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“Why are you so sad?” I asked myself, as if I were now two separate and distinct entities. The other me answered with a question: “Wouldn’t you be sad too if someone died?” “Who died?” I asked cautiously as I drew closer to the dark corner. “What if it was you?” came the reply.

Nearly ten years ago, in the middle of a monthlong meditation retreat, Spring Washam had a sobering experience. Far from entering one of the blissful states of concentration that often mark the jhanas, the progressive stages of meditative absorption outlined in Theravada Buddhism...

The resolution does not allow for the commercial manufacturing or sales of such plants or fungi.

Every new government administration has its fair share of issues inherited from predecessors. In the US it is no different.

Patients given psilocybin report continued well-being a year later.

On October 29, 1966, the Austin-based band 13th Floor Elevators performed their psych-rock hit, “You’re Gonna Miss Me” on American Bandstand.

In 1963, then-psychology grad student William A Richards was studying in Germany when he volunteered to take part in an experiment with psychedelics.

Dr. X is a dad. Appropriately – boringly – at 4:37 p.m. on a national holiday, he is lighting a charcoal grill, about to grab a pair of tongs with one hand and a beer with the other.

For centuries, some indigenous groups in South America have relied on a brew made from the parts of a local vine and a shrub. Credit: Lisa Johnson Getty Images

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