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Tripping on Iboga

By Daniel Pinchbeck — 1999

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. Some researchers believe that ibogaine has the ability to "reset the switches" of addiction, freeing addicts from withdrawal symptoms and all drug cravings for up to six months.

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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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The Psychedelic Revolution Is Coming. Psychiatry May Never Be the Same.

Though researchers are still trying to understand the cognitive and therapeutic mechanics of psychedelics, they have concluded that psilocybin, DMT and other psychoactive chemicals can help people feel more tolerance, understanding and empathy.

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Introducing Ayahuasca

Amazonian healing traditions collide with Western medical sensibilities.

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Mind Molding Psychedelic Drugs Could Treat Depression, and Other Mental Illnesses

It seems that psychedelics do more than simply alter perception. According to the latest research from my colleagues and me, they change the structures of neurons themselves.

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Largest Ever DMT Survey Travels to the Fringes of Psychedelic Science

Encounters with inter-dimensional beings, atheists discovering belief, and the bizarre world of DMT-induced entities. A trip to the fringes of psychedelic science.

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Ayahuasca Produces Long-Lasting Changes in the Brain

The powerful hallucinogenic brew provokes long-lasting changes in two important brain networks.

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Ayahuasca Could Do Something Amazing to Your Brain, Study Shows

Science is finally catching up with the potential powers of this psychedelic drink.

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Near-Death Experiences and DMT

A neurological explanation of NDEs remains elusive.

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Does DMT Model the Near-Death Experience?

Despite parallels, there are profound differences between DMT and NDEs.

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DMT, Aliens, and Reality—Part 1

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

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