Psychonautica 39 - Michael Winkleman talk

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This week's episode of psychonautica contains talk by Michael Winkleman from the world psychedelic forum entitled 'psychedelic medicine'. Michael talks about the possible role of psychedelics in human evolution, psychedelics as psycho-integrators, serotonin as a neuro-modulator, bringing together levels of the brain and bringing unconsciousness into consciousness, the legal status of ayahuasca and peyote in the US, ayahuasca churches and tourism, native American's use of peyote, drug fatalities, psychedelics for treatment of substance abuse problems, medical assessments of psychedelics, treatment of cluster headaches, the moral imperative of psychedelic research, treatment of post traumatic stress disorder and the prevalence of PTSD and suicide in the US army, the psychedelic afterglow, treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder, treatment of anxiety in terminal cancer patients, the efficacy of alcoholics anonymous compared to psychedelics, ibogaine and its discovery by addicts, ketamine and its similarity to psychedelics, therapeutic use of peyote, alcoholism among native Americans, peyote as a de-semanticizing agent, the importance of sexual abstinence and fasting prior to entheogen use, and different approaches to the employment of psychedelics in therapeutic settings.


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attention flow:

listening listening.. working working.. psychedelic this, psychedelic that.. bla bla.. music.. browsing forum .. working .. checking email .. CaduceusMercurius..HUH ?? posting message..

I look forward to hearing you on the show Caduceus.

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attention flow:

listening listening.. working working.. psychedelic this, psychedelic that.. bla bla.. music.. browsing forum .. working .. checking email .. CaduceusMercurius..HUH ?? posting message...

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