The Joe Rogan Experience #1121 - Michael Pollan
May 24, 2018
Michael Pollan, an acclaimed author and journalist, discusses his insights from his latest book on psychedelics. He shares his personal journey with psychedelics, highlighting the transformative potential and therapeutic promise they hold for mental health. Pollan also explores the importance of set and setting, his experiences hunting mushrooms with expert Paul Stamets, and how psychedelics may reshape cultural perceptions. He warns about their risks for certain individuals while advocating for a more open dialogue on their benefits.
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Single Guided Sessions Can Be Transformative
- High-dose, guided psilocybin sessions produced large, rapid reductions in depression and anxiety in terminal cancer patients.
- Michael Pollan highlights that a single guided experience can reset attitudes toward death and produce lasting therapeutic change.
Use Trained Guides And Proper Set/Setting
- Use trained guides and controlled set and setting to reduce the chance of a challenging trip.
- Relax, surrender, and follow a guide's prompts to navigate difficult material during a session.
Garden Trip Made Plants Feel Alive
- Pollan describes a mushroom trip in his New England garden where plants felt aware and benign to him.
- The experience made plant intelligence and co-evolution feel vividly reciprocal.
