Over the next period, we will be curating a Cognitive Liberty hashtag campaign, offering a selection of images and stories in support of the entheogenic coming-out process. This already challenging process is made even more difficult by decades of politics
The Future of Drug Policy Reform
To date, the (student) drug policy reform movement has been primarily known for its work on cannabis policy reform. This is understandable – the movements to decriminalize and legalize medical cannabis started back in the 1970s. Recent changes in state
Using Psychedelics to Treat Cluster Headaches
Cluster headaches also known as “ice pick” or “suicide headaches” are known medically as the most pain that a human being can endure. The reason they are called clusters headaches are because they come in patterns or a cluster of
Psychedelic Birth: A new way forward
Ten years ago my jaw unbuckled while listening to a friend recount the narrative of his birth. It was the late 70’s, and so, naturally, as his mother’s belly began contracting, she placed a hit of acid on her tongue
Back to Eleusis: An Interview with Carl Ruck, PhD
Psychoactive sacraments have helped us experience the divine since the first stirrings of religion at the dawn of human consciousness. They were involved at the “very origin of humankind’s religious cognition, the awareness that there was a spiritual dimension to
Are the politics of consciousness a form of identity politics?
Recently I had the opportunity to talk on a popular Israeli TV show about the practice of micro-dosing on LSD. I was invited to the program as an expert on psychedelics, yet at a certain point in our conversation one