Consciousness - Psychedelics As a Second Language

Psychedelia: A quest for the unknown

Recently, something has become a martyr in my head, and I think many people have this same question.

Why do people keep on using psychedelics?

Could it be that what we seek in psychedelic experiences represents the epitome of human existence as we try to satisfy our rooted curiosity about the unknown and could be the reasoning behind why people continuously explore the realms of consciousness and, consequently, psychedelics?

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Remembering Roland Griffiths

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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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Dolphins and States of consciousness – A deep dive on John C.Lily

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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.

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