By Ed Prideaux — 2021
The growing legitimacy of psychedelics as therapies promises to transform how we view the extraordinary, writes Ed Prideaux.
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Amazonian healing traditions collide with Western medical sensibilities.
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A new review of studies finds that LSD, psilocybin, and MDMA hold potential for treating mental illness.
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Before we claim that spiritual experiences heal, we must agree on what a spiritual experience is.
Those of us who are professional counselors are perhaps most likely to recognize psychedelic drugs by their recreational or street names — acid, magic mushrooms, ecstasy — and to consider them to be drugs of abuse that may be dangerous to our clients.
Study participants at some of the country's leading medical research centers are going through intense therapy and six-hour psychedelic journeys deep into their minds to do things like quit smoking and worry less.
How magic mushrooms expand consciousness.
Psychedelic drugs are making a quiet comeback, as a smattering of recent studies have demonstrated their medicinal potential. The latest finding suggests it is time to revisit LSD as a treatment for addiction.
With the advent of the psychedelic renaissance occurring currently, many people have become curious about one of the most famous hallucinogens: psilocybin mushrooms. Read on to discover the most important information about these fascinating fungi.
The latest frontier in state and local drug reform has been the loosening of legal restrictions on psilocybin—the psychoactive compound in “magic mushrooms.”
Before psychedelic therapy and services becomes widely available, there needs to be a better understanding of all the ways these experiences can go wrong.