Exploring drugs can often be a means to evade reality, but understanding their impact requires a thoughtful perspective. Listening to works like Dr. Carl Hart's 'Drug Use for Grown Ups' can provide valuable insights into the complexities of drug use and its cultural implications. Engaging with such literature encourages a deeper understanding of why individuals turn to substances and promotes a more nuanced view of drug consumption.
In this deep and wide-ranging dialogue with Matt Xian from the Xian Archive podcast, I share my testimony of how the conscious use of psychedelics helped liberate me from issues that just wouldn’t budge by other means. I differentiate the way I used substances earlier in my life from how I choose to engage with these medicines today, and I do my best to explain in words why 5-MeO-DMT is in a category all its own.
We also discuss sound and light technologies as adjuncts to psychedelic journeys—or journeys in themselves, as well as EMF sensitivity and tools you can use to protect yourself.