This is a talk I did for Exeter's psychedelics colloquium on 'evolutionary spirituality as a frame for psychedelic experience'. Includes mention of transhumanism and how its shaped Californian psychedelic culture since the 1950s. youtube.com/watch?v=HMGzEW…

What is the most expensive psychedelic treatment centre? Can anyone beat Paracelsus Recovery's seven-day ketamine-inclusive 'executive detox' in Switzerland which costs $133,000? paracelsus-recovery.com/en/prices/

This Mad In America article has got a huge amount of views, and rightly so. Yet people are denying that social media—TikTok, especially—is distorting young people's distress, calling it 'ableist' to say so. We have to do better for our young people. madinamerica.com/2023/11/for-te…

For those unaware, our new UK Health Minister, Victoria Atkins MP, is married to the MD of British Sugar - the largest #MedicalCannabis exporter in the country. Atkins correctly declared when first joining parliament. Old article, with Peter Reynolds: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

Here's Keir posing for a photo-op surrounded by barrels of whiskey Starmer supports criminalisation of people who use other drugs - but is happy to promote this particularly deadly one There are 21,000 alcohol-related deaths a year in England alone

Bessel van der Kolk: how the body keeps the score youtube.com/watch?v=iTefkq…

Here's an article about AWE, which runs a three-year psychedelic therapy training course once promoted by MAPS and boasting a stellar faculty. However some students say there are serious issues with safety and ethics on the course. ecstaticintegration.org/p/awe-inside-t…

For years we’ve been told that low to moderate alcohol intake could be safe and even sometimes beneficial for us in the case of red wine. A systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA of over 100 studies and nearly 5 million people found otherwise. They found no

Here's an interview with Alex Belser and Bill Brennan about their EMBARK model of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, and what they think is missing from other models of PAT (particularly with regard to the relational, the spiritual and ethics). ecstaticintegration.org/p/belser-and-b…

Synthesis' psilocybin retreat in Oregon finally launched at Buckhorn Springs (not Synthesis anymore but I think its Miles Katz' company). $5000 for five nights, including two mushroom trips...! confluenceretreats.org

In 1947, French science fiction writer René Barjavel was asked for a prediction of the future. He imagined a future with cell phones-like portable TVs and electronic communication in the film La télévision, œil de demain

Dr. Nolan Williams. Ibogaine is "the most sophisticated pharmacological agent in the world." Groundbreaking results just published on ibogaine for TBI med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/…

A phenomenological report of Tabernanthalog awjuliani.medium.com/a-phenomenolog…

SOURCE of modern man's weakness, stupidity, and general lack of vitality? His leisure activities Aldous Huxley predicted the degeneracy of modern amusements in a 103 year old essay: Pleasures (1920) Huxley on why and how to radically rewire the way you spend your free time👇🏻

Dancing smashing it as an anti-depressant... I wonder how psychedelics would compare? Imagine adding them together.. what were ravers thinking!

Maps / Lykos - who’s to blame for the ‘disaster’ and what happens next? Some reflections from various figures here at ICPR. ecstaticintegration.org/p/maps-lykos-w…

Doubleblind reprint of my article on Internal Family Systems (IFS) and its belief in Unattached Burdens (commonly known as demons). IFS one of the most influential modalities in psychedelic therapy and coaching. doubleblindmag.com/does-internal-…

Sergey Brin invests in Soneira, an ibogaine start-up drawing on the research of Nolan Williams at Stanford. Don't know if the Capones of Veterans Exploring Treatment Solutions (VETS) also involved. Ibogaine community not happy about patent filed by Soneira. patents.justia.com/patent/2024010… ft.com/content/5ed7da…

On Soneira and the scramble for ibogaine. Will the latest effort avoid the feuds and fall-outs that have plagued previous attempts to bring the iboga plant medicine into mainstream western healthcare? open.substack.com/pub/ecstaticin…

.Susan Ousterman lost her son to an overdose. She knows the pain of losing a child – and knows that her son’s pain was only made worse by failed systems and drug policies. Watch to hear her message to parents. Read more of Susan and Tyler’s story: drugpolicy.org/Susan