{ A note to the reader: The music I primarily listened to while writing this essay is The Meaning by Desert Of Hiatus. I invite you to listen to the album while reading it. Also, for readability and collection

It is undeniable that the modern psychedelic culture owes its existence, to some degree, to the great bard, Terence McKenna. According to James Oroc, in his new book The New Psychedelic Revolution, McKenna

"Have you heard of DMT?", he asked. "No," I replied, "what is it?" As he spoke -- telling me about fractals and shapes and sounds and psychedelia, about birth and death and

In case you were unaware, the psilocybin mushroom has a rich and important history. We know that the indigenous cultures of Central and South America used the mushroom for thousands of years as a medicine

The following is an excerpt from my book Decomposing The Shadow: Lessons From The Psilocybin Mushrooms (2013) There Is No Such Thing As A Bad Trip (?) “There’s no such thing as a bad trip” is a concept