Amy Jones, Ed.M, LCSW A crocodile, a pioneering rock band, and a Ryan Gosling film? As a psychotherapist working in New York City with patients who […]

Brad Bartlett, Esq. There are hundreds of groups using ayahuasca in ceremonial underground contexts in the United States. They all dream of future legalization and the […]

Clancy Cavnar In the contemporary psychedelic sciences, what is the purpose of singling out certain groups for research, treatment, or conferences? Are gay people, women, and […]

Adam Knowles On Sunday, June 23, I attended the first “Ayahuasca Symposium” in London, UK, on behalf of Chacruna, a partner to the event. The event, […]

Gabriel Amezcua There is no doubt that the growing interest in the use of psychedelic substances has triggered a wave of increasingly critical attitudes toward the […]

Lynne Nardizz Eight years ago, I was diagnosed with an incurable autoimmune disease.  Two years ago, I went to the Amazon jungle in Peru for shamanic […]

Shelby Hartman Dee Adams knew she was going to participate as facilitator of ayahuasca retreats one day. She’d heard the message, years ago, in a ceremony. Ayahuasca, […]

Emily Sinclair and Beatriz Labate Many individuals participate in ayahuasca ceremonies for healing purposes, sometimes specifically to heal trauma caused by sexual abuse. Considering this, it […]

Wade Davis With the sun going down over the Sonoran Desert, Andrew [Andrew Weil, M.D] led me down a dusty trail toward a narrow draw that […]

Alexander Dawson, Ph.D. When I started university 34 years ago, I encountered numerous male professors whose personal histories included a former wife (who had typed their […]

We are sharing here a message from our friends in Decriminalize Nature Oakland: “We need your support! Our friends in Oakland are working with Councilmember Gallo’s […]

Victoria Wueschner As a teenager, the power of my sacred feminine energy was taken from me by many men. Negative mental conditioning at home programmed me […]

Bia Labate, Ph.D, Sean McAllister, Esq and Sidarta Ribeiro Ph.D. In an opinion piece to the New York Times commenting on Denver’s recent historic vote to decriminalize psilocybin, […]

The enormous growth of interest in and research on psychedelic substances’ potential for psychological healing and consciousness expansion is exciting, but there are shadow sides of […]