{"id":4181,"date":"2026-08-01T06:00:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T06:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/?p=4181"},"modified":"2026-08-01T06:00:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T06:00:40","slug":"goodnews-august-2026-good-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/2026\/08\/01\/goodnews-august-2026-good-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"goodnews august 2026 \u2013 good to know"},"content":{"rendered":"

Warmest congratulations!<\/a>
\npsychoactive |\u00a0 YouTube | July 1
\nLivestream on the occasion of the 95th birthday of Stanislav Grof<\/p>\n

Psychedelic-Assisted therapy (PAT)<\/a>
\npsychoactive | DoubeBlind | July 1
\nSynthetic psilocybin is not as effective as its natural counterpart.<\/p>\n

Eight Swiss Cannabis Pilots<\/a>
\npsychoactive | Business of Cannabis | July 1
\nUp to 5000 new participants may newly opt for home delivery<\/p>\n

Spirit of the times<\/a>
\npsychoactive | Altered States of America.| July 1
\nRobert Forte discusses MKULTRA, Tim Leary, progress with Philip Slater<\/p>\n

Existentialism 101<\/a>
\nculture | Aeon | July 2
\nJean-Paul Sartre urges us to take responsability for ourselves.<\/p>\n

A big deal<\/a>
\npsychoactive | The Telegraph | July 4
\nMy husband wants us to try psychedelics at 50.<\/p>\n

An open mind<\/a>
\npsychoactive | PsyPost | July 5
\nClassic psychedelics encourage healthy attitudes<\/p>\n

Ibogaine<\/a>
\npsychoactive | MAPS | July 7
\nMAPS publishes investigator’s brochure as a free, open-access resource.<\/p>\n

Psilocybin<\/a>
\npsychoactive | Cambridge Core | July 7
\nPilot study shows further potential as a treatment for anorexia nervosa.<\/p>\n

A rapid and durable profile emerges<\/a>
\npsychoactive | Compass | July 7
\nCompass Pathways Announces Six-Month Data from Second Phase 3 Trial\u00a0with synthetic psilocybin<\/p>\n

Machine elves?<\/a>
\npsychoactive | Nautilus | July 8
\nLilliputian hallucinations under investigation<\/p>\n

Endurance<\/a>
\npsychoactive | Axios | July 9
\nA 500-mile run on psychedelics.<\/p>\n

Moral rectitude<\/a>
\npsychoactive | The Psychedelic Blog | July 10
\nWho gets to decide what ways of taking psychedelics are legitimate?<\/p>\n

Machine elves II<\/a>
\npsychoactive | The Microdose | July 13
\nIn the mountains of Yunnan Jian Shou Qing leads to Lilliputian hallucinations<\/p>\n

Respectable<\/a>
\npsychoactive | Psychedelic Alpha | July 14
\nEli Lilly acquires Atai Beckley for up to $3.8 billion, buying a stake in 5-MeO-DMT.<\/p>\n

Brain change<\/a>
\npsychoactive | Psychology Today | July 17
\nPsilocybin, 5-MeO-DMT, LSD and ketamine may work by promoting neuroplasticity<\/p>\n

Memory<\/a>
\nscience | BPS | July 20
\nPatients who know they are receiving a placebo react even better.<\/p>\n

How drugs work on the brain<\/a>
\npsychoactive | Cornell Chronicle| July 23
\nThe basic neurology of psychedelic research explained by Prof. David Nutt<\/p>\n

Conspiracies<\/a>
\nscience | British Psychological Society | July 24
\nFibbing or do you really believe what you say?<\/p>\n

LSD<\/a>
\nscience | Psychology Today | July 25
\nLasting changes in brain function occur quickly after a single LSD treatment.<\/p>\n

Rabbinic trips<\/a>
\npsychoactive | The Times of Israel| | July 26
\nNew York exhibition shows Jewish psychedelic counterculture<\/p>\n

PAT (Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy)<\/a>
\npsychoactive | DoubleBlind | July 27
\nWhat if the music is the decisve healing factor?<\/p>\n

Total solar eclipse<\/a>
\nscience | Live Science | Juy 27
\nHappening on 12 August, maybe in the sky near you\u2026<\/p>\n

Psilocybin<\/a>
\npsychoactive | PsyPost | July 27
\nCompound to help protect skin against premature aging.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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