The FitMind Podcast: Mental Fitness, Neuroscience & Psychology #63: The Psychedelic Renaissance - Rick Doblin, PhD
Jan 19, 2021
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Nonprofit Drug Development Model
- MAPS is a nonprofit pharmaceutical company developing psychedelics into prescription medicines while doing public education and harm reduction.
- The nonprofit owns a public benefit corporation that will sell MDMA-assisted psychotherapy and return profits to MAPS' mission.
Mentorship That Shaped A Career
- Rick Doblin met Stanislav Grof after reading Grof's manuscript while in college and that encounter shaped his life's work with psychedelics.
- Grof's book convinced Doblin that psychedelics could map the unconscious and heal individuals and society.
Three Realms Of The Mind
- Stan Grof's cartography suggests three mind realms: psychodynamic, perinatal, and transpersonal, showing shared human experiences under psychedelics.
- Doblin believes mystical experiences reveal universal commonality across religions and cultures.