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In the softly lit Acid Room of Hollywood Hospital, Ravel’s Bolero is playing through expensive speakers. Prints of Dali’s Crucifixion and Gauguin’s Buddha hang on the wall. Dressed in pyjamas and a bathrobe, a man swallows 400 micrograms of LSD – a truly heroic dose – stretches out on a plush couch and dons an eye mask. LSD – PLASTIC BRAIN Dressed in pyjamas and a bathrobe, a man swallows 400 micrograms of LSD – a truly heroic dose – stretches out on a plush couch and dons an eye mask. For the next 6 to 12 hours, a female and a male member of staff – representing his mother and father – will watch over him. “Just go with the experience – whatever happens,” theyadvise.
MINDFULNESS SHOWS PROMISE IN THE TREATMENT OF Mindfulness shows promise in the treatment of schizophrenia. James Kingsland Health, Meditation, Mindfulness, Psychology, Psychosis, Schizophrenia January 23, 2017. April 26, 2018. Research in Hong Kong suggests that a specially designed mindfulness-based therapy is safe and effective for people who have schizophrenia. Photograph: KitNg/Flickr.
CAN ACID DISSOLVE THE SOCIAL ISOLATION OF AUTISM AND An inability to intuit other people’s thoughts, emotions and intentions in their eyes is a hallmark of autism and Asperger’s. Photograph: Lior Mosko/Flickr. Aaron Paul Orsini felt utterly alone in the world: emotionally numb and devoid of any sense of connection with anybody, including himself. Sunk deep in depression since his teens,he
RESPONSIBLE SUBSTANCE USE: THERE IS NO MAGIC BULLET There is no quick fix for life, no magic chemical bullet for all our troubles. Photo credit: Ben Ahhi/Flickr This post first appeared on Third Wave. Amid all the excitement and positivity as we crest the Third Wave of psychedelic medicines, a moment of quiet self-reflection may be in order.In the first of a new three-part series about the responsible use of these powerful tools for self MEDITATION AND PSYCHOSIS There's something weird going on in the field of meditation and mindfulness research. On the one hand there are voices warning that meditation can cause psychosis – leading people to lose touch with reality and experience symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions and disturbing thoughts – on the other there are equally persuasive voices claiming that it should be used to treat psychosis. MEDITATION BRIGHTENS MOOD BY PUMPING UP DOPAMINE LEVELS The answers to these questions are a tentative “yes” and “yes”. Research published last month suggests that, as a result of increased baseline or “tonic” levels of dopamine in their brains, people who meditate may be less influenced by “negative reinforcement learning” (the way all kinds of setbacks and disappointments shape our THE SHAMEFUL HISTORY OF PSYCHEDELIC GAY CONVERSION THERAPY The shameful history of psychedelic gay conversion therapy. London Pride 2011: Public and medical attitudes to homosexuality have come a long way since the psychedelic sixties, but in most countries “ conversion therapy” remains legal in private practice and under the guise of religious “ex gay” counselling. Photo: Jason/Flickr. UNCANNY SYNCHRONICITY IN THE BRAIN DURING NEAR DEATH Uncanny synchronicity in the brain during near death experiences and meditation. People who have had a near-death experience commonly report a sense of wellbeing and peace, detachment from the world, the feeling of being outside their own body, and seeing a bright light. People who meditate deeply often report very similar sensations. NEANDERTHALS VERSUS HUMANS: HOW MUCH DID WILLIAM GOLDING Why do we find our extinct cousins the Neanderthals so very fascinating? Is it because we imagine they were as we once were during the childhood of our own species, before we lost our innocence? The last common ancestor we share with the Neanderthals was Homo heidelbergensis, but we parted company in Africa some 350-400,000years ago.
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In the softly lit Acid Room of Hollywood Hospital, Ravel’s Bolero is playing through expensive speakers. Prints of Dali’s Crucifixion and Gauguin’s Buddha hang on the wall. Dressed in pyjamas and a bathrobe, a man swallows 400 micrograms of LSD – a truly heroic dose – stretches out on a plush couch and dons an eye mask. LSD – PLASTIC BRAIN Dressed in pyjamas and a bathrobe, a man swallows 400 micrograms of LSD – a truly heroic dose – stretches out on a plush couch and dons an eye mask. For the next 6 to 12 hours, a female and a male member of staff – representing his mother and father – will watch over him. “Just go with the experience – whatever happens,” theyadvise.
MINDFULNESS SHOWS PROMISE IN THE TREATMENT OF Mindfulness shows promise in the treatment of schizophrenia. James Kingsland Health, Meditation, Mindfulness, Psychology, Psychosis, Schizophrenia January 23, 2017. April 26, 2018. Research in Hong Kong suggests that a specially designed mindfulness-based therapy is safe and effective for people who have schizophrenia. Photograph: KitNg/Flickr.
