Expert Issues Warning: Decriminalization of Psychedelics is NOT What You Think it Is
Isaac Davis – Decriminalization is far more dangerous than people realize.
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Ayahuasca – The Alternative Antidepressant
Caroline Slack – Some people are turning to the brew hoping to kick psychiatric drugs.
Meet the Elite: Father of Mainstream Media, Skull and Bones Member Henry Luce
– Who really rules over America and the world?
Depression Now the Number 1 Worldwide Cause of Disease and Disability
Alex Pietrowski – What is happening in a society where unhappiness is so common?
The 3 Major Contributors to Depression and Anxiety, According to Science
Alex Pietrowski – What if doctors steered us toward health instead toward pharmaceuticals?
4 Things You Should Know About Depression and Spiritual Illness
Dylan Charles – The conversation about depression is incomplete without consideration of the spirit.
The World Is Rediscovering the Medical Benefits Of Psychedelic Plants
Steven Maxwell – Where pharmaceuticals are failing, exotic plant-based psychedelics seem to be succeeding.
5 Powerful Psychedelics That Reorganize the Brain and Elevate Consciousness
Michael Forrester – Psychoactive plants and hallucinogens have given us the opportunity to see life through different perspectives for thousands of years.
How a Shaman’s Medicine is Curing Combat Veterans of PTSD
Dylan Charles – Many desperate veterans are seeking treatment for PTSD from an unusual source.
Quantum Perception and the Recognition of Plant Consciousness
Joseph S. Gallwitz – If a tree falls in the forest with noone around does it make a sound? Of course.
Psychoactive Plants in the Bible
Kevin Loftis – Jesus used a number of psychoactive plants to heal and convert his followers.
3 Common Mental Health Issues Treatable with Psychedelics
Anna Hunt, Staff Writer Waking Times Despite the complicated social perspective regarding psychedelics, more research and attention is being given to the use of psychedelic substances such as lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), psilocybin mushrooms, and plants such as ayahuasca to treat mental illnesses, including depression, anxiety, alcoholism and drug addiction. Psychedelics interact with serotonin receptors …
Consciousness and Technology – 3 Mind Expanding Comparisons
Dylan Charles Waking Times Of all the pursuits of human kind, the understanding and exploration of consciousness offers the most likely opportunity for us to realize a civilization oriented towards cooperation, compassion, sustainability, and respect for life. Awakening to higher states of consciousness is the process by which a person, or a collective, can re-organize …
How Ayahuasca Can Revolutionize Psychotherapy
Olivia LaVecchia, City Pages Waking Times A look at the psychoactive brew that brings users a spiritual payoff for their “work” Just before dusk, 18 strangers entered a yurt on a Midwestern homestead. Peruvian tapestries decorated the walls of the large, round structure, and rattles stood poised for ceremony. The participants — professional men and …
5 Mind-Blowing Lessons from Psychedelics Experts
April M. Short, AlterNet Waking Times A recent online course unraveled psychedelic science, medicine, art and spirituality. The problem with banning anything out of a fear of the unknown is that many unknowns will remain. Such is the story of many psychedelic drugs in the U.S. While the government has experimented with various psychedelic compounds …
People With Higher IQ’s Are More Likely to Use Illegal Drugs… Why?
Sarah Bon, The Fix Waking Times Researchers have found that those with high childhood IQs are more prone to illegal drug use as adults. But what does this correlation really mean? Two major papers have found a positive correlation between high childhood IQ and adult drug use. The first was published in 2011 (Intelligence across childhood in …
Brazilian Scientist: Ayahuasca/DMT Can Effectively Treat Cancer
Cassius Methyl, Guest Waking Times Eduardo Schenberg, of the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, recently published a piece in Sage Journals, detailing his belief that Ayahuasca has cancer-fighting abilities, essentially encouraging the legalization of research in the field. He says, “There is enough available evidence that Ayahuasca’s active principles, especially DMT and harmine, have positive effects …
St. Albert and the LSD Revelation Revolution
Alex Grey, MAPS Waking Times On January 11th, 2006, the Swiss chemist who discovered LSD, Dr. Albert Hofmann, turned 100 years old. The birthday celebra- tion was an elegant gathering of family, friends and colleagues held in Basel, Switzerland at the Museum of Cultures. My wife Allyson and I were invited because of our association with …
The Second Coming of Psychedelics
Don Lattin, Spirituality & Health Waking Times Ric Godfrey had the shakes. At night, his body temperature would drop and he’d start to tremble. During the day, he was jumpy. He was always looking around, always on edge. His vibe scared the people around him. He couldn’t hang on to a job. He started drinking …
Calm Anxiety Naturally: 7 Top Substances
GMI Research Group – In the face of the mounting costs of anxiety in the U.S. and globally, here are seven substances that act as natural anti-anxiety agents.