A new ARTE documentary follows Amanita muscaria through cultural history, mycology and current research, with Psychedelia Foundation board members Sergio Pérez Rosal and Markus Berger among the contributors.
A cultural studies chapter traces how psychedelics in surf culture moved from the countercultural soul surfing of the 1960s to a subject framed in medical and therapeutic terms.
Emanuel Jas asks whether psychedelic experiences helped humans develop the idea of objective moral truths, combining anthropology and moral philosophy.
A study in Psychedelics finds no reliable historical evidence for an ancient Comcáac tradition of using Sonoran Desert toad secretion and traces how the narrative arose.
A conceptual paper asks why caffeine, nicotine and prescription stimulants are accepted while other psychoactive plants and compounds are criminalized.
A commentary asks how well psychedelic treatment models developed in Western countries transfer to other cultural contexts, using Chinese palliative care.
An international team proposes replacing the term psychedelic renaissance with the concept of a confluence, centering indigenous knowledge systems.
A study of classical Chinese sources examines the religious function of psychoactive plants and elixirs within Daoist ritual and self-cultivation.
A documentary traces Michael Clegg, the former priest who gave ecstasy its name, and MDMA's path from the underground to clinical research.
The Shift Network is hosting a free digital event for Stanislav Grof's 95th birthday, honoring six decades of consciousness research.
Nachtschatten Verlag has relaunched its magazine for psychoactive culture as a quarterly, with a redesigned website and a lower cover price.
Interviews with Basotho healers in Lesotho and South Africa document ritual and medicinal use of the mushroom Psilocybe maluti.
The team behind the first feature documentary on Terence McKenna has launched a crowdfunding campaign to complete the film.
A documentary revisits Owsley Stanley, the LSD chemist behind the Grateful Dead's live sound, and the questions his story leaves open.
Zach Leary combines memoir and cultural history in a book about psychedelics, his father's legacy, and the return of psychedelic research.
Lucys Rausch becomes Lucys: the relaunched magazine and its new website go live in June, with a quarterly print edition for the German-speaking region.
The first TRYP EXPO turns Funkhaus Berlin into a meeting point for psychedelic culture and research from May 15 to 17, with Markus Berger speaking on Sunday.
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