CAN ACID DISSOLVE THE SOCIAL ISOLATION OF AUTISM AND An inability to intuit other people’s thoughts, emotions and intentions in their eyes is a hallmark of autism and Asperger’s. Photograph: Lior Mosko/Flickr. Aaron Paul Orsini felt utterly alone in the world: emotionally numb and devoid of any sense of connection with anybody, including himself. Sunk deep in depression since his teens,he
RESPONSIBLE SUBSTANCE USE: THERE IS NO MAGIC BULLET There is no quick fix for life, no magic chemical bullet for all our troubles. Photo credit: Ben Ahhi/Flickr This post first appeared on Third Wave. Amid all the excitement and positivity as we crest the Third Wave of psychedelic medicines, a moment of quiet self-reflection may be in order.In the first of a new three-part series about the responsible use of these powerful tools for self MEDITATION AND PSYCHOSIS There's something weird going on in the field of meditation and mindfulness research. On the one hand there are voices warning that meditation can cause psychosis – leading people to lose touch with reality and experience symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions and disturbing thoughts – on the other there are equally persuasive voices claiming that it should be used to treat psychosis. MEDITATION BRIGHTENS MOOD BY PUMPING UP DOPAMINE LEVELS The answers to these questions are a tentative “yes” and “yes”. Research published last month suggests that, as a result of increased baseline or “tonic” levels of dopamine in their brains, people who meditate may be less influenced by “negative reinforcement learning” (the way all kinds of setbacks and disappointments shape our THE SHAMEFUL HISTORY OF PSYCHEDELIC GAY CONVERSION THERAPY The shameful history of psychedelic gay conversion therapy. London Pride 2011: Public and medical attitudes to homosexuality have come a long way since the psychedelic sixties, but in most countries “ conversion therapy” remains legal in private practice and under the guise of religious “ex gay” counselling. Photo: Jason/Flickr. UNCANNY SYNCHRONICITY IN THE BRAIN DURING NEAR DEATH Uncanny synchronicity in the brain during near death experiences and meditation. People who have had a near-death experience commonly report a sense of wellbeing and peace, detachment from the world, the feeling of being outside their own body, and seeing a bright light. People who meditate deeply often report very similar sensations. NEANDERTHALS VERSUS HUMANS: HOW MUCH DID WILLIAM GOLDING Why do we find our extinct cousins the Neanderthals so very fascinating? Is it because we imagine they were as we once were during the childhood of our own species, before we lost our innocence? The last common ancestor we share with the Neanderthals was Homo heidelbergensis, but we parted company in Africa some 350-400,000years ago.
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About/Contact. James Kingsland is a UK-based science writer and editor who has worked at New Scientist and The Guardian. He is the author of Am I Dreaming? The New Science of Conscousness and How Altered States Reboot the Brain and Siddhartha’s Brain: Unlocking the Ancient Science of Enlightenment. Please feel free to contact him below or via RESPONSIBLE SUBSTANCE USE: THERE IS NO MAGIC BULLET There is no quick fix for life, no magic chemical bullet for all our troubles. Photo credit: Ben Ahhi/Flickr This post first appeared on Third Wave. Amid all the excitement and positivity as we crest the Third Wave of psychedelic medicines, a moment of quiet self-reflection may be in order.In the first of a new three-part series about the responsible use of these powerful tools for selfJAMES KINGSLAND
James Kingsland. I'm a freelance science writer formerly on the staff of New Scientist and the Guardian in London. Right now my particular interest is Buddhist psychology and mindfulness research. My book about the science of enlightenment, Siddhartha's Brain, comes out inPSYCHEDELIC DRUGS
In the softly lit Acid Room of Hollywood Hospital, Ravel’s Bolero is playing through expensive speakers. Prints of Dali’s Crucifixion and Gauguin’s Buddha hang on the wall. Dressed in pyjamas and a bathrobe, a man swallows 400 micrograms of LSD – a truly heroic dose–
DREAMS, MEDITATION AND PSYCHEDELICS: A MANIFESTO FOR Dreams, meditation and psychedelics: a manifesto for lucidity. “The life of one day is enough to rejoice. Even though you live for just one day, if you can be awakened, that one day is vastly superior to one endless life of sleep.”. Awake or asleep, “Am I dreaming?” may be one of the most important questions you ever ask yourself UNCANNY SYNCHRONICITY IN THE BRAIN DURING NEAR DEATH Uncanny synchronicity in the brain during near death experiences and meditation. People who have had a near-death experience commonly report a sense of wellbeing and peace, detachment from the world, the feeling of being outside their own body, and seeing a bright light. People who meditate deeply often report very similar sensations. A PUKE BUCKET AND AN ANCIENT MEDICINE: IS AYAHUASCA THE I’m sitting on a blue plastic, wipe-down mattress with my back to a wooden pillar. Within arm’s reach on the floor is a small torch to light my way to the toilet during the night, on the other side an orange plastic bucket to puke into. As the light fades my four companions, each with NEANDERTHALS VERSUS HUMANS: HOW MUCH DID WILLIAM GOLDING Why do we find our extinct cousins the Neanderthals so very fascinating? Is it because we imagine they were as we once were during the childhood of our own species, before we lost our innocence? The last common ancestor we share with the Neanderthals was Homo heidelbergensis, but we parted company in Africa some 350-400,000years ago.
