Psychedelic experiences are a trip into the unknown and sometimes get out of hand or become too much to decompress or at least on your own. Fireside Project considered this and created the first app to help us during and after our trips, with over 100 volunteers to provide you with non-clinical emotional support, giving you a compassionate experience filled with knowledge about the psychedelic realms while always protecting your identity without collecting personal data. The Fireside Project line is open every day from 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. PT to everyone in the United States! Most importantly, it's free and one click away! Read more here!

During my journey of a decade, I've met a lot of people who knew about psychedelics, but only a smaller group of people dedicated their lives to educating themselves about these compounds. When starting your journey, it’s hard to distinguish between the two as every piece of knowledge may seem like a golden nugget. (I assume nowadays it is even more confusing to differentiate the two with the rise of AI tools such as ChatGPT.)  For this reason, we decided to present you with our field guide to let you know what you should do if you are trying to integrate into the psychedelic space.

The Amazon Rainforest is home to many mysteries, especially surrounding one brew, Ayahuasca. Join us this week for an article by Fer Baray, where we'll uncover the mystical discovery of telepathine and unveil the secrets of Ayahuasca and its potential to expand consciousness!

It's Women's History Month and Women's day. Today, we celebrate by mentioning the eternal importance of women in the Psychedelic world. To do so, we spoke to Jessika Lagarde, a Trauma-informed Psychedelic Practitioner, Educator, and co-founder of Women on Psychedelics (WOOP). Join us in a conversation about adversities entering the space as a South American BIPOC woman. Her admiration and inspiration for other women in the field, the reasoning and the goals behind WOOP, how you support and become a part of this project. We discuss the F.E.M. approach the group uses in retreats to help people connect with themselves and others. How might Women’s unique experiences with trauma, mental health, and resilience shape their perspectives on the therapeutic potential of psychedelics and advice to women who want to make a difference in this field? What kind of legacy she hopes women in the psychedelic space leave for future generations and much more!

Is psychedelic integration worth it? To get to the depths of this discussion, we spoke to Victoria Sterkin, PhD, founder of the integration platform The Infinity Container . We discuss the aims of the project, what frameworks provide the best healing, the importance of revisiting a psychedelic experience, the future of psychedelic therapy, and much more! 

At Festivals and Raves, you can easily split from your group. Maybe you became overwhelmed or are having a bad trip. Finding your friends can be challenging, but it doesn't have to be! This week, we interviewed Carter Fowler, Co-Founder and CEO of Totem, a device that acts as a Compass to help you find your friends at festivals and other crowded events without cell service or Wi-Fi and is 100% compatible with the rave style.

This week, we've spoken with the satirist, journalist, and puppeteer that you may have heard about from his podcast Mycopreneur, featuring hundreds of guests from the fungal world and beyond or even from his mesmerizing TikToks satirizing psychedelic capitalism. You may have also read his articles featured in Rolling Stone, Forbes, WIRED, VICE, and High Times. We are talking about Dennis Walker! Join us for a discussion about how psychedelics influenced his life, the origins of his podcast, his passion for fungi, psychedelic capitalism, and mush more!

Recently, there was a shift in Entheogens. A shift in our purpose. Entheogens once used to unite the community and are now met with individualism. This shift is nothing but a representation of our society. We are beginning to absolve the sense of community and become focused on ourselves. Losing communion, compassion, love, and respect for others. This might be an inevitable step for the evolutionary step, the German band Kraftwerk named Mensch-Maschine (Man-Machine). Yet, Entheogens can still be the turning point for us to become a community once again. Find out more!

In the unfolding tapestry of human existence, there lies an unseen battle. Graham Hancock coined this battle as the War on Consciousness. His theory was that certain institutions have deliberately sought to suppress the human capacity for expanded consciousness by demonizing ancient shamanic practices, outlawing psychedelics, and labeling spiritual exploration as 'Dangerous.' Ultimately, the War on Consciousness is not just a theoretical concept but a lived reality. We are all engaged in it, whether we are consciously aware of it or not. Find out more here!

In this article, we will be covering a groundbreaking concept, Neural Geometrodynamics, which could allow us to understand the brain and the effects of psychedelics better. The theory aims to understand the brain's complexities by transcending traditional views of neural function, proposing a dynamic interplay between the brain's structure and operations, akin to the relationship between spacetime and matter in general relativity.

Have you ever wondered why we often take entheogens during the night? Typically, we take entheogens to find peace of mind outside of our routines. But we can consume these compounds at any time of the day and have the same effect, or wouldn't we? Perhaps the connection between both is more ingrained in the exhaustion of our senses and missing our connection to nature than you may think!

Fully understanding the mechanisms of action of neuroactive compounds is difficult due to their complexity and polypharmacology. Making single-target drug discovery nearly impossible. Phenotypic screening was one of the solutions brought by science. However, this method faced historical limitations until recently. A group of researchers from the University of California found a way to rapidly profile thousands of compounds using larval zebrafish, which share genetics and CNS anatomy with humans, making complex behavioral readouts possible. Find more here!

As Terence McKenna and others once said: 'Everyone can learn about entheogens from books.' Unfortunately, sometimes, we can't read them due to language barriers. For this reason, we spoke to Francesco De Luca, a poet and translator of the McKenna brother's golden literary pieces. Join us to learn more about the importance of literature, his stance on the world as a McKennian, younger generations losing touch with literature, how the world is becoming weird, and Terence McKenna's philosophies.

The world of hallucinogens has various coincidences, one of them being the accidental synthesis of a compound that would alter the consciousness of thousands of people until today. We are talking about Hofmann's 'Problem Child' LSD. Join us on a ride about consciousness, medicine, psychology, and astrology with this amazing guest post by Neeshee Pandit.

Join us this week for the visionary exploration and inspiration with Paul Mez. We talked about his biggest inspiration, his experience with entheogens, how these compounds changed his life, his experience meeting Alex Grey in the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, and much more!