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Psychedelica Documentary From Gaia
Here is a link to watch the first episode "Psychedelics and Consciousness", available for free on Gaia. Psychedelics And Consciousness Episode 1 We've also made the episode "Psilocybin: The Magic of Mushrooms" episode available here for free: Psychedelics And...
Magic Mushroom Ceremony Guide | 5 Crucial Steps To Hold Your Own Ceremony
When used within a sacred and ceremonial setting, magic mushrooms can initiate a profound shift in consciousness and assist us with enormous personal and spiritual growth. In this article, we’ll share 5 crucial preparatory steps you need to implement to hold your own...
Exploring the effect of microdosing psychedelics on creativity in an open-label natural setting
Abstract Introduction Taking microdoses (a mere fraction of normal doses) of psychedelic substances, such as truffles, recently gained popularity, as it allegedly has multiple beneficial effects including creativity and...
A step closer to legalizing magic mushrooms as FDA lets second research group use the ‘breakthrough’ drug in clinical trial to treat 80 patients with depression
FDA official designated Ursona Institute’s phase 2 clinical trials using psilocybin to treat depression in 80 patients Breakthrough Therapy status WednesdayThe psychoactive chemical comes from ‘magic mushrooms’ and has now been given ‘Breakthrough Therapy’ designation...
‘Magic mushroom’ ingredient could be used to treat depression, study says
LONDON - JULY 18: Mushrooms lay in a fridge on July 18. 2005 in London, England. The sale of fresh mushrooms has been prohibited as of today due to the reclassification of the drug to Class A. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images) More than 264 million people...
Yale Research Confirms Lingering Mood Benefit of Psychedelics Like LSD and Magic Mushrooms
The research team found that people who recently took psychedelics such as LSD and psilocybin, more commonly known as magic mushrooms, were more likely to report having “transformative experiences” so profound that they came out of the experience radically changed....
The effects of psilocybin and MDMA on between-network resting state functional connectivity in healthy volunteers
Perturbing a system and observing the consequences is a classic scientific strategy for understanding a phenomenon. Psychedelic drugs perturb consciousness in a marked and novel way and thus are powerful tools for studying its mechanisms. In the present analysis, we...
Finding the self by losing the self: Neural correlates of ego‐dissolution under psilocybin
Ego‐disturbances have been a topic in schizophrenia research since the earliest clinical descriptions of the disorder. Manifesting as a feeling that one’s “self,” “ego,” or “I” is disintegrating or that the border between one’s self and the external world is...
Study: Psilocybin From Magic Mushrooms Plus Therapy Delivers Benefits Nearly Five Years Later
A new study adds support to claims that the psychedelic drug psilocybin, when combined with psychotherapy, can effectively treat depression and anxiety years after taking the drug. The research follows up on a 2016 study that tested the effects of a...
Long-term follow-up of psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy for psychiatric and existential distress in patients with life-threatening cancer
Abstract Background: A recently published randomized controlled trial compared single-dose psilocybin with single-dose niacin in conjunction with psychotherapy in participants with cancer-related psychiatric distress. Results suggested that psilocybin-assisted...