Thanks for the kind words Castalia! I agree 100% that the potential mainstreamization of psychedelics as a primarily therapeutic tool pigeonholes the substances and immediately puts them into a medical/clinical realm, when I agree with you--they're really not JUST about that. Also, the experiential differences between DMT, LSD, psilocyb…
Thanks for the kind words Castalia! I agree 100% that the potential mainstreamization of psychedelics as a primarily therapeutic tool pigeonholes the substances and immediately puts them into a medical/clinical realm, when I agree with you--they're really not JUST about that. Also, the experiential differences between DMT, LSD, psilocybine, ketamine, etc. (and even edibles, which are insanely strong these days, especially Delta-8) are so unique that to talk about 'psychedelics' as a singular thing has rarely done more than reinforce the calcified ideas so many people have about "mind-altering" drugs.
Agreed. This whole conversation has moved so far so fast over the last decade or so - I think further than anybody thought possible - that it seems ungrateful to be anything less than thrilled at where the conversation has gotten to. But, yes, 'psychedelics,' ''mind-altering' drugs - any terminology we have really - fails to capture the nuance of what's actually being talked about. Thank you again. Look forward to chatting more.
Thanks for the kind words Castalia! I agree 100% that the potential mainstreamization of psychedelics as a primarily therapeutic tool pigeonholes the substances and immediately puts them into a medical/clinical realm, when I agree with you--they're really not JUST about that. Also, the experiential differences between DMT, LSD, psilocybine, ketamine, etc. (and even edibles, which are insanely strong these days, especially Delta-8) are so unique that to talk about 'psychedelics' as a singular thing has rarely done more than reinforce the calcified ideas so many people have about "mind-altering" drugs.
Agreed. This whole conversation has moved so far so fast over the last decade or so - I think further than anybody thought possible - that it seems ungrateful to be anything less than thrilled at where the conversation has gotten to. But, yes, 'psychedelics,' ''mind-altering' drugs - any terminology we have really - fails to capture the nuance of what's actually being talked about. Thank you again. Look forward to chatting more.