Psychedelics and Nutrition – Carnivorous Cultures vs. Fungal Cultures
One of the positive side effects of psychedelics is their ability to improve one’s nutritional habits. In his book LSD: My Problem Child Albert Hofmann relates how extraordinarily his sense of taste...
View ArticleSix winning psychedelic reality show formats for a legalized age*
Yesterday I published a new piece on the Daily Psychedelic Video which deals with an intriguing topic: what type of new Reality TV formats might arise when psychedelic legalization comes? A few of the...
View ArticleWhy cannabis if often trickier to handle than major psychedelics
During a recent conversation I had with a leading psychedelic activist, I was surprised when the person suggested that psychedelic legalization wasn’t really that urgent. Actually, it can still wait,...
View ArticleRapé, sananga, kambo, psychedelics: Why spiritual seekers seek pain
Recent encounters with a number of shamanic medicines whose most immediate effect is pain and physical discomfort led me to consider the role of pain in the psychedelic healing process. A shamanic...
View ArticleThe Psychedelic Society Revisited: On Reducing Valves, Reality Tunnels and...
This essay was originally published in the August 2015 edition of Psychedelic Press UK. It continues the exploration of some ideas which were discussed in an older essay which was published in this...
View ArticlePsychoactive identity politics: What drug activists could learn from identity...
Recently I had the opportunity to talk on a popular Israeli TV show about the practice of micro-dosing on LSD. I was invited to the program as an expert on psychedelics, yet at a certain point in our...
View Article7 images of Drug Molecules and What They Can Teach Us (Without Knowing...
I’m not a big expert on the chemistry of psychoactive drugs, but last week I had the opportunity of examining the structural formulas of common psychoactive molecules and was greatly amazed and amused....
View ArticleNew paper on the role of meaning augmentation in psychedelic therapy,...
Beyond running a couple of internet blogs dedicated to psychedelic culture, in my spare time I also do academic work in the field of psychedelics. This past year I’ve had a chance to bring psychedelics...
View ArticleThe Altered Mind: Psychedelics & the Ethics of Mind-Enhancement — Event and...
Yesterday evening I had the great privilege and honor of hosting Rick Doblin, founder and executive director of MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies) at the Harvard Kennedy School...
View ArticleTowards a science of psychedelic aesthetics
This article was originally published in XXV edition of the Psychedelic Press Journal (2018) p. 49-59. See here. What is it about psychedelic visuals that makes them so arresting and absorbing? In...
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Announcing the launch of the world’s first Psychedelic Video Museum
Problems are also opportunities to try something new and exciting. Sometimes, that something is an internet website. In April 2010 I had a recurring problem. Over the years I have developed a deep...
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Announcing the publication of American Trip: Set, Setting and The psychedelic...
My book American Trip: Set, Setting and the Psychedelic Experience in the 20th Century is appearing today with MIT Press and I’m incredibly proud and excited! I’ve started working on this book over a...
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Beyond Psychedelic Culture
This essay was originally published in Chacruna, under the title How Set and Setting Shape Psychedelic Cultures *** How much of what we think we know about the effects of psychedelics originates from...
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Setting intention for a 21st century collective trip
This piece was originally published in the Lucid News. *** After taking a trip with psychedelics in the 1960s, our culture is now at it again, but if we want this one to be epic and not a bummer, we...
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Psychedelics and Culture: An Evening in Celebration of the Book American...
To join the event on Facebook Live click here at the scheduled time. To join zoom click here. Description How does culture shape psychedelic experiences? And how do psychedelics shape human cultures?...
View ArticleAmerican Trip Book Launch Video
Comments and responses to the themes and ideas of American Trip: Set, Setting and the Psychedelic Experience in the 20th Century. Speakers 8:40 Leor Roseman: Psychedelic peace-building. occupation,...
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Plant Allies: Agents and Ambassadors, an essay on Psychedelia and...
Immensely proud to contribute a paper on psychedelics and interspecies relations in a new and incredibly gorgeous book titled Eco Noir: A Companion for Precarious Times. This inspiring project brings...
View ArticleNew paper out: Set and Setting in the Santo Daime
I’m incredibly proud to report my new paper Set and Setting in the Santo Daime was published yesterday by Frontiers in Pharmacology. The new paper offers a high-resolution analysis of the...
View ArticleThe Mind Foundation produced a 20 minutes film about my book American Trip!
The Mind Foundation produced a 20-minute film about my book American trip: Set, Setting and the Psychedelic Experience in the 20th Century and my research on the relationship between set and setting...
View ArticlePsychedelics, Set and setting and the digital realm (a new trilogy of papers)
Academic life moves in ebbs and tides. After publishing a trilogy of papers on set and setting in 2016-2018 I’ve went into a hiatus in which I focused mostly on my book American Trip which appeared in...
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