If the Mysteries of Eleusis are to be resurrected, if we are to reestablish a living connection with our collective unconscious and with the natural planet that gives us life, then there must be new pathways opened to function like
Integration as Dialogue: Interview with Richard Doyle
This past fall 2015, ERIE interviewed University of Pennsylvania Professor Richard Doyle, author of Darwin’s Pharmacy. In this book, Doyle coins the term ecodelic as an additional option for psychedelic or entheogen; referring to psychoactive earth medicines that help individuals
Ego Death
(English) Ego death is when your subjective identity completely dissolves, and is a common phenomenon in high dose psychedelic sessions. The following is a personal account of one of the most terrifying and significant ego deaths I have had the chance to
The Quest for Integration
In the past few decades, the shamanistic and religious use of visionary plants and fungi has been progressively more available to the Western seeker. Within this equation, we find phenomena such as the international expansion of the Brazilian ayahuasca churches, Westerners
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