Psychedelics and Death: Transitioning from this World with Consciousness
Death midwifery paired with psychedelics offers a way to shift the dialogue around death and begin to speak about it more openly and honestly.
Psychedelic Motherhood: The Altered States of Birth
Psychedelic motherhood employs the lessons learned from psychedelic altered states to navigate the transition to parenthood.
The Izumis & Osmonds: Friendship & Resilience in the Canadian Psychedelic...
Kiyoshi and Amy Izumi found friendship and shared resiliency in Jane and Humphry Osmond as part of the psychedelic community.
Mrs. So-and-So, Women’s Participation in Psychedelic Trials
Finding evidence of women's experiences in early psychedelic trials is challenging, but not impossible.
Hippie Girls in Yorkville: Canada’s Haight-Ashbury
Yorkville, Toronto brought its own Canadian twist on being hip in the age of countercultural radicalism, sexual revolutions, and drug experimentation.
Susi’s Tram Ride: Recognizing the First Woman to Take LSD
Susi Ramstein was the first woman to take LSD and the first psychedelic guide, yet very little is known about her experiences.
Spotlight on Betsy Gordon and the Psychoactive Substances Research Collection
Not one for the limelight, Betsy Gordon has worked behind the scenes of psychedelic psychiatry by preserving psychedelic research.
María Sabina, Mushrooms, and Colonial Extractivism
While Robert Gordon Wasson obtained fame, María Sabina lived with the stigma of "revealing" the secrets of the mushrooms to an outsider.
How MDMA, Octopuses, and Gül Dölen Reopen Minds
Johns Hopkins neuroscientist is ushering in a "critical period" in psychedelic research. But will anyone hear what Gül Dölen has to say?
Anaïs Nin and the Vocabulary of the Psychedelic Experience
Anaïs Nin was critical of the Western psychedelic experience and its reliance on the appropriation of Indo-Tibetan culture and language.