Hello! I am starting up an academic study where I want to interview people who microdose psychedelics. What are you microdosing and how is it working for you?

Not very busy here anymore, huh? There is a draft for my new paper available at Entheogens in Spiritual Practice | Documentation Check it out if you are interested :)

Happy new year everybody! After some delays the first installment of my project is published in Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs - User perceptions of mental health consequences of hallucinogen use in self-identified spiritual contexts : Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs (You have to click...

Hello PlantWarrior - I'm with the University of Bergen.

Sounds very reasonable. I have no further questions on this subject :) PS I sent you a PM - did you see it? Would you mind if I asked you a few general questions about your life circumstances (occupation, family, home) ? Nothing very specific

Thanks Finarfin - you give a spirited and convincing defense of the spiritual value of psychedelics. When you say "plants and fungi", are you implying that chemicals like LSD don't have the same ability to reconnect people to nature and the universe?

I love to read your thoughts on what spirituality is. Is it possible to describe how psychedelics help you go within and find your centre? Some people say that a drug-based spirituality is fake and inferior to the real thing (whatever that is), and that when you use drugs as "crutches" to go...

Ok, so I read you as saying that a focus on the paranormal is inferior to a focus on the spiritual. That is of course a legitimate view, although the history of religion is full of paranormal and miraculous events. (But maybe the "history of spirituality", if that is a meaningful phrase, is...

Hi everybody! I am back with phase two of my academic study of entheogen use, which looks specifically at how entheogens are used as a part of a spiritual practice. If you are engaged in such use of entheogenic drugs I would love to talk with you - either right here on this forum or more...

Thanks for your advice and for sharing about your traumatic experience. There are many things I would like to ask you, but before I do that I feel that I should remind you that I am asking these questions as a part of my academic study of spiritual use of entheogens. I have already used some...

So I understand that your eraserhead period took place early in your psychedelic "career". May I ask what was your age at the time? Earlier you described a micro-dosing practice - what benefits to you experience from this? Does this practice have a "spiritual" component even if it is not...

Hei everybody I have been busy lately with writing up a kind of pilot report of my interview study on entheogens. A draft is available at http://entheogenstudy.org/documentation.html This is only a small part of the full project, and deals only with psychology (addiction, healing, bad trips...

Again, thanks. I read you as saying that as a result of your entheogenic experiences you have developed a daily meditation practice that helps you not only with entheogenic sessions (which are sometimes difficult) but also with life in general. Is it correct to think that this embrace of...

Or to say it with Monty Python: are there any women here? I get the impression that almost everybody - with one likely exception - that I have been talking to here are guys. (Please correct me if I am wrong.) Assuming this is right: why are men so much more interested in exploring the inside of...

Thanks Finarfin. I read you as saying that your shamanic practice is a break with your background, and a consequence only of your experiences with entheogens. Do you practice the chanting only in entheogenic sessions, or does it serve as a practice on its own, in situations where there are...

Thanks Finarfin - it is great to read your story. The chanting sounds like a very helpful practice for channeling difficult energy. Can I ask how long time ago it was that you were introduced to mushrooms? If it is not too private I would also like to know what kind of background you have, in a...

Finarfin: earlier you referred to meditation and mantra practices as helpful for difficult trips. Can you say something more about your experience with this? Did you start doing meditation before or after you first started using entheogenic drugs? Have your challenging trips resulted in...

Ok, but what if you're not doing things right? Is it possible to develop a kind of addiction to the special experiences that psychedelics make available? Whyra: Thanks for the description of your eraserhead period. How long ago was this? Is it reasonable to describe it as a period of addiction...

Abeja: Maybe this is too personal, but what kind of fears did ayahuasca help you unlock? I like your last point - I guess we can say all spirituality is a kind of healing.

Thanks everybody for your perspectives on bad trips. Has anyone ever had a bad trip that was caused by the fear of overdoing, addiction or similar thoughts? zezt: I am sure it is possible to argue that Fadiman is over-careful. All I care about is what you guys think is a sensible frequency. Did...