Rick Doblin had come to believe that psychedelic experiences are the "common core" of all religions, and he wanted to test this thesis. In February 1984, the 31-year-old college student living off a ...

A new biography explores the life and ideas of the man who founded the first primitive religion of the future.

In one common account of modern psychedelic culture's origins, LSD was initially monopolized by the national security state, which saw such drugs as tools for "control of human behavior." The results ...

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Psychedelics have a rich history, one that began well before the 1950s, when chemist Albert Hofmann synthesized lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and psilocybin. Nonetheless, Hofmann’s work can be ...

"Most people I’ve talked to about it put it up there with the wackiest things they’ve ever seen." — ABC announcer Sean ...

In the heights of the Peruvian Andes, a civilization once found a remarkable way to make peace—by getting collectively high.

Margaret Mead was among the most famous scientists of the 20 th century. Despite this, however, her role in the early history of psychedelic research has gone strangely unnoticed. With her ...

In the United States, there is a distinct tendency for opioid epidemics to be followed by stimulant epidemics. David Musto, M.D., renowned Yale historian of medicine and expert on drug policy, first ...

Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and producer Maejor wants to heal through music and is doing that through psychedelics. That inspired Maejor to premiere “Psychedelic Frequency,” a podcast that ...