i love like the that id think of it as mind manifesting, right? Like wat rick was saying. But i did have a specific question for veric and amy, if you anto also offer an opinion. You've referred several times tomdma. But mdma is a euphoric. It's not a psychodalic, right? Well, back in the eighties, when Mdma was being used as a theripy drug, but had also become an ecstasy,. And so we use it in a very broad way. That a hyper ventilation, this holotropic breathwork that i've learned from stangroft, is one of the therapeutic approaches that
Rick Doblin in the Founder and Executive Director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). MAPS is a leading organization in the USA supporting psychedelic and marijuana research since 1986. You can follow Rick on his Twitter at https://twitter.com/RickDoblin. Amy Emerson is the CEO of the MAPS Public Benefit Corporation (MAPS PBC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of MAPS. You can learn more about MAPS and donate at https://maps.org/ Show Notes:
- Rick’s journey from Construction to Psychedelics
- How Amy met Rick and started working together
- How psychedelic research was hampered for decades
- MDMA therapy for police officers and Navy Seals
- Cultural shift in the perception of psychedelics
- Has internet made it easier or difficult to spread propaganda?
- Legitimate concerns agains advancements in psychedelic research
- MDMA: A euphoric, or psychedelic?
- Man-made vs. Natural psychedelics
- Psychedelics are NOT magic cure-all pills
- MDMA treatment for childhood trauma?
- Alternative forms of treatment like sound therapy, VR, hypnotism
- Why donate to MAPS
Books Mentioned:
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; by Ken Kesey
- Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge; by Jeremy Narby
- How to Change Your Mind; by Michael Pollan
- The Immortality Key; by Brian Muraresku
- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance; by Robert M. Pirsig
- The Body Keeps the Score; by Bessel van der Kolk
- Happy; by Derren Brown
- The Beginning of Infinity; by David Deutsch