“When we first fall in love we can be amazed with how perfect the beloved is for us, the answer to our prayer. The beloved can become a portal to the infinite because love is infinite and the beloved is the Sacred Mirror that shares this Divine energy. With the Read more…
“The scariest part of ayahuasca, the thing that scares us the most, is that we might see ourselves.” -Gerard Armond Powell Art by Incedigris
“Drug decriminalization is only one facet of decriminalization. The concept applies just as well to things beyond drugs. Indeed, imagine if our society decriminalized people.” (Washington, D.C.) Excerpt from We’re here, we’re high, written by Vincent Allen Rado
“I suffered from PTSD after an experience with sexual trauma and an orgasm while masturbating on mushrooms helped me to heal. After the assault, my power and sense of self-worth was stolen. It was accompanied by shame and disgust towards myself and my body, but the experience of masturbating on Read more…
“My first time doing Kambo was in Pisac, Peru. Held in the ‘healing room’, it was a one-on-one session with a practitioner from Hawaii who grew up with ayuvedic doctors as parents. It started with a 12 hour fast the day before. The next morning, I set my intentions and Read more…
“In 2004 I was in the Marine Corps infantry where I served a tour of combat duty in Iraq. My unit was stationed in the Sunni Triangle; we were sent to the front lines of some of the most hostile areas in Iraq. Our unit was attacked nearly every day. Read more…
A psychedelic experience of William Leonard Pickard, one of two people convicted in the largest lysergic acid diethylamide manufacturing case in history: “The present unfolded into the past. We saw the history of pain: the naked mothers with flesh hanging from their arms at Nagasaki, the cannibalism of children at Read more…
“At Boom Festival in 2002, I accidentally drank a water bottle with 120-150 hits of acid. Someone was giving out cap fulls, but it was accidentally mixed up with a regular one. It wasn’t until I started coming up that I realized what happened. At this point, purging wouldn’t have Read more…
“Sex is integral in so many aspects of well-being. It incorporates the emotional, cognitive, behavioral, and social aspects of the self, and yet despite its importance it is often ignored in both mental health care and in our daily lives. Talking about sex is stigmatized, which in turn affects the Read more…
“I experimented with different psychedelics on and off for about 7-8 years. In that time I had profound experiences with psilocybin and LSD. They brought me to my knees in tears from the overwhelming sense of love and acceptance. They made me feel connected to something bigger than myself, a Read more…