“Neurons that fire together, wire together,” Dr. Max Cynader puts it, and it’s difficult to come across a more pertinent adage in today’s era. Discussion of neurons firing and wiring draws implications so vast that it impacts everything from positive and negative emotional spectrums, to the difference between being handicapped, and a genius–or life and Read More…
Psychonautics
A Modern Assessment of “Magick”
To discuss “magick” openly is something that has been socially orchestrated to lead to many different pitfalls, misconceptions, and total misunderstandings. Over the course of the centuries the media has avidly portrayed magick to be nothing more than fictitious superpowers, or claim it’s granted by the Devil for nefarious misgivings. These misconceptions have stemmed from the early Vatican Read More…
New Frontiers in Psychedelic Research
The beginning of the 21st century seems to have interestingly spurred a resurgence in psychedelic chemical research, with a variety of different chemicals receiving more attention. Dr. Rick Strassman helped pioneer the documentation of the bio-phenomenology of DMT, and a variety of research institutions like the Heffter Institute, John Hopkins University, Beckley Foundation, and more, Read More…
How the Internet Affects Human Thought Process
A team of Canadian scientists released a study this month that offers another unique perspective on the human brain’s synthesis with the collective-information of the internet. Studies have already shown that humans will incorporate their internet habits into their circadian rhythms of the body, and that when used on a regular basis, the brain undergoes Read More…
Graham Hancock on Ancient History
Alternative researcher Graham Hancock has been blazing a trail of lectures throughout 2015 in anticipation for his latest anthropological work, “Magicians of the Gods,” which was released on November 10th of this year. Known for his drastically unorthodox take on humankind’s ancient history and his extensive and hands-on approach to his research, Hancock has been considered Read More…
Scientists Quantify “Mystical Experience” of Psilocybin Mushrooms
Scientists at John Hopkins University released a new study earlier this month, quantifying the schema of a “mystical experience” in order to create an empirically valid questionnaire to gauge the experiences of 184 participants while under the influence of psilocybin mushrooms. These participants received 20 mg of psilocybin per 70 kg (or 154 lbs) and Read More…