by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Nov 25, 2019 | Psychedelic Medicine
Psilocybin cubensis, a psychedelic species of fungi commonly known as “magic mushrooms,” has been part of human culture for thousands of years. Known to both ancient cultures and to modern science as being able to reliably produce a mystical experience, these...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Nov 25, 2019 | Psychedelic Medicine
We’ve come a long way from doctors endorsing cigarettes and authority figures saying that nicotine is perfectly safe, but even in this day and age when we know that tobacco is the single leading cause of preventable death,[1. CDC Tobacco Fact Sheet:...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Sep 1, 2018 | Psychedelic Medicine
The Food and Drug Administration has taken an active role in approving new therapies to treat depression this week. On August 23, the Inquisitr reported that the FDA approved a new form of transcranial magnetic stimulation to help ease treatment-resistant depression....
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Jul 20, 2018 | Psychedelic Medicine
As human beings, we are hardwired to experience Ecstasy, Epiphany, Laughter and Bliss. Little children twirling in the summer sun to experience the altered state of becoming falling-down-dizzy are not very far removed from whirling dervishes seeking spiritual...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | May 2, 2018 | Psychedelic Medicine
By Vanja Palmers Both meditation and psychedelics are close to my heart. I’m grateful to both of them for having shown me that true essence of the heart, which is the heart of everyone and everything, our ultimate belonging and source of meaning. For starters,...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Apr 25, 2018 | Psychedelic Medicine
MDMA, the active ingredient in the drug Ecstasy, has been reviled as a menace and even a killer. Now some therapists claim it can help light the way out of a traumatic past. Sarah lived in a basement for a few weeks when she was a child. But in a way, she lived there...
