Literary Review: ‘Fishers of Men’ by Adam Elenbaas
Originally published in 2010, the autobiographical ‘Fishers of Men – The Gospel of an Ayahuasca Vision Quest’ by Adam Elenbaas tells the story the author’s journey of coming to terms with his self,...
View ArticleLiterary Review: ‘Psychedelic Healing’ by Neal M. Goldsmith
Originally published in 2011 ‘Psychedelic Healing – The Promise of Entheogens for Psychotherapy and Spiritual Development’ comes at an important time in the reinvigorated psychedelic research field....
View ArticleAn interview with Lesley Myburgh: an Andean Huachumera (San Pedro Healer)
The following interview was written, conducted and published here with the permission of, Ross Heaven. (See bottom of article for more details.) San Pedro (Trichocereus pachanoi), the sacred cactus and...
View ArticleLiterary Review: ‘Shedding the Layers’ by Mark Flaherty
Originally published in 2012 ‘Shedding the Layers: How Ayahuasca Saved More than My Skin’ by Mark Flaherty is an autobiographical account of the author’s efforts to cure himself of severe eczema by...
View ArticleFrom Venus with Love: Venus Love Experience Festival Review 2012
Venus Love Experience was a festival to commemorate the passing of Venus in front of our sun, which is predicted to next take place in a 106 years and Huni Bee, who attended the celebration, has...
View ArticleLiterary Review: ‘Plants of the Gods’ by Richard Evans Schultes, Albert...
Originally published in 1979, this review of ‘Plants of the Gods: Their Sacred, Healing, and Hallucinogenic Powers’ by Richard Evans Schultes, Albert Hofmann and Christian Rätsch, is from the 2001...
View ArticleWaveform Festival 2013 – The Psychedelic Bonanza is back for its 7th year!
Waveform Electronic Music Festival will be in its 7th successful year in 2013, and to celebrate this magical number we have some new and unique experiences for you. We are moving to a new site, a...
View ArticleCan Animistic Perception Change the World? An interview with Robert Tindall
Robert Tindall M.A. has been kind enough to give PsypressUK an interview. Tindall is a writer, classical guitarist, long time practitioner of Zen Buddhism, and an inveterate traveler, whose work...
View ArticleAyahuasca and I: Not your typical trip report – Part 2 – by James W. Jesso
The following article, the second of four parts, is written by James W. Jesso, author of Decomposing the Shadow. Read part 1 here. “Unexamined cultural values & limitations of language have made us...
View ArticleAyahuasca and the Release of the Black Demon by Mark Flaherty
This excerpt, by Mark Flaherty, is from his book Shedding the Layers: How Ayahuasca Saved More than my Skin and appeared in the PsypressUK 2013: Anthology of Pharmacography. PsypressUK 2014 is out now...
View ArticleLet’s be Friends with Tobacco by Alex Robertson
The following article has been written by Alex Robertson (@dcalexrobertson / http://www.doncharles.org ) For most people the concept of a shamanic healing retreat does not necessarily evoke images of...
View ArticleSharing the Wisdom of British and World Shamanism
Shamanic lands is a two day event exploring Shamanic consciousness happening on 6th & 7th of June at the Conway Hall, London. The Shamanic Lands is a two day interactive event uniting the ancient...
View ArticleNeurotransmitters and the Integral Approach to Reality
This article is by Dr. Neal Goldsmith. ————- Neurotransmitters and the integral approach to reality: Three types of neurotransmitters and three types of psychedelic There are three major types of...
View ArticleReigniting Awe
Looking at the lives of those fully invested in the consensus reality of the conventional Western world, there is a consuming grayness, or flatness, that seems to permeate throughout. The socioeconomic...
View ArticleRise of Cannabis in Modern Medicine
The rise of cannabis in modern medicine has been remarkable. Duncan Thomson investigates the many medicinal uses of cannabis that are have been uncovered in recent years, and the extent to which this...
View ArticleThe Mirror of the Spirit – Ayahuasca documentary
João Meirinhos’s documentary on contemporary ayahuasca-related shamanic practices and ‘spiritual tourism’ in Peru is a classic example of a tale that grew in the telling, starting as a component......
View ArticleAnother blow to fighting opium addiction with the scheduling of Kratom
If history has taught us anything, it is that society likes to ban what it does not understand. You only need to look at the oppression of cannabis over the last century to see this, with laws only now...
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