The post From AI rainbow tears to Y2K bug errors, Malchiore Galiano’s collages divulge a kaleidoscope of secrets. appeared first on Psychedelia. From AI rainbow tears to Y2K bug errors, Malchiore Galiano’s collages divulge a kaleidoscope of secrets. By: Sara Brittany Somerset New York-based artist Malchiore Galiano recontextualizes early Internet history through the lens of contemporary pop and social media culture in paintings, drawings and his signature collages. Lose yourself in the moment of these affirmations of hope and whimsy ..read more

The post Psychedelics & the Law – Navigating the Oregon Trail appeared first on Psychedelia. Psychedelics & the Law – Navigating the Oregon Trail By: Lizzie Fanckboner, J. Raza Lawrence, & Jeff Zuber Oregon is preparing to roll out the nation’s first psilocybin licensing program. This is an exciting development for an industry that has spent decades mired in social stigma and criminal prosecution, and is likely the beginning of a new era of legalized psychedelics. Naturally, psychedelics experts and aficionados around the world are wondering how they can participate in this trailbl ..read more

The post Meet Moudou Baqui – The founder of Decriminalize Nature Detroit gives us the shaman’s eye view of Michigan’s vibrant and vital psychedelic culture. appeared first on Psychedelia. Meet Moudou Baqui – The founder of Decriminalize Nature Detroit gives us the shaman’s eye view of Michigan’s vibrant and vital psychedelic culture. By: Ryan M. Place Michigan is a psychedelic hotspot. Psilocybin and entheogens like ayahuasca have been officially decriminalized in Washtenaw County, home of Ann Arbor, and in the city of Detroit. A movement for statewide decriminalization in 2023 is gaining trac ..read more

The post Deepak Chopra – The Pioneering author and healer discusses the role of psychedelics in integrative medicine. appeared first on Psychedelia. The Psychedelia Interview: Mind Body + Soul By: Jeff Zuber There is no more influential figure in mind-body health and connectedness than Deepak Chopra. Psychedelia’s Jeff Zuber sat down with him recently to discuss his career, ideas and the integration of psychedelics in his medical practice today. A physician, teacher and best-selling author, Chopra has had a career in healing and wellness that runs the gamut of medicine across many schools and ..read more

The post A Beginner’s Guide to Psychedelics appeared first on Psychedelia. By Emma Stone What would you give to see the world through fresh eyes? For many of us, our addictions, behaviors, and habits result from constantly treading the same neural pathways. The more we fall into familiar grooves, the more our perception of the world around us narrows. So, how can we shake up our entrenched views of the world?  Psychedelics might provide an answer. These mind-altering, perception-shifting substances are rapidly re-entering the collective consciousness — and research into their therapeutic ..read more

The post ‘We want to help people today’: Silo Wellness CEO Douglas K. Gordon is Going All In on Health and Wellness Right Now appeared first on Psychedelia. By Garrett Rudolph There’s a legitimate debate in society about the future of psychedelics. While everyone seems to agree that the regulatory landscape is tilting toward some variety of decriminalization or legalization, some believe access will be strictly limited to patients with specific indications and a prescription from their doctor. Others see a more open pathway that would allow all adults to buy and use psychedelics for any reason ..read more

The post Meet Payton Nyquvest: What Drives the CEO of Numinus to Expand? appeared first on Psychedelia. Interview by Tom Zuber Payton Nyquvest leads one of the most dynamic companies in the psychedelics space, with Numinus Health treating patients on the clinical side, and Numinus Biosciences on the product research and development side.   But before becoming CEO of Numinus, Nyquvest was brought into the world of psychedelics as a patient, a life-changing experience that brought him back from the brink of despair. Tom Zuber: Where did you grow up? And what led you to knock on the door of ..read more

The post Who is Matthew W. Johnson? appeared first on Psychedelia. By Garrett Rudolph To the general public, it started with a single tweet: “It’s official. I just received a UO1 grant from NIDA to study #psilocybin for tobacco addiction,” Matthew W. Johnson announced on his Twitter account, @Drug_Researcher, on September 20, 2021. “To my knowledge, it’s the 1st grant from the US government in over half a century to directly study therapeutics of a classic #psychedelic. A new era in the legitimacy of psychedelic science.” In the coming weeks, news organizations throughout North America wo ..read more

The post 6 Legends in the History of Psychedelics appeared first on Psychedelia. Albert Hofmann The Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann might have been forgotten in the annals of history if not for accidentally ingesting a substance he’d synthesized five years earlier. Hoffmann first synthesized LSD in 1938, but it wasn’t until 1943 that he realized its incredible power. Read more about Hofmann and the creation of Bicycle Day, in honor of the first intentional acid trip, on Page 56.   Aldous Huxley Huxley, a prolific writer for nearly 50 years, became a literary legend with his novel “Brave New ..read more

The post A Celebration of LSD appeared first on Psychedelia. By Al Olson Most of us were taught in grade school about Christopher Columbus’ voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492, Paul Revere’s midnight horse ride from Boston to Lexington in 1775 and Apollo 11’s first manned mission to the moon in 1969. But nearly forgotten in the annals of human history is the scientifically significant trip taken by Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann on a bicycle through Basel, Switzerland, on April 19, 1943. That was until Thomas Roberts, professor emeritus from Northern Illinois University, decided to corr ..read more