Tag: Women

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...

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...

María Sabina, Mushrooms, and Colonial Extractivism

While Robert Gordon Wasson obtained fame, María Sabina lived with the stigma of "revealing" the...

How MDMA, Octopuses, and Gül Dölen Reopen Minds

Johns Hopkins neuroscientist is ushering in a "critical period" in psychedelic research. But will anyone...

Anaïs Nin and the Vocabulary of the Psychedelic Experience

Anaïs Nin was critical of the Western psychedelic experience and its reliance on the appropriation...

A Song for the Underground Psychedelic Psychotherapist

As psychedelic psychotherapy work grows more legitimate, it is worth appreciating the women who've risked...

Lauretta Bender: Seminal Psychiatrist & Forgotten Psychedelic Pioneer

The story of Loretta Bender reveals a series of triumphs against adversity that led to...

Nancy Turner and the Work of Preserving Plant Knowledge

For decades, Nancy Turner has carefully demonstrated the many cultural and environmental benefits of investing...

Psychedelic Saskatchewan: Kay Parley

Artist and Author Kay Parley and Her Amazing Journey through Manic-Depressive Psychosis to Psychiatric Nursing...

Liana (n): a wandering vine that activates medicines

How MAPS's fundraiser, Liana Sananda Gillooly, has gone from a shoeless rebel to one of...
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