Treasure
In 2018, a lone metal detectorist made what’s widely considered to be one of the most significant archeological discoveries of the 21st century. The animated film by Samantha Moore explores the question of who it belonged to and what it may have meant.
Psychedelics with Joe Green
A podcast hosted by Kara Swisher
A primer from the Chacruna Institute
Indigenous psilocybin mushroom practices, an annotated bibliography
Shamanism
psychoactive | Maps Bulletin | 2 February
A psychedelic journey into the arctic night
Solar
eco | pv-magazine | 2 February
2023 best year worldwide for irradiance
Abused
psychoactive | Mother Jones | 3 February
Sexual misconduct in the addiction treatment industry
Sobriety
psychoactive | New York Times | 4 February
Changing patterns of substance use
Stigma
science | The Conversation | 5 February
Late diagnosis of alcohol addiction is often deadly
Pets & others
psychoactive | New York Times | 6 February
Curing animals with cannabis
Changes
eco | Vox | 7 February
More leaves and greener oceans
Psilocybin
psychoactive | Imperial College London | 7 February
Study confirms better sex thanks to shrooms
2000 years ago and earlier
psychoactive | Live Science | 8 February
Romans used a hollowed-out animal bone to store henbane seeds
Europe
culture | Nadja | 9 February
Union reaches agreement to eradicate violence against women
Ancient hunting structure
culture | Live Science | 13 February
11,000-year-old wall discovered in the Baltic Sea off Germany
Bummers
psychoactive | The Conversation | 14 February
Short circuiting a negative experience is not advisable
LSD
psychoactive | New Scientist | 15 February
Microdosing increases the complexity of your brain signals
Psychedelics
psychoactive | CNN | 19 February
Injured athletes embark on healing journeys
Neuorscience
culture | Imperial College | 21 February
New psychedelic treatments for brain disorders
Determinism
psychoactive | The Psychedelic Blog | 23 February
Free will and psychedelics considered by Andrew Weise
Dolphins
psychoactive | the Chrnicle | 27 February
Margret Mead & Gregory Bateson tripped wth cetaceans
Kasia Kopanska, PhD.: Embodied Expansion – Psychedelics & Bodywork
How to prepare the body to release trauma during psychedelic experiences. What physical reactions to expect; how to integrate and hold expanded consciousness in the body tissues; how people in the past have used various ways of working with body to enter into altered states of consciousness; how and why the body has been forgotten in the process of consciousness expansion; how this differs in men and women
Basel | gaiamedia lounge | Hochstrasse 70 | Thursday, 14 March | 6-9 pm / CHF 15/10
@ Cabaret Voltaire
The Psychedelic Salon Zürich
Postponed to 21 March!
Claude Weill: A Return Ticket to Elysium – Psychedelics in the Second Half of Life
Claude is the author of Elysium hin und zurück (A return ticket to Elysium). The nine people portrayed in the book are all in the second half of life, bring with them a wide variety of life backgrounds, work in different professions or are already retired. For them, the regular or occasional use of mind-altering substances represents an access to extraordinary experiences of spiritual-mystical dimensions. This is the topic of tonight’s Salon.
Zürich | Cabaret Voltaire | Spiegelgasse 1 | Thursday, 21 March | 6-9 pm | CHF 15/10
Related
Preparation Protocol for psychedelic experiences
with Valentina Manini
In this workshop, the different components of a Psychedelic Preparation Protocol are explored.
Online | Thursday, 7 March 2024 | 8.30 pm CET
Ayahuasca Healing, Science and Indigenous Knowledge
Organized by the Chacruna Institute
Online Course | 1 April – 8 July 2024
The Science of Consciousness
30th Annual Conference of the Center of Consciousness Studies of the Uni Arizona
Tucson, AZ | Loews Ventana Canyon Resort | 22 – 27 April 2024
Horizons: Perspectives on Psychedelics
New York City | Academy of Medicine | 8-11 May 2024
In the sixties and seventies, young and inexperienced people – like myself – embarked on LSD and other trips without knowing how to make them safe. We’d heard of set and setting but the terms trip sitting, and safe tripping were coined much later. We often relied on people we barely knew to help us navigate journeys they were clueless about themselves. Fortunately, we often were part of smaller or larger gatherings of the like-minded, affording us a certain measure of emotional and physical safety. Being young and unburdened overwhelmingly made for positive experiences. If young adults were also most often in trouble, it is because consumers of psychedelic substances were mostly under 25. Older subjects may have been better prepared, but had they taken psychedelics in comparable numbers, more problematic use would have arisen among them too.
What works for safe tripping holds true for life in general. Why do some people stumble upon charlatans and hypocrites time and again, whereas others easily find the right doctors, friends, teachers, or sources? Is it because some are so traumatized as to be completely out of touch with their feelings? “If it feels good, do it!” says an old hippie adage. The contrary is also true: “If it doesn’t feel good, don’t do it!” And it helps to keep your eyes peeled for your surroundings, and to observe. For psychedelic journeys, therapy or healing circles ask: are the potential sitters, teachers or therapists well-prepared? Are they warm and generous or aloof and expensive and/or insufficiently equipped? Do they have a sense of humor and a ready smile? Or are they the kind that don’t let you in on their feelings, ranging from stoic to stern? Are you intimidated?
What was the first thought that came to mind when you entered the room/came to this new situation? What were you first impressions? Don’t let your eagerness to attend or partake in new experiences cloud your judgment. Do not decide you’re going no matter what! Being informed helps you know what to expect, and to make better choices. Like Terence McKenna said, taking psychedelic trips starts on the internet.
Alternatively, you might want to expand your consciousness by being in nature. Spring is almost here!
Yours,
Susanne G. Seiler
P.S. You’ll find us at the gaialounge, Hochstrasse 70 (behind Basel’s SBB station, tram stop Peter Merian), every Thursday afternoon from 14 – 18 h. Welcome!
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