In 2019, I was going through a particularly rough time and searching for something to help me cope. I reached out to a friend who had experience with psychedelics. He suggested I do some research.

Psychedelics like LSD and mushrooms are losing much of their former stigma and more people are becoming curious about these mind-altering drugs.Photograph: Marco Allegretti/Unsplash Six years ago, on ...

Machine Elves, the entities reported during DMT experiences, have sparked a debate: are they interdimensional aliens, or just a bad trip? Let’s dive in. Machine Elves, coined by ethnobotanist Terence ...

In early 2017 I was in a hard place: I was in a failing relationship. I wasn’t sure of where I wanted my career to go and I was at my wit’s end with life. I was 330 pounds and drinking like a viking.

Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is a compound found in various plants and animals that's used as a mind-altering drug. In large enough doses, DMT can give you a "high" and distort your senses so that you see ...

Artificial intelligence has opened new doors for psychedelics enthusiasts to show the world the beautiful realms they inhabit when tripping. As Vice reports, veteran psychedelics researcher David Jay ...

Have you ever wondered why people who nearly die often describe speeding toward supernatural light, or seeing their life flash before their eyes? You may have also heard about the powerful psychedelic ...

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Scientists have gleaned new insights into how psychedelics alter conscious experience via their action on brain activity. In a study at Imperial College London, detailed brain imaging data from 20 ...