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Therapists Are Unprepared to Talk to People About Taking Psychedelics

By Shayla Love — 2020

The psychedelic revolution has arrived—yet psychologists still have major gaps in knowledge about going on a shrooms trip in the name of mental health.

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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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DMT, Aliens, and Reality—Part 2

What I will focus on are the psychological factors that influence people’s judgments about what is real and how these might explain why people come to believe in the existence of such beings.

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DMT: Gateway to Reality, Fantasy or What?

The phenomenon of encountering non-human entities under the influence of DMT has inspired debate about what these might actually be.

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The Grandmother Plant—and What Turned on Consciousness

Here, we asked Graham Hancock about plant medicine, the purpose and meaning of hallucinogenic experiences, and what bigger opportunities he sees for humanity in all of this.

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Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy