By Robert Matone — 2019
Research finds parallels to certain psychoactive drugs.
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TiHKAL: The Continuation is the sequel to PiHKAL: A Chemical Love Story. TiHKAL is written about a family of psychoactive drugs known as tryptamines with TiHKAL being an acronym for "Tryptamines I Have Known and Loved”. Like its predecessor, it is divided into two parts.
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An acronym for “Phenethylamines I Have Known and Loved”, the book spans autobiography, organic chemistry, politics, ethnobotany, and psychopharmacology. PiHKAL is divided into two parts, the first of which is a fictionalized autobiographical 'novel', The Love Story.
Dr. Fleischmann sees dead people. In fact, he has seen over 2,000 humans die but brought back to life several hundreds of them.
"A genuine spiritual quest. . . . Extraordinary.
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Taken from Joe Rogan Experience #1291 w/CT Fletcher
The Varieties of Psychedelic Experience was published in 1966, just as the first legal restrictions on the use of psychedelic substances were being enacted.
Penny Sartori is a British medical researcher in the field of near-death studies. She worked as an intensive care nurse for many years, during which time she cared for many patients who were close to death.
As a pioneer of the hospice movement, Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross was one of the first scholars to frankly discuss our relationship with death. By introducing the concept of the five stages of dying, her work has informed the lives of countless people as they face the grieving process.
Personal stories of spiritual crises are presented alongside practical and effective guidance in this exploration of a fascinating phenomenon.