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Early Experimental LSD Cultures in the Clinic

Early Experimental LSD Cultures in the Clinic

Magaly Tornay looks at early practices of meaning-making around LSD in the clinic, a crucial...
Women, Mental Illness and Psychedelic Therapy in Postwar France

Women, Mental Illness and Psychedelic Therapy in Postwar France

By examining archival documents that highlight the experiences of women, Zoë Dubus is able to...
Is it accurate to label the Sartre mescaline experience a "bad trip"?

Mescaline, Between Psychopathology and Phenomenology: Sartre and Experimentation in 1930s France

Jean-Paul Sartre’s famous bad trip took place in February 1935, but is it accurate to...
A global history of psychedelics.

Global History of Psychedelics: A Chacruna Series

Our new Chacruna series will highlight the global history of psychedelics. It will highlight some...
Press release for upcoming Global history of Psychedelics series.

Press Release – Chacruna’s Global History of Psychedelics Series Launches October 4th

Articles in Chacruna's upcoming Global History of Psychedelics series will highlight the global dimensions and...
Chacruna Course - Roots of Psychedelic Therapy: Shamanism, Ritual and Traditional Uses of Sacred Plants

Press Release – “Roots of Psychedelic Therapy” Explores Sacred Plants’ Use Through History

Registration is now open for Chacruna's new lecture series that highlights topics from shamanism to...
old uses for peyote in mexico

Old Uses of Peyote in Traditional Mexican Medicine and its Inclusion in Official Pharmacopeia

Starting with Mexico's first National Pharmacopeia in 1846, Nidia Olvera-Hernández traces the long history of...
Luisa Rebeca Gambier de Álvarez de Toledo, psychoanalyst

LSD and Ayahuasca in Argentina: The Pioneering Work of a Psychoanalyst in the 1950s

Luisa Rebeca Gambier de Álvarez de Toledo was a pioneer in the field of psychoanalysis...
How have perceptions of peyote and mescaline changed since Huxley used them in the 1950s?

Peyote/Mescaline’s Use in Huxley’s Psychedelic Era. Is It Different From Today?

In clinical literature, psilocybin, DMT, and MDMA receive a great deal of attention, but, as...
Emily Willow

Integrating the Wisdom of Psychedelic History with Emily Willow

Dr. Emily Willow made it her mission to further the psychedelic renaissance through education, including...
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