In this episode, Joe and Kyle finally meet up again for the first episode of Psychedelics Lately: the updated version of the much-missed Psychedelics Weekly, where they’ll meet each month to talk about the most interesting stories in psychedelics.

The main story this month is the fate of Massachusetts’ Question 4: Regulated Access to Psychedelic Substances Initiative (The Natural Psychedelic Substances Act). They discuss what they like about the bill, its opposition, and its support, including actress Eliza Dushku Palandjian, who went from a diagnosis of PTSD and an in-the-psychedelic-closet underground experience to becoming a very public, soon-to-be certified psychedelic facilitator. If you live in Massachusetts, make sure to read about the bill and get out and vote this Tuesday (or now, if you’re registered for early voting).

They also discuss:

• Joe’s recent east coast travels to Harvard and the PhilaDelic conference
• Alfred North Whitehead and Process Philosophy
• The Psychedelics and Pain Association, and Court Wing’s involvement in the first published case report of complex regional pain syndrome being treated with psilocybin
• The scientific community needing to embrace more experientially-based approaches and practices
• The challenge of making meaning out of the mystical

and more! 

Links

Boston.com: Question 4: What to know about the proposal to legalize some psychedelics

Bostonmagazine.com: Massachusetts Question 4 on Psychedelics: What You Need to Know

What You Need to Know About Massachusetts’ Question 4 and the Natural Psychedelic Substances Act, featuring: Graham Moore & Jamie Morey

Bostonmagazine.com: Eliza Dushku’s Bold New Journey

Holistictherapeutix.com

Plantmagiccafe.com

Tatteredcover.com

Psychedelic Revival: Toward a New Paradigm of Healing, by Sean Lawlor

Cooking with Magic: The Psilocybin Cookbook, by David Connell

A Century of Process Thought: Commemorating Whitehead’s Legacy at Harvard and Beyond

Philosophy and Psychedelics: Can Metaphysics Bring Meaning to Non-Ordinary States?, featuring: Dr. Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes

From the Eleusinian Mysteries to Modern Mysticism: The Role of Religion in the Psychedelic Experience, featuring: Charles Stang

John B. Cobb Jr. – How Exceptional Experience Can Help Save the World

The Holographic Universe: The Revolutionary Theory of Reality, by Michael Talbot

Philadelic.org

The Penn Psychedelics Collaborative and the Power of Interdisciplinary Connections, featuring: Taylor Andrews Flatt, PMHNP, Victor Pablo Acero, Ph.D., Jackie Tileston, & Michael Baime, MD

Glow-wacky.com (David Glowacki)

Psychedelicsandpain.org

Introduction to Psychedelics for Chronic Pain

Chronic Pain and Inducing Neuroplasticity With Psychedelics, featuring: Lynn Watkins, Retired USAF & C.J. Spotswood, PMHNP

Wiley.com: Refractory CRPS pain treated with psilocybin: A case report

Eduardo Schenberg’s tweet

Oxford Academic: Breathwork-induced psychedelic experiences modulate neural dynamics

The Blind Spot: Why Science Cannot Ignore Human Experience, by Adam Frank, Marcelo Gleiser, and Evan Thompson

Spotify: Hyphae Leaks season 1

Spotify: Bum Bag – “Another White Boy With a Podcast”

Heroicheartsproject.org

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