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15 of Our Favorite Reads From 2022

This list of our favorite reads from the past year shows how dramatically the psychedelics field is growing, from policy changes and therapy programs to TikTok influencers.

A Psychedelic Year in Review: What Made the Most Impact in 2022?

From a new congressional caucus to the protection of indigenous knowledge, leaders in the field reflect on this year’s significant events in the psychedelic space.

Horizons Conference Returns to NYC for Its 15th Year

The longest-running annual psychedelic conference is coming up this week, with a packed 4-day agenda featuring classes and panels around psychedelic medicine, research, and culture.

Remembering Michael Gosney’s Impact on Consciousness Culture

The prolific psychedelic and digital visionary is remembered for his myriad accomplishments, as well as the love he inspired in those who knew him.

Psychedelics Were the Hot Topic at This Year’s World Economic Forum

Psychedelics are being talked about at major conferences all over the world, including South by SouthWest and Aspen Institute’s Ideas Week, signaling a mainstream awareness that has its pros and cons, according to some.

Effing the Ineffable: The Chambers Project Presents a Retrospective of Psychedelic Art

The Chambers Project “Togetherrr” exhibit in collaboration with the Furtherrr artists collective presented a 13-year retrospective of psychedelic art collaborative co-creations.

Lucy Walker on Turning ‘How to Change Your Mind’ Into a Netflix Hit

The director of Netflix’s How to Change Your Mind, Lucy Walker, discusses what led her to make the groundbreaking series and what it was like to work with Michael Pollan.

Ann Shulgin, Forerunner of Today’s Psychedelic Reemergence, Dies at 91 

Ann Shulgin, one of the foremost thinkers and authors to have guided the current resurgence of interest in psychedelics, has died at the age of 91.

Dennis McKenna Extolls Our Deepening Knowledge of Psychoactive Plants

The famous ethnopharmacologist reflects on his main takeaways from the ESPD55 conference and their implications for the future.

The Elephant in the Room is LSD

Acid’s cultural profile is curiously muted in today’s psychedelic space, though it’s been the most influential and catalyzing psychedelic in the postwar world.