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Research & Culture
Michael Pollan's How to Change Your Mind: What a Skeptic Learned From Psilocybin
How a famously careful food writer ended up on a daybed with eyeshades and Bach, and what his psilocybin experiences can teach the rest of us.
7 min read
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Terence McKenna: The Heroic Dose, Food of the Gods and the Stoned Ape Idea
Who Terence McKenna was, what he meant by the "heroic dose", and why his stoned ape hypothesis is a fascinating story rather than settled science.
8 min read
Research & Culture
The New Science of Psilocybin: Johns Hopkins, NYU, Imperial and COMPASS Explained
A clear, hype-free tour of the landmark psilocybin studies from 2006 to 2022: what they tested, what they found and what they can't tell us yet.
7 min read
Research & Culture
Wasson, María Sabina and Hofmann: How Psilocybin Reached the West
A banker, a Mazatec healer and a Swiss chemist: the remarkable, complicated story of how magic mushrooms went from a mountain village in Oaxaca to the rest of the world.
7 min read
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Functional Mushrooms vs Magic Mushrooms: Lion's Mane, Reishi and Chaga
Not every mushroom on the shelf is a trip. Meet the non-psychedelic crew, what they are, what the research does and doesn't show, and how they show up in microdose blends.
3 min read
Research & Culture
Psilocybin in Canada: Where Things Stand
A plain-language overview of the law, section 56 exemptions, the Special Access Program and clinical trials in Canada.
3 min read
Research & Culture
A Short, Trippy History of Magic Mushrooms
From Mesoamerican ceremonies and María Sabina to a banker in Life magazine, Albert Hofmann's lab, Terence McKenna's Amazon adventures and today's clinical trials.
7 min read
Research & Culture
Integration: Making Sense of a Big Mushroom Experience
What integration really means, why researchers and guides treat it as half the work, and practical ways to turn a powerful trip into something lasting.
7 min read
Research & Culture
Lion's Mane, Chaga and Reishi: A Beginner's Guide to Functional Mushrooms
What these non-psychedelic mushrooms are, how people use them in coffee, tea and smoothies, what the research does and does not show, and the safety notes worth knowing.
4 min read