psychedelic science

Psychedelic Science Update

  Psychedelic Science June 19-23, 2023, the largest psychedelic conference in history on Psychedelic Science, sponsored by Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), was attended by more than 12,000 people in Denver, CO.  You can
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Possible Crises with Psychedelic Use

Challenging psychedelic crises cover a vast area The following manual excerpt is from the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS, 2010), and just touches on challenging experiences.  Jules Evans also adds his opinion.  For a
DMT

Brain Scans Reveal Ayahuasca’s Impact

  DMT Study gives most advanced picture yet of DMT compound’s effect on advanced functions such as imagination   Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scan of a brain shows regions of increased connectivity on DMT.
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Psychedelics Facilitator Training and Research

Psychedelics  Facilitator Training UC Berkeley Center for the Study of Psychedelics (BCSP) is one of many academic institutions that offer training in the science, history, and use of psychedelics. They network with scholars around the
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States Exploring Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy

Over the course of the past year, several states across the US have taken legal action to expand access to psychedelic-assisted therapies for some citizens. According to the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), as much as
emergenct phenomena

The Emergent Phenomenology Research Consortium (EPRC)

      The EPRC is a multinational alliance of researchers, clinicians, and patrons who share a vision of bringing scientific methods and clinical sensibilities to the rigorous, ethical, ontologically-agnostic study of emergent phenomena.  Daniel
psychedelics

According to Scientists–How Psychedelics Hack the Brain

  The “pivotal mental state” is described in a mind-blowing new scientific paper that looks at how drugs can reroute people out of psychological dead ends.   By Mattha Busby Scientists have shed fresh light on
KAP

Group Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP): A New Frontier

  Could taking and integrating ketamine in groups make psychedelic therapy more accessible?  This blog explores what happens in the group and why it’s effective. The following is an abridged version of an article written
Stan Grof

Stan Grof’s Impact on My Life: A Personal Review

In 1980 the Spiritual Emergency Network, SEN, was created by Stan Grof (above) and his wife, Christina Grof. Both my parents had died in 1971 and 1972 of situations related to spiritual emergency in which