Spirit

Learning to Die Well: Inside a Psychedelic End‑of‑Life Retreat

What if learning how to die well is also how we learn to live? Inside a psychedelic end‑of‑life retreat rooted in the teachings of Ram Dass and a growing movement toward conscious dying.

True REST and SoundSelf Layer Ketamine Therapy, Float Tanks and Tech

Entrepreneurs Nick Janicki of the float tank company True REST and Robin Arnott of the “digital psychedelic” company SoundSelf are teaming up to create centers that they say will offer clinical ketamine treatment together with prep and integration services including float tanks, music, and light technologies.

Irish Pilgrimage

Paul Ryder returns to his ancestral homelands in the British Isles to connect with the spirits of the land and his warrior heritage.

My Miracle in a Molecule

Back to Beond, to Excavate the Sub-Basement of My Subconscious

Can Psychedelics Guide a Mystic’s Path to Mystery?

Psychedelics offer a glimpse into unmediated mystery, one that religious tradition and metaphor may help spiritual seekers navigate more easily, says Christian mystic Rev. John Mabry.

A Jewish Mystic’s Embrace of Psychedelics

While psychedelics often lead people to reject Abrahamic religions, Rabbi Art Green sees psychedelics as a way to revive Judaism’s mystic tradition.

Experiencing a Changa Ceremony at an Oakland Plant Medicine Church

The Sacred Garden Church offers a home for spiritual seekers from across the religious spectrum.

All Entheogens Welcome at this Post-Modern Oakland Church

Members of Sacred Garden Church follow a “faith of least dogma,” but must be open to the possibility that psychedelics provide access to the divine.

What Mainstream Churches Can Learn from an Ayahuasca Church

Religious studies scholar William Barnard describes the Brazilian ayahuasca church, Santo Daime, as a modern mystery school in his book, Liquid Light.

A Legal Ayahuasca Church Thrives in Southern California

The church, called The Flower of the Divine Mother, offers a glimpse of what religious use of psychedelics could look like in the future.