Learn More About Psilocybin Mushroom Spores It’s easy to explain the appeal of drugs like heroin and cocaine, which directly stimulate the brain’s reward centres. What’s less easy to explain is the appeal of psychedelic drugs such as LSD and psilocybin that produce altered states of consciousness. After all, there’s no obvious reason why unusual … Read more
The real promise of LSD, MDMA and mushrooms for medical science
Psychedelic science is making a comeback.
Opening up the future of psychedelic science
Attempts to replicate classical scientific studies have been failing. These alarming failures have hit psychology, the life sciences and other fields, calling major findings into question. Scientists agree: questionable research practices are rife in many disciplines.
‘Microdosers’ of LSD and magic mushrooms are wiser and more creative
We just ran the first ever pre-registered scientific study on the microdosing of psychedelics and found some very promising results.
What if psychedelics could revolutionize the way you die?
My story begins eight years ago, when I was approached by my first client requesting that I supervise her in a therapeutic session with a psychedelic medicine.
Psychedelics to treat mental illness? Australian researchers are giving it a go
An estimated one in ten Australians were taking antidepressants in 2015. That’s double the number using them in 2000, and the second-highest rate of antidepressant use among all OECD countries.
Psychedelic experiences disrupt routine thinking — and so has the coronavirus pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the widespread disruption of our usual routines. The ambiguity of when it will end, how things will unfold and what will happen in the future has resulted in a collective liminal state, a kind of a waiting area on the threshold of change.
‘Morality pills’ may be the US’s best shot at ending the coronavirus pandemic, according to one ethicist
COVID-19 is a collective risk. It threatens everyone, and we all must cooperate to lower the chance that the coronavirus harms any one individual. Among other things, that means keeping safe social distances and wearing masks. But many people choose not to do these things, making spread of infection more likely.
Liberty cap: the surprising tale of how Europe’s magic mushroom got its name
It’s autumn, the best season for mushroom pickers. And mushrooms – specifically magic ones – are in the spotlight. A growing body of research is showing that psilocybin, the main psychoactive compound in magic mushrooms, has potential in treating psychological disorders like depression, addiction and PTSD. The state of Oregon just voted to legalise the mushrooms for therapeutic use – a US first.
Will Australia legalise ecstasy and magic mushrooms to treat mental illness? Here’s why it’s still too soon
While the public focus remains on COVID vaccines, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) continues to evaluate a range of proposals around the provision of medical treatments in Australia.
The Message Is Out Of The Bottle: A Psychedelic Sea-Change At ‘Breaking Convention’
Learn More About Psilocybin Mushroom Spores Community Rosalind Stone · August 28th, 2017 It felt apt to glimpse the silhouetted timbers of the celebrated nineteenth-century tea-clipper the Cutty Sark (which putatively moonlighted as an opium-trafficking vessel!) against the skyline as I arrived at Greenwich University for Breaking Convention 2017. The 4th International Conference on Psychedelic … Read more
Horizons: The Psychedelic Conference Where Old Meets New
Learn More About Psilocybin Mushroom Spores Community Sporestore · October 27th, 2018 The biggest and longest running psychedelic conference happens the first weekend in October each year in New York, and I went there to share some of the experience with you. The name: Horizons: Perspectives on Psychedelics. For three days, psychonauts from around … Read more
Oakland Activists Unveil Plan To Regulate Sale of Psychedelics
Learn More About Psilocybin Mushroom Spores Community Reilly Capps · January 31st, 2020 Psychedelics like ayahuasca, peyote and mushrooms are no longer treated as crimes by law enforcement in Oakland. Today, the group that successfully lobbied to change city policy in June, Decriminalize Nature Oakland, announced it intends to take decriminalization a step further. It … Read more
#ThankYouPlantMedicine Creates Wave of Gratitude for Ayahuasca, LSD, and Mushrooms
Learn More About Psilocybin Mushroom Spores Community Reilly Capps · February 19th, 2020 Gratitude for psychedelics is flooding the Internet. Thousands of people from around the world are sharing stories of personal change: how marijuana healed childhood abuse, iboga extirpated heroin addiction, and ayahuasca replaced antidepressants. Videos and posts with the hashtag #ThankYouPlantMedicine pepper Instagram, … Read more
10 Steps to Taking Care of Yourself and Others During COVID-19
Learn More About Psilocybin Mushroom Spores Community Paul Austin · March 19th, 2020 The following information comes directly from Dr. Dan Engle, a board-certified psychiatrist and neurologist who teaches that the true goal of medicine is to facilitate the innate healing of the body and mind, supporting each one of us in our process of … Read more
Important Lessons from My Microdosing Experience
Learn More About Psilocybin Mushroom Spores Community Leah van der Kooy · September 22nd, 2020 By Leah van der Kooy, Licensed Professional Counselor and Participant in Sporestore’s Microdosing Experience Program When I first enrolled in the Sporestore’s Microdosing Experience, I could not have predicted the profound psychological and spiritual changes I was about to undergo. … Read more
Finding Wisdom in Plant Medicine
Learn More About Psilocybin Mushroom Spores Community Leah van der Kooy · September 29th, 2020 By Leah van der Kooy, Licensed Professional Counselor and Participant in Sporestore’s Microdosing Experience Program What now? After completing a six-week course on microdosing plant medicine, I was left with a deep sense of conviction and curiosity that this was … Read more
Transcript: Telemedicine, Ketamine Lozenges, and Healing Depression – Casey Paleos M.D
Learn More About Psilocybin Mushroom Spores Please enjoy this transcript of our interview with Casey Paleos M.D. Dr. Casey Paleos is among the earliest researchers in the Sporestore of psychedelic study, both in ketamine and other psychedelics. In this episode, he and Paul discuss the use of ketamine in telemedicine, early psilocybin and ketamine trials, … Read more
Transcript: Myth, Mastery, and the Mystical Cure for Depression – Erick Godsey
Learn More About Psilocybin Mushroom Spores Please enjoy this transcript of our interview with Erick Godsey. Erick Godsey is on the forefront of self-optimization through physical health, reframing our stories, responsible psychedelic use, mastery, and flow. In this episode, he talks with Paul about the psychedelic experience that almost broke his brain, how he defines … Read more
Transcript: Biohacking, Self-Optimization, and Becoming Superhuman – Boomer Anderson
Learn More About Psilocybin Mushroom Spores Please enjoy this transcript of our interview with Boomer Anderson. At the age of 30, with a successful career and a highly active lifestyle, Boomer Anderson was diagnosed with cardiovascular disease. This unpleasant surprise led him on a journey to self-optimization covering everything from sleep to diet to meditation … Read more