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Unconventional Inspiration: The Best of Terence McKenna

By Mission.org — 2018

For those of you who aren’t familiar with him already, Terence McKenna was a man who wore many hats. While he is most well known for being one of the pioneers of the psychedelic movement during the early 80s, Terence also dipped his toe in a plethora of other topics—things like philosophy, culture, science, VR and AI, the nature of time, evolution . . . and much more.

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The Power of Dionysus: Effects of Red Wine on Consciousness

Why is alcohol so much part of our daily lives? Because aside from the strong negative side effects, there must also be significant benefits.

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My Ayahuasca Trip

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.

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High on Mount Sinai?

Writing in the British journal Time and Mind, Benny Shanon of Jerusalem’s Hebrew University said two plants in the Sinai desert contain the same psychoactive molecules as those found in plants from which the powerful Amazonian hallucinogenic brew ayahuasca is prepared.

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Tripping on Iboga

Over the last decades, iboga has developed a cult following in the United States and in Europe, where it is known as ibogaine. In the West, the psychedelic is being promoted as a potential one-shot cure for treating addiction to heroin and other drugs.

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What Your Body Has to Do With Social Change

Using somatics to explore trauma can help make authentic connection and collectivity more possible.

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Can Holotropic Breathwork Mimic a Psychedelic Experience?: A Q&A with Stacia Butterfield

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.

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Voice, Choice, and Power: Healing Intergenerational Trauma with Dr. Ruby Gibson

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Parapsychology

Parapsychology is a field of study that investigates paranormal or “psychic" phenomena, including purported mental abilities such as telepathy and telekinesis.

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Body-Work and Being. The Deeper Significance of Somatics

I suddenly knew that the mechanical reactions of my muscles and guts were my personality; that my soul, in fact, lay there writhing to break out of those rigid bonds. - Don Hanlon Johnson

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Perception and Knowledge

As we search for ways of understanding the possibly infinite resources of human consciousness, I suggest that the potential of psychedelics as tools for learning should not be ignored.

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