by AbZu A flowing stream of thoughts based on a seed idea: Mind Movies—specifically, how psilocybin affects the brain. Any reference to mushrooms in this essay is to psilocybin mushrooms. Mind Movies, Comida de Coco, Kopf Kino, Film Mentali, etc. all describe the same scenario: the mental creation of an imagined “Reality”. Once created, it […]
It has long been known that psilocybin, found in ‘magic mushrooms’, can create feelings of a connection to the collective consciousness, and a dissolution of the self – often in experiences which prove positively life-changing for the participants [1]. Now new research has for the first time examined the effect of adding mindfulness meditation to […]
Simon G. Powell – The Psilocybin Solution vs. Elite Psychedelic Psyops http://www.simongpowell.com/
art by Luke Brown by Damon Orion ON APRIL 23, 2015 Inside a brick house in Oaxaca, Mexico, a wizened indigenous woman stands at a candlelit altar adorned with images of Christ, the Virgin Mary, the Pope and the Santo Niño de Atocha. A small group of Westerners watch raptly as she prays in her […]
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art by Tom Wilcox On a balmy August morning before the city began to fill with summer tourists, Estalyn Walcoff arrived at New York University. She was awaiting a spiritual experience. Walcoff walked into what looked like a living room. A soft brown couch with floral pillows sat in the middle; flowers and books rested atop […]
There have been many victims in the War on Drugs, from families being torn apart to victimless criminals rotting in a cage for possessing marijuana. But one victim of the war on drugs that is seldom mentioned is alternative medicine. There has been plenty of research lately showing the near miracle medicinal properties of cannabis, from curing […]
Psychedelic drugs alter consciousness in a profound and novel way that increases the breadth and fluency of cognition. However, until recently, we were unable to offer an explanation for how the brain was altered to account for these effects. In a new study, published in Human Brain Mapping, we scanned the brains of volunteers who […]