The First Supper: Entheogens and the Origin of Religion


Ancient Science, Books, Entheogens, Recommended

  The following is excerpted from the new book Mushrooms, Myths & Mithras: The Drug Cult that Civilized Europe by Carl Ruck, Mark Alwin Hoffman, José Alfredo González Celdrán published by City Lights. Our greatest blessings come to us by way of madness, provided madness is given us by way of divine gift. –Socrates, Phaedrus Various traditions recall the events of a “First Supper.” […]

11/12/2018

Dr. Stanislav Grof – The Cosmic Game


Books, Entheogens, New Science, Recommended, Videos

The Cosmic Game: Explorations of the Frontiers of Human Consciousness by Stanislav Grof Reviewed by Stanley Krippner, Ph.D. and Christopher Ryan Stanislav Grof is renowned as a pioneer in the world of psychedelic psychotherapy and research. During more than four decades of exploration in the field of consciousness studies, Grof has accumulated data on some […]

30/11/2018

Entheogen’s & Existential Intelligence: The Use of “Plant Teachers” as Cognitive Tools


Ancient Science, Entheogens

  In light of recent specific liberalizations in drug laws in some countries, this article investigates the potential of entheogens (i.e. psychoactive plants used as spiritual sacraments) as tools to facilitate existential intelligence. “Plant teachers” from the Americas such as ayahuasca, psilocybin mushrooms, peyote, and the Indo-Aryan soma of Eurasia are examples of both past- […]

04/04/2018

33 Amazing and Proven Benefits of CBD Oil


Entheogens

  By Paul Lenda Guest writer for Wake Up World The non-psychoactive part of the cannabis plant is actually one of the most beneficial health supplements to become available to the masses in recent history. We’re talking about CBD oil, or cannabidiol oil, which is an extract from the hemp plant containing a cannabinoid that research has […]

04/04/2018

Altered States of Entrapment: The Plant Medicine Manipulation


Entheogens

By Bernhard Guenther, February 24, 2018 Over the past two years, I’ve hosted a total of four Time of Transition retreats in the Peruvian high jungle alongside my good friend Fred Clarke Alvarez. Our retreat program takes a very different approach in comparison to many other retreats that people organize and participate in. We provide an eclectic program […]

03/03/2018

Psychopharmacology Magic mushroom compound might treat depression by reviving emotional responsiveness in the brain


Entheogens

art by Cameron Grey By Eric W. Dolan New research suggests that psilocybin-assisted therapy helps alleviate treatment-resistant depression by reviving emotional responsiveness in the brain. Psilocybin is the primary mind-altering substance in psychedelic “magic” mushrooms. The drug can profoundly alter the way a person experiences the world by producing changes in mood, sensory perception, time […]

20/01/2018

The Promise of LSD Microdoses and Other Psychedelic “Medicines”


Entheogens

Psychiatrist John Halpern discusses the psychotherapeutic potential of peyote, ayahuasca, psilocybin, MDMA and other psychedelics By John Horgan on July 10, 2017 I first met psychedelic expert John H. Halpern, M.D., in 1999 at a conference on altered states in Basel, Switzerland (where I also interviewed Albert Hofmann, LSD’s discoverer, and tripped on magic mushrooms). […]

16/07/2017

The Christ Mass Mystery


Entheogens, Spiritual Perspectives

  by OMNIPULSE Since some others are on this page. The XMAS MYSTERY. CHRIST MASS, the day we AXED CHRIST. Sent him on his nightmare into the next life? Or crossed the light of the sky into the next phase of solar energy? The SOL CROSSING, SOUL-CROSSING. As the light turns to night and the night […]

26/12/2016

8 Ways Magic Mushrooms Explain Santa Story


Alternative News, Entheogens

  By Douglas Main   The story of Santa and his flying reindeer can be traced to an unlikely source: hallucinogenic or “magic” mushrooms, according to one theory. “Santa is a modern counterpart of a shaman, who consumed mind-altering plants and fungi to commune with the spirit world,” said John Rush, an anthropologist and instructor […]

26/12/2016