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Psychedelics 101: An Introductory Guide for First-Time Seekers
This is a no bullshit overview to getting the most out of plant medicines (psychedelics, entheogens)
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Psychedelics 101: Essential Guide for First-Time Journeyers with Plant Medicine
I've interviewed dozens of seekers and professionals to synthesize this orientation
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Why is there something rather than nothing?
Whenever people discuss "the hard problem of consciousness" it ultimately boils down to fundamental ontological conversations. Many technologically and…
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Ayahuasca: How to have a positive, transformative experience - a simple, practical guide
This is not an exhaustive tutorial, just a recap of what worked for me, why it worked, and how to duplicate my experience if it resonates with you. This…
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Healing the Mother Wound with Mother Ayahuasca
My mother died suddenly at 14, and that's a wound I've been carrying for the last 24 years.
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What it's like to be Source
An odyssey with Ayahuasca
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Tech Bros are afraid of the Red Pill
The scene from the Matrix is actually perfect to describe how "intellectuals" are reacting to psychedelics
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The Trifecta of Psychedelic Safety: Screening, Setting, and Support
"Screening, setting, and support" is the new "set and setting"
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A Simpler Explanation of Why I "Retired" From AI
TLDR: We got off the extinction/collapse attractor state trajectory, but now we're on the cyberpunk dystopian trajectory. Plus I just love writing.
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Towards a Fourth Narrative
The decline of religion leaves a gap in our global narratives: psychedelics and alignment could join capitalism, science, and democracy as the fourth…
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Achieving Postnihilism via Jungian Integration and Psychedelic Retreats
I seem to have recently lost my sense of existential dread and the world is feeling far safer and more trustworthy to me. I have an almost childlike…
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How I become an expert* in anything
I used to be pretentious enough to call myself a "transdisciplinary polymath" now I just say I like learning a lot and that I'm an autodidact. Like…
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