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What Psychedelic Mushrooms Are Teaching Us About Human Consciousness

By Iris Kulbatski — 2020

Psychedelic drugs like psilocybin are being tested to treat mental illness. They're also expanding our understanding about human consciousness.

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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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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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A Model for the Application of Target-Controlled Intravenous Infusion for a Prolonged Immersive DMT Psychedelic Experience

Using pharmacokinetic modeling and DMT blood sampling data, we demonstrate that the unique pharmacological characteristics of DMT, which also include a rapid onset and lack of acute tolerance to its subjective effects, make it amenable to administration by target-controlled intravenous infusion.

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Chronic, Intermittent Microdoses of the Psychedelic N,N-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) Produce Positive Effects on Mood and Anxiety in Rodents

Taken together, our results suggest that psychedelic microdosing may alleviate symptoms of mood and anxiety disorders, though the potential hazards of this practice warrant further investigation.

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