Art usually focuses on physical objects, viewpoints, or even the imaginary, but how about what is invisible to the human eye and can only be seen at a molecular level?
We spoke to the crystallographer Dr.Mike McCormick (@xtal_xlear) to understand more about his artwork and how portraying molecules in the form of art may cultivate interest in the fields of chemistry to the masses.
Molecular Art with Dr. Mike McCormick (xtal_xlear) Read More »
The heartbreaking news of Dr.Roland Griffiths’s passing was given to the world yesterday, October 17th. Griffiths was diagnosed with Stage 4 metastatic colon cancer at 76.
Despite his diagnosis to be terminal, he remained optimistic about existence. In an interview with the New York Times, he reminded us that we all are mortal quoting. “We all know that we’re terminal.”
Dr.Griffiths was an illustrious psychopharmacology professor at Johns Hopkins and spent decades studying the mechanism of mood-altering drugs. During his research, he published over 400 scientific papers on opiates and cocaine, sedatives and alcohol, and nicotine and caffeine.
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Biotechnology has been a recurrent theme in the research of psychedelics. However, we don’t hear much about its importance. To find out the impacts of Biotechnology not only in psychedelics but in the world, we spoke or Arthur Dempsey (chavin_herbalists), covering themes such as propagation of species, genetic banks of species, improvement of genetics, how he became the first seed producer of Argyreia in Brazil, the creation of his Rare plant and Trichocereus Seed Bank, how can we save the Amazon Rainforest and ancient teachings by the Brazilian indigenous communities.
A Biotecnologia tem sido um tema recorrente na pesquisa dos psicodélicos. No entanto, não ouvimos muito sobre a sua importância. Para descobrir os impactos da Biotecnologia não apenas nos psicodélicos, mas no mundo, conversamos com Arthur Dempsey (chavin_herbalists), abordando temas como a propagação de espécies, bancos genéticos de espécies, melhoria genética, como ele se tornou o primeiro produtor de sementes de Argyreia no Brasil, a criação do seu Banco de Sementes de Plantas Raras e Trichocereus, como podemos salvar a Floresta Amazônica e os ensinamentos ancestrais das comunidades indÃgenas brasileiras.
Importance of Biotechnology in psychedelic research with Huan Shuma Read More »
In this interview, we speak to the iconic Donna Torres. Donna is the artist responsible for the illustrations of Shulgin’s latest book The Nature of Drugs, Dennis Mckenna’s Ethnopharmacologic Search for Psychoactive Drugs, and Jonathan Ott’s The Age of Entheogens & The Angel’s Dictionary, and Pharmacophilia or the Natural Paradises.
We spoke about her experience as an artist, meeting the Shulgins and Jonathan Ott, how we can benefit from psychedelics, and tips for people who wish to start their psychedelic illustration careers.
Psychedelic Illustrations: Interview with Donna Torres Read More »
The case of Professor John Buettner-Janusch is the biggest scandal around the University of NY, from synthesizing one kilo of Quaaludes and LSD to supposedly give to lemurs (where he gained his nickname Professor Quaalude) to attempting to poison the federal judge responsible for his case. Janusch claimed he had given LSD and Quaaludes to his primates to study their emotional behavior while under the influence of these compounds. However, in the wild, we have also heard that lemurs get high using hallucinogenic millipedes. To get down to these claims, we had a conversation the Tropical Biology student Daniela Bolanos Garcia to understand why they do it, whether they are consciously getting high, and what makes them high!
LSD lemurs and millipedes with Daniela Bolanos Garcia Read More »
Depictions of nature are possibly the most primal form of art in human history. From cave paintings to surrealistic paintings from modernism, our art has evolved over the years. Influenced by the psychedelic renaissance and the popularization of mycology by lecturers such as Terence Mckenna and Paul Stamets. Such themes brought new eyes to the scene, people with an artistic vein and interested in more than breeding their own fungi, people that saw the beauty in such specimens and began adapting fungi with their special touch birthing wonderful artworks.
Michael Campbell is one of these cases, after being a professor and a student in the field of art, he fell in love with the beauty of nature and started adapting his artworks to thematics such as religion, nature, and fungi.
Interviewing Michael Campbell about his Unique Mushroom art Read More »
From Daquince’s use of opium to the modern era, many stories of opioid users have been lost. For that reason, we cover the stories of two opioid- users Benzzzy and Calvin, from what led them to their addiction, their difficulties during this period, their advice for people who might be going through addiction, and their current status.
In addition, we discuss the pharmacology student Anthony Furrule (@science_and_anonymous) about opioid prescription, opioid alternatives, the use of Ibogaine or its analogs for the treatment of addiction, and Narcan-resistant Fentanyl.
Stories of a modern opioid eater Read More »
Foraging Mushrooms might be complicated. Often people are scared to understand what or not to pick. To make this task easy, we spoke to amateur mycologist Zachary Dennis to provide you with the best tips and tricks.
FORAGING WITH AN AMATEUR MYCOLOGY AFICIONADO Read More »
In a conversation with the pharmacy student Iara Martinez, we delve into her interest and experiences in the world of psychedelics, how these compounds aided her in mental illness, as well as the steps to becoming a psychedelic therapist.
Becoming a psychedelic therapist: A Pharmacy Students perspective Read More »
Despite being fairly misunderstood, John C.Lilly has contributed to science, metaphysics, neuroscience, and the realms of consciousness.
This year as a mark the 21st year after his death we deep dive into Lilly’s work on dolphins, ketamine, and the province of the mind.
LSD Dolphins and States of consciousness – A deep dive on John C.Lilly Read More »
