Psychedelics may improve mental health by getting inside nerve cells

Entheogens, New Science

By McKenzie Prillaman Psychedelics go beneath the cell surface to unleash their potential therapeutic effects. These drugs are showing promise in clinical trials as treatments for mental health disorders (SN: 12/3/21). Now, scientists might know why. These substances can get inside nerve cells in the cortex — the brain region important for consciousness — and tell the neurons to grow, […]

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‘I’m a lighter me’: Can Mike Tyson and psychedelics help boxers with brain trauma?

Entheogens

The peyote cactus is central to many of the rituals of the indigenous Huichol tribe of Mexico. The bright colors and dreamy symbols of their yarn paintings are said to be inspired by the hallucinations experienced by ingesting the mescaline-rich plant in shamanic rituals. “They do these beautiful creations with beads, paint and sculpture. [By […]

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Psychedelic Therapy and the Democratization of Psychoactive Experience ∞ Sergey Baranov

Entheogens, Recommended, Videos

art by Luminokaya By Sergey Baranov Contributing writer for Wake Up World This title came to me during the last Huachuma (San Pedro) ceremony while I was lying on the ground, observing a tango between eucalyptus trees and the wind. The moment of clarity seemed to stretch in time and afforded me a deeper look into […]

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The psychologists signing up for psychedelic therapy training: ‘Amazing things can happen’

Entheogens

The global renaissance of psychedelic drugs in the treatment of mental health gains further legitimacy in Australia as psychologists sign up for clinical trialsJenny ValentishSat 29 May 2021 21.00 BST Last modified on Sat 29 May 2021 21.02 BST When growing up in Yea, in rural Victoria, Campbell Townsend took a dim view of drugs. […]

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The Train Illusion


Spiritual Perspectives

      You can make the train change direction with the power of your mind … and you can get better at it with practice. Perception always involves going beyond the evidence of the senses. In this case, the evidence is relatively sparse, such that there are two plausible interpretations: The train is coming […]

21/11/2018

What It Means to Live in a Holographic Universe


Spiritual Perspectives

  When you look in the mirror, the image you see looks a lot like you—not exactly the same, because when you raise your right hand, your mirror-self raises its left. What’s more, the mirror image is merely an assemblage of reflected light, without a physical body behind it. Despite these differences, you can see […]

21/11/2018

The Nondual Philosophy of Franklin Merrell-Wolff


Spiritual Perspectives

Biographical Sketch of Franklin Merrell-Wolff I recommend the most honorable kind of life that you can live: In all human relationships to cultivate the attitude that the end is the triumph of good; not my good, but good as such. -Franklin Merrell-Wolff, 1983 Franklin F. Wolff was an American mystic, philosopher, and mathematician who combined […]

19/11/2018

Telepathy ∞ Lisa Renee


Galactics, Spiritual Perspectives

Beyond this planet most of the extradimensional or ET species, as well as other more technologically advanced human civilizations, commonly use forms of Telepathy as the primary method of communication. Our reliance on spoken words is considered to be very primitive and is used by the NAA to justify the use of earth humans as […]

16/11/2018

The Unchanging Spirit ∞ Omnipulse


Spiritual Perspectives

  If spirit is truth then true reality is ever changing. Then this must be temporary but the change was the creation of a stabilized form. This form the trap? For those who’m the body is two small, their expanse is complimented by the liberation of the mind to form itself into whatever format is […]

13/11/2018