IS WAKING CONSCIOUSNESS JUST A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM Buddha Dreaming by Alice Popkorn – “Our life is shaped by our mind”. Source: Flickr Earlier this week I was honoured to spend some time as a guest at Night Club, chatting to its founder Andrew Holecek about dreaming, meditation and consciousness.Night Club is an online forum where members learn how to become lucid during their dreams – fully aware that what they’re experiencing is a MEDITATION CHANGES THE SLEEPING BRAIN Distinctive electrical activity has been found in the sleeping brains of experienced meditatorsThis month's roundup of mindfulness research features studies of meditation's effects on the sleeping brain; mindfulness for hypertension; and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for depression in adolescents. Perchance to dream Does meditation rewire the brain, changing the way it works?Skip to content
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DREAMS, MEDITATION AND PSYCHEDELICS: A MANIFESTO FOR LUCIDITY November 3, 2019November 3, 2019Leave a comment
> “The life of one day is enough to rejoice. Even though you live > for just one day, if you can be awakened, that one day is vastly > superior to one endless life of sleep.”>
> Zen master Dogen>
Awake or asleep, “Am I dreaming?” may be one of the most important questions you ever ask yourself because, sooner or later, reality has a way of catching up with delusions and fantasies. There’s going to be a rude awakening. Dreams are so convincing while you are in the midst of one. For all you know you could be dreaming right now. How do you know this is actually happening, that you are wide awake reading these words on a solidly, physically existing electronic device? You could be fast asleep dreaming the whole thing. It is not difficult, in principle, to determine whether or not you are dreaming. There are plenty of readily available tests. Of course the classic is to pinch yourself. Another is to try pushing your finger through the palm of your hand. A popular though less discrete method is to jump into the air to check whether or not gravity is working as it should. Or you could scrutinise a clock or watch face: if the numbers are jumbled or the hands are moving too fast or too slow – or in the wrong direction – the chances are you’re dreaming. As you read this, are the words behaving themselves on the page? Are theymaking sense?
Anyone dreaming? Continue reading “Dreams, meditation and psychedelics: a manifesto for lucidity” GROWNUPS WITH IMAGINARY FRIENDS MAY BE MORE PRONE TO HEARING VOICES September 8, 2019September 9, 2019Leave a comment
People who have a tendency to hear auditory hallucinations may experience fictional characters in books as more vivid and real. Photograph: Pedro Ribeiro Simões/Flickr As a child, did you have an imaginary friend? Studies have found that up to two thirds of seven-year-olds play with invisible friends, but it turns out a surprisingly large number of adults also have fantasycompanions.
In the biggest online survey of its kind, conducted by psychologists at the University of Durham in the UK, 7.5% of people claimed to have had one as an adult. The same people were also more likely to report experiencing auditory vocal hallucinations (AVHs) or “hearing voices” than those who had never had an imaginary companion. A second, lab-based study conducted by the same psychologists backed up the findings, raising the possibility that the two phenomena – hearing voices and fantasy friends – share the same underlying brain mechanism. (more…) IS WAKING CONSCIOUSNESS JUST A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM? June 5, 2019July 30, 2019Leave a comment
Buddha Dreaming by Alice Popkorn – “Our life is shaped by our mind”. Source: Flickr Earlier this week I was honoured to spend some time as a guest at Night Club , chatting to its founder Andrew Holecek about dreaming, meditation and consciousness. Night Club is an online forum where members learn how to become lucid during their dreams – fully aware that what they’re experiencing is a fantasy created by their own minds. But Night Club offers a whole lot more than this, because the practices and disciplines that can be deployed to cultivate nighttime lucidity also help members penetrate the illusions of their waking consciousness. Andrew is a renowned lucid dream and dream yoga teacher who has written several wonderful bookson this and
related subjects. At the request of my publisher a few months ago he had kindly set aside some time to read my own book _Am I Dreaming?_ before
it hits the shelves on 1 August, and subsequently invited me to be interviewed for Night Club. We had plenty to talk about and the interview is now live(see below).
