While drug-induced mystical experiences can have benefits, research suggests they may not be enough to create lasting change.

Tripping on psychedelics is hard to describe to someone who’s never been through the experience. Every psychedelic trip is ...

Disclosuree Michiel van Elk receives funding from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO; grant id# VI.Vidi.191.107). He is affiliated as board member with Open Foundation ...

A new study in Communications Biology provides evidence that a psychedelic drug induces a hybrid sleep-wake state in active mice. This unusual brain activity suggests a potential mechanism for how ...

Veterans and others who have suffered trauma and injuries are flocking to clinics around the world to take ibogaine. My own ...

A recent study in Translational Psychiatry shows that one dose of DMT reversed loss of pleasure and cognitive deficits in stressed mice. The psychedelic promoted new brain cell growth, highlighting ...

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is not only characterized by strongly encoded traumatic memories, but also by disrupted coordination across brain networks. New research shows that treatment with ...

The Lumenate Nova eye mask makes psychedelic promises about helping you access your inner consciousness. Does it work? We find out.

Study finds participants saw reduction in depressive symptoms as researchers welcome ‘promising’ results A phase II clinical trial has found dimethyltryptamine (DMT), one of the psychoactive ...

New research reveals that psilocybin and MDMA promote long-term PTSD recovery by physically remodeling myelin insulation in ...

I recount all this as someone who still remains very optimistic about psychedelics as medical treatments and tools of spiritual exploration.