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Talking Death with the Late Psychedelic Chemist Sasha Shulgin

Alexander Shulgin, the most prolific psychedelic chemist in history, has died at the age of 88. I interviewed Shulgin and his wife and co-researcher Ann at their home in California in 1999, when I was researching my 2003 book Rational Mysticism.

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Flickering Lights Can Trigger Altered States Of Consciousness Similar To Psychedelics

While psychedelic substances like psilocybin and ayahuasca are becoming increasingly popular due to their apparent mental health benefits, the use of such mind-altering compounds is certainly not for everybody.

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How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics by Michael Pollan—Review

Pollan’s illuminating history of hallucinogenic drugs reveals that their mystical and medical benefits are indivisible.

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Want To Take A Psychedelic Trip Without Drugs? There’s Now An App For That

The Lumenate app uses the phone’s flashlight to create stroboscopic light sequences that neurologically guide the user into an altered state of consciousness between deep meditation and classic psychedelics.

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Healing Thyself: Does Psychedelic Therapy Exploit the Placebo Effect?

If psychedelics are placebos, they should perhaps be called hyperactive placebos, because their psychotropic effects are so dramatic.

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When Did Humans Start Experimenting with Alcohol and Drugs?

We alter brain chemistry for all kinds of reasons, using substances recreationally, socially, medicinally, and ritually. Wild animals sometimes eat fermented fruit, but there’s little evidence that they eat psychoactive plants. We’re unusual animals in our enthusiasm for getting drunk and high.

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Tripping in LSD's Birthplace: A Story for "Bicycle Day"

After consuming magic mushrooms in Basel, Switzerland, I ran into Albert Hofmann, the chemist who catalyzed the psychedelic era.

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Neuroscientists Believe Deep Neural Networks Could Help Illustrate How Psychedelics Alter Consciousness

Cutting-edge methods from machine learning could help scientists better understand the visual experiences induced by psychedelic drugs such as dimethyltryptamine (DMT), according to a new article published in the scientific journal Neuroscience of Consciousness.

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Would You Consider Trying Psychedelics to Take Your Practice to Another Level?

Here, we explore the potential role of psychedelics within a yoga practice or as therapeutic treatment.

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Study Suggests Cannabis Can Induce a Psychedelic-Like “Oceanic” Experience

Psychedelic drugs such as psilocybin and LSD can induce an experience known as oceanic boundlessness, which is characterized by a feeling of oneness with the world and a sense of awe.

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