An archeologist cataloging the contents of an ancient trash pit from Utrecht, Holland, discovered a 2000 year-old stash of hallucinogenic henbane seeds, carefully stored in a hollowed-out animal bone.
"The most unsettling feature of the institute, however, was not Lilly’s quixotic obsession with dolphin speech. It was the fact that his dolphins kept dying."
Social acceptability of psilocybin-assisted therapy for existential distress at the end of life: A population-based survey
Plourde et al., 2024
"The social acceptability of psilocybin-assisted therapy for existential distress at the end of life is rather high in Canada. These findings may contribute to efforts to mobilise resources and improve access to this emerging therapy in palliative and end of life care settings."
"The Zendo Project offers professional harm reduction education to communities and organizations, and provides peer support services at events to help transform difficult psychedelic experiences – and other complex emotions – into opportunities for learning and growth."
Margaret Mead, Gregory Bateson, psychedelics, and the weaponization of psychedelics for military intelligence: An interview with Benjamin Breen, author of "Tripping on Utopia: Margaret Mead, the Cold War, and the Troubled Birth of Psychedelic Science.”
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Did you know?
The word 'psychedelic' was created in Canada🍁
Humphrey Osmond (a psychiatrist working in Saskatchewan) coined the term when corresponding with Aldous Huxley via letter in the following poem in 1956:
"To fatham hell or soar angelic/ Just take a pinch of psychdelic." #Psychedelics