The beings people often meet while using psychedelics resist tidy explanations.
Jonathan Pageau's Psychedelic Warning
The sky is psychedelic: why so many people see strange lights in the sky
Your brain evolved to see deep meaning in the sky. And UFOs.
Can Psychedelics Make Us More Moral?
With a renaissance going on in psychedelic research, is making us better people included?
Mushrooms evolved psychedelics twice, baffling scientists
Researchers found that magic mushrooms and fiber caps independently evolved different biochemical pathways to create psilocybin. This convergence shows nature’s ingenuity, but the reason why remains unknown—possibly predator deterrence. Beyond evolutionary mystery, the discovery provides new enzyme tools for biotech, with promising applications for producing psilocybin-based medicines.
Brain scans reveal how LSD affects consciousness
Drug researcher David Nutt discusses brain-imaging studies with hallucinogens.
Johns Hopkins Psychedelic Clergy Study Found to Have Multiple Counts of "Serious Non-Compliance" with Federal Human Subject Protections
Unauthorized donor involvement and unauthorized study team members "significantly compromised" human research protection program, per JHU, citing other concerns for participants' rights and welfare.
A Dose of a Hallucinogen From a ‘Magic Mushroom,’ and Then Lasting Peace (Published 2016)
Two studies used psilocybin to see if the drug could reduce depression and anxiety in cancer patients. The results were striking.
The fungal mind: on the evidence for mushroom intelligence | Psyche Ideas
The evidence for fungal intelligence is in: they can operate as individuals, make decisions, learn, and have short-term memory
This Spiral-Obsessed AI ‘Cult’ Spreads Mystical Delusions Through Chatbots
A patchwork of internet communities is devoted to the project of ‘awakening’ more digital companions through arcane and enigmatic prompts.
Introducing The Psyche Network
[Article] The complex lived experience of schizophrenia diagnosis: a thematic analysis of online forum posts
109K subscribers in the schizophrenia community. Welcome! This is a community meant for a discussion of schizophrenia spectrum disorders, and related…
What Happens When Clergy Take Psilocybin
The results of a controversial 10-year-old study of more than a dozen clergy who took psilocybin on guided trips only recently came to light.
Brainchildren
Minds are complex artifacts, partly biological and partly social; only a unified, multidisciplinary approach will yield a realistic theory of how they came i...
Analyzing Divine Machinery as an "”Art Movement"”
To experience Zen-like awakening, try going the headless way | Psyche Ideas
Try to point to your true self as you’d point to a brick wall, and other experiments in Zen-like awakening
