical dismissals or Jung's often overeager credulity and enthusiasm:

As the medicalization movement hits setbacks, psychedelics are re-emerging as powerful spiritual tools. From helping people connect with a new sense of the divine to inspiring entirely new spiritual communities, the impact of psychedelics is both profound and personal. Read

Our third annual Psychedelic Intersections conference Harvard Divinity is Feb. 25th, 2025. Call for papers open until 11/1/24 cswr.hds.harvard.edu/news/06/05/202…

Thrilled to share our #callforpapers for the Thinking with Plants and Fungi Conference held at Harvard Divinity May 15-17, 2025. Honorariums for selected speakers. Deadline Nov 4, 2024 cswr.hds.harvard.edu/news/2024/08/c… join Merlin Sheldrake Emanuele Coccia @jessicajlee Fungi Foundation & more!

The Petrie-Flom Center Center Harvard Law School is proud to launch a new project on law, #religion & #psychedelics called PULSE (#Psychedelic Use, Law, and Spiritual Experience). Please join us online Oct 24 at 12:30 ET for a panel with PULSE affiliated researchers. petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/details…

Join us next Thursday (10th) for a Psychedelic Chaplaincy panel Harvard Divinity, with Bonnie Glass-Coffin, Caroline Peacock, and Jamie Beachy. Online or in person registration here: cswr.hds.harvard.edu/news-events/ca…

My new piece, 'The Bergsonian Metaphysics Behind Huxley’s Doors', has today been published as the first chapter in The Palgrave Handbook of Philosophy and Psychoactive Drug Use: doi.org/10.1007/978-3-…

Here's more information on our 2-day Harvard conference on "Psychedelics in Context", which you can join online or on site mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/event/psychede…

Lineup of panelists for Sacred Rights: Psychedelics, Law, and Spirituality Panel 1 Rick Doblin, Ph.D., of MAPS, Jaime Clark-Soles, John Rapp, Victoria Litman Panel 2 David Pozen, Caroline Mala Corbin, Deepak Sarma, Mason Marks, MD, JD In person and open to the public, RSVP here: petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/details…

How can clinical #psychedelic research better support Muslim participants? Learn about this and related questions at tomorrow's Psychedelics and Islam event. with Sughra Ahmed, Kamal Abu-Shamsieh, Ayize Jama-Everett, and Teren Sevea. Register for zoom: harvard.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Join me at Breaking Convention (17-19 April University of Exeter)! A multi-disciplinary conference offering the latest ground-breaking research and insights into #psychedelics. Event details: breakingconvention.co.uk #BreakingConvention25