Stephen Reid In Dialogue Alnoor Ladha on Mystical Anarchism
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Jul 10, 2019 
Alnoor Ladha, a political strategist and co-founder of The Rules, dives into the intersection of activism and spirituality. He shares his personal journey with psychedelics, highlighting how they shifted his path from consultancy to activism. Alnoor discusses mystical anarchism, emphasizing non-coercive spiritual practices and the importance of integrating social justice in psychedelic communities. He addresses the spiritual gap in leftist movements and advocates for service as a profound spiritual practice. This conversation is a call for collective responsibility in the face of climate urgency.
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Sufi Roots Reawakened By Psychedelics
- Alnoor Ladha describes growing up in a Sufi lineage that used hashish and kief but was repressed in immigrant life until psychedelics reopened it in his 20s.
- He first worked with psilocybin, then ayahuasca in 2012, which reshaped his life and politics.
Ayahuasca Vision Sparked The Rules
- After a transformative ayahuasca ceremony in 2012, Ladha left his consultancy to co‑found The Rules, rooted in that vision.
- The Rules operated as a finite, psychedelic‑informed think tank focused on economic justice.
Psychedelics As Culture‑Hacking Tools
- Ladha says psychedelics are powerful culture‑deconstruction tools that expose embodied cultural programming.
- The Rules used psychedelic-informed practices to generate strategic political ideas and narratives.