I think traditional healers should be given credit and an ability to they don't have to be certified psychoanalyst or anything, but they know how to use these things in he ceremonial contact. Centres with that os a focus, function more like weld centers where people can go and get yoga, get nutritional counsel and get a number of alternative health benefits among which could be guided psychodelic sessions. I'd rather see alliances formed with indigenous communities to produce these medicines and to bring those up to north america and europe,. Bring the medicine to the people, rather the people to the medicine. This is absolutely fascinating. Actually, one of the presitations an e s p d
Dennis McKenna is the founder of the McKenna Academy and has conducted research in ethnopharmacology for over 40 years. He is a founding board member of the Heffter Research Institute, and was a key investigator on the Hoasca Project, the first biomedical investigation of ayahuasca. Important Links:
Show Notes:
- ESPD 55 conference
- Goals of the McKenna Academy
- How psychedelics affect our relationship with nature
- Bridging the gap between ancestral and moderns scientific knowledge
- Psychedelics on the safety scale
- Nixon’s war against drugs
- Fear of persecution in the medical community
- LSD being really responsible for the birth of modern neuroscience
- DMT reopening the door to clinical research
- Using psilocybin for end of life applications
- Psychedelics are not just “band-aids”
- Dissipation of knowledge among indigenous tribes
- Reality hallucination
- Therapeutic utility of psychedelics
- Future of psychedelic research
- Making psychedelics more accessible
- Protecting endangered plants
- Forming alliances with indigenous communities
Books Mentioned:
- The Immortality Key; by Brian Muraresku
- How to Change Your Mind; by Michael Pollan
- Psychology and Alchemy; by Carl Jung