This talk explores VR scenarios designed to promote movement through phases of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, and discusses a novel protocol that utilizes unique features of VR as the moderator of the psychedelic journey. The protocol…
Belladonna, Henbane and Datura are some of the European power plants, holding the key to an altered mind perspective, as well as being important physically-active medicine. Since ancient times, these incredible plants have been famed for…
David Holmgren draws on a lifelong passion for ethnobotanical knowledge and practise to tell stories that celebrate abundance and diversity pushing the boundaries of social and at times legal norms. These true stories cut paths through…
In 2011, the first darknet market or cryptomarket for illegal drugs (Silk Road) began trading. It marked a key innovation in digitally mediated drug trading, where buyers could purchase illegal drugs, including psychedelics, from an array…
Large doses of psychedelic drugs like LSD/DMT/Psilocybin are well-known to produce enduring changes in creativity, mood and cognition in users. More recently, it has been claimed that regular, small “microdoses” of psychedelics at sub-perceptual…
Prior to MDMA being banned internationally in 1987, it was showing promise as a pharmacological adjunct to psychotherapy. In the past decade, there has been significant global growth in clinical trials of MDMA that have shown MDMA-assisted…
Storytelling has played a central role in the creation and transmission of ethnobotanical knowledge throughout time. Entheogenic plants have rich histories of social, cultural, and medicinal applications and have tended to feature prominently…
The principles for psychedelic support (otherwise known as ‘trip sitting’) that are promoted by international groups like MAPS Zendo Project and Kosmicare Association, as well as Australia’s DanceWize program, focus on set and setting.…
With the increasing acceptance within the mainstream, many people are seeking psychedelics for many reasons. Healing, meaning, spiritual awakening, pleasure… The list goes on. There are also many routes for meeting these medicines as…
Victoria isn't often thought of as a place for exotic mushrooms but the State has diverse habitats and with that comes some of the most beautiful and significant mushrooms there are in Australia. In this talk, Beau will showcase over a decades…
