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LSD Psychotherapy Artwork (Grof)
LSD Psychotherapy Artwork
from MetaFilter by homunculusVisions From LSD Psychotherapy. Artwork created by patients undergoing LSD psychotherapy, from the book by Stanislav Grof. There are more resources on psychedelics at the Bibliographia Studiorum Psychedelicorum. [Via Mind Hacks.] -
Bom Bholenath
Dopefiend commented that he didn't know the meaning of Bom Bholenath on Dopecast 98 recently ( Read more... ) -
Smoking in Thailand
My recent letter Dopefiend:
Hey Dopefiend,
Tirikite Toker here again. Thanks for reading out my way-too-long email about Varanasi a few weeks back.
It was fun to hear you saying "TirikitetakaTirikitetaka Dhin Na"
The following week someone wrote in asking about smoking in Thailand so I thought I'd share some of my experiences ( Read more... ) -
Salvia group adventure
A couple of weeks back my cousin (Cuz) was in town hanging at my chilled abode with his young girlfriend (Angel) for a few days. When I'd been visiting him a couple of months back we had a psychedelic old time, including my Salvia Flashback. He'd never taken salvia, and I'd never seen anybody else take it, so I was really keen to have a group ( Read more... ) -
Neuroscience and Mysticism
Neuroscience and Mysticism
from MetaFilter by homunculusSearching for God in the Brain. "Researchers are unearthing the roots of religious feeling in the neural commotion that accompanies the spiritual epiphanies of nuns, Buddhists and other people of faith." [Via MindHacks, which points out a few niggling omissions in the article.] -
Harvard Scientists Build a Device to Smoke Weed During Brain Scan
Harvard Scientists Build a Device to Smoke Weed During Brain Scan
from MetaFilter by prostyle
It's not often one gets one's bong in the scientific literature, let alone one designed to allow you to smoke weed inside an MRI scanner...
Most studies on the neuroscience of marijuana have used pills or injections of THC, the main active ingredient, but ( Read more... ) -
Santo Daime in Japan
A long tale I've been putting off writing about for ages...
In July, I was in Japan, and was invited by some friends to join a Santo Daime "work". As I think I mentioned in "Constructing realities: My first salvia experience", I had a few years experience with LSD in my early-mid twenties, but had not gone there for about 10 years. Now after a ( Read more... ) -
The Role of Music in Healing with Hallucinogens
From Music Therapy Today journal...
The Role of Music in Healing with Hallucinogens: Tribal and Western Studies
Marlene Dobkin de Rios, Ph.D
(my summary)
a brief discussion of the use of music in two kinds of entheogenic healing sessions - shamanistic ayahuasca use in Peru, and psychotherapeutic LSD use in America.
Conclusion: " If these ( Read more... ) -
My letter on Dopefiend
Dopefiend finally got around to reading my letter about smoking in India, Smoking in the city of Shiva, on Dopecast94. Wow, it was way too long... Sorry Dopefiend, and thanks for taking the time. I hope people enjoyed it...
Couple of responses... (maybe I'll Skype him)
- Of course Lefty plays some good music on his show, but I'm just not into a ( Read more... ) -
Salvia: Flashback and Forays
As I’ve already written in this journal, back in May I had my first experience of salvia divinorum - a full cone (and full lungful) of 10X extract which had a very strong effect on me. A couple of months later I had a “salvia flashback” of sorts - reliving the experience and reinterpreting it in the process. Another couple of months down the ( Read more... )