_Am I Dreaming?_ explores the neuroscience of altered states of consciousness, such as dreams, trance, hypnosis, meditation and the psychedelic state, and the role they can play in improving our spiritual and psychological wellbeing. The major surprise that came from my investigation of the latest scientific thinking is that _all_ forms of consciousness, including ordinary, waking consciousness, are based on hallucinatory, virtual reality conjured by the brain and are powerfully influenced by expectation and belief.(more…)
THE SHAMEFUL HISTORY OF PSYCHEDELIC GAY CONVERSION THERAPY May 29, 2019May 30, 20191 Comment
London Pride 2011: Public and medical attitudes to homosexuality have come a long way since the psychedelic sixties, but in most countries “conversion therapy” remains legal in private practice and under the guise of religious “ex gay” counselling. Photo: Jason/Flickr In the softly lit Acid Room of Hollywood Hospital, Ravel’s _Bolero_ is playing through expensive speakers. Prints of Dali’s _Crucifixion_ and Gauguin’s _Buddha_ hang on the wall. Dressed in pyjamas and a bathrobe, a man swallows 400 micrograms of LSD – a truly heroic dose – stretches out on a plush couch and dons an eye mask. For the next 6 to 12 hours, a female and a male member of staff – representing his mother and father – will watch over him. “Just go with the experience – whatever happens,” they advise. Later, in the midst of the trip, they encourage him to gaze at photographs of his loved ones and contemplate his reflection in a hand mirror, dredging emotionally charged, repressed memories from his subconscious and sparking life-changing flashes of insight. In the 1950s and 1960s, wealthy clients paid to be psychoanalysed in the Acid Room at this private hospital in New Westminster, British Columbia, for problems ranging from relationship difficulties to alcoholism, depression and – it now transpires – homosexuality. Research papers and medical records that have gathered dust for decades reveal that LSD and mescaline-assisted “conversion therapy” was available not only in Canada, but also in the US andthe UK. (more…)
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In an age of instant gratification and limited attention spans, why would anyone take up meditation? Perhaps for its soothing, stress-busting effects? Focusing on their breath or a mantra, even beginners start to notice the calming influence of their body’s “relaxation response”,
the physiological flipside of the adrenaline-fuelled fight-or-flight response. Among other things the relaxation response slows respiration and heart rate, eases muscle tension and lowers blood pressure, and the changes are associated with a quieting of the brain’s “defaultmode network”
, responsible
for mind-wandering, rumination and worry. But can that really be the whole story? A peaceful mind is a wonderful thing and for many this is the biggest incentive to meditate regularly – not least for those of us prone to anxiety and depression – but there is another, related benefit that has received scant scientific or medical attention: meditation can be pleasurable, even ecstatic. In the Buddhist meditation known as _jhana_, for example, the
early stages are characterised not only by feelings of peacefulness, but also joy and happiness. Continue reading “Meditation brightens mood by pumping up dopamine levels” THE MAN ON A LONE MISSION TO PROVE AYAHUASCA CAN TREATBIPOLAR DISORDER
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_Banisteriopsis caapi_ which contains an enzyme that prevents the breakdown of a wide range of psychoactive drugs. Credit: Jairo GavlisHenao/Flickr
Expert opinion is heavily weighted against Benjamin Mudge. “If you asked your average psychedelic scientist, your average ayahuasca ceremony facilitator or expert in the field, or if you asked your average psychiatrist,” he says, “they would all say ayahuasca is dangerous for people with bipolar disorderbecause there’s a
risk of manic depressive mood swings getting worse.” And yet Mudge regularly drinks the South American psychedelic brew, claiming that it has stabilised his own bipolar disorder. (more…) A PUKE BUCKET AND AN ANCIENT MEDICINE: IS AYAHUASCA THE FUTURE OFPTSD THERAPY?
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Combat veterans with PTSD are beating a path to Peru in the hope that the plant medicine ayahuasca will help them process traumatic memories. Credit: Peter Murphy/Flickr I’m sitting on a blue plastic, wipe-down mattress with my back to a wooden pillar. Within arm’s reach on the floor is a small torch to light my way to the toilet during the night, on the other side an orange plastic bucket to puke into. As the light fades my four companions, each with his or her own plastic mattress and bucket, disappear from view while on every side the barks, croaks, growls and cries of jungle life grow louder. Twenty minutes ago I gulped down a draught of the bitter psychedelic brew known as ayahuasca and I have convinced myself that I can feel its hot, unstoppable progress through my body, from my seething guts into my veins and onwards to my brain. This is hardly a recreational drug experience, what with the nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea, not to mention the possibility of a truly terrifying trip, yet thousands now beat a path to Peru, Ecuador and Brazil every year to drink ayahuasca. Some are just looking for an exotic thrill, but others hope for enlightenment and healing from this ancient plant medicine. In the past few years, many of them have been war veterans desperate to escape the nightmares of post-traumaticstress disorder
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_Read more at theguardian.com where this post was first published._
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