Sara Reed Warning: This essay contains racist language that may be triggering for some people.  One white woman tells a story of the old days and […]

Adam Knowles The future of psychedelics is intertwined with cryptocurrencies and blockchain. Each is a powerful technology. What happens when psychedelics and blockchain come together?… continue […]

Guilherme Meneses Although electronic games are now one of the most popular forms of entertainment, the layers of the meaning embedded in them may not be […]

Annette Williams In thinking about women, plants, and spirituality, I thought about the traditional West African Yoruba relationship to the plant realm as articulated in their […]

Julie D. Megler Psychedelics are revolutionizing modern medicine, offering new opportunities for mental health where current medical technology is stuck. The psychedelic renaissance is here and, […]

Ana Gretel Echazú Böschemeier. Professora Adjunta do Departamento de Antropologia/UFRN. Atua nas áreas de gênero, raça-etnicidade e saúde coletiva. Integra os núcleos de estudo NESC e […]

Veronika Gold & Eric Sienknecht If someone had told us a few years ago we would be legally using MDMA and ketamine in psychotherapy, we’d have laughed at […]

Matt “River” Baldwin I met Kelan Thomas, PharmD, last year when we were both enrolled in the Certificate in Psychedelic Therapies and Research Program at CIIS in […]

Gretel Echazú & Camila Benedito In August of this year, a bomb exploded in the world of New Age practitioners: The Brazilian guru, Prem Baba, a […]

Collective During the Women and Psychedelics Forum, co-promoted by the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines and the East West Psychology Program of the California Institute of […]

Valerie Coral During the Women and Psychedelics Forum, co-promoted by the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines and the East West Psychology Program of the California Institute […]

Ali Cortina The increasing supply and consumption of the so-called “toad medicine” in various parts of the world has led to a series of claims without […]

Annie Oak The #MeToo civil rights movement is creating an opportunity for communities of all types to develop new ways to resolve conflict. As more people […]

Sexual abuse and misconduct towards female participants in ayahuasca circles are, unfortunately, quite prevalent occurrences. Exact numbers are difficult to obtain, as most cases never come […]