What do Steve Jobs, the Beatles and Nobel Prize winner Francis Crick have in common? They all took psychedelics as a tool for personal and/or spiritual development. There were many more famous influential people that did; eminent scientists, inventors, and artists. The common qualities between them were that they were innovativeб inspirational and creative. I have been interested in herbal medicine and ethnobotanicals for a while, and I wanted to find out more. About three...
What do Steve Jobs, the Beatles and Nobel Prize winner Francis Crick have in common?
They all took psychedelics as a tool for personal and/or spiritual development.
There were many more famous influential people that did; eminent scientists, inventors, and artists. The common qualities between them were that they were innovativeб inspirational and creative.
I have been interested in herbal medicine and ethnobotanicals for a while, and I wanted to find out more. About three years ago I attended a conference in London called Breaking Convention. It’s a multidisciplinary conference on psychedelic consciousness, featuring presenters from around the world.
I listened to some experts talk about psychedelics in law, politics, and society. I gained some fascinating insights on psychedelics as general medicine, in history, and in neuroscience.
I also heard about personal experiences of people who had experimented with psychedelics to try to understand the nature of human consciousness as well as accessing higher realms.
What I found especially interesting was a talk by psychologist James Fadiman Ph.D. on studies of Micro-dosing for therapeutic use in people with depression and addiction.
I was interested because of my work with homeless young people aged 16-25, often with mental health issues, addiction, and treatment-resistant depression. So naturally, I wanted to learn about the potential of psychedelics for treating mental health issues, as well as improved creativity and interconnectedness.
