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Religious leaders become more effective after two supported psilocybin sessions

Posted: 8/7/2025

A groundbreaking study has found that psilocybin can profoundly affect religious leaders, enhancing their spiritual lives and emotional well-being. Six months after two guided sessions, clergy from major world religions reported lasting positive changes in faith, mood, and leadership effectiveness.

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Effects of Psychedelics on Eating Disorders

Posted: 8/6/2025

A major international survey of people with eating disorders found that those who self-medicated with cannabis and psychedelics, like ‘magic mushrooms’ and LSD, reported the best relief from their symptoms. The post Effects of Psychedelics on Eating Disorders appeared first on Psychedelic Integration.

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Plant Medicine in Mexico: From Traditional Use to Psychedelic Therapy

Posted: 8/5/2025

Indigenous communities in Mexico preserve sacred plant knowledge through daily life and resistance. However, psychedelic movements often ignore their broader struggles. Mexican law protects ceremonial use, but broader therapeutic applications remain legally murky. Ethical collaboration requires Indigenous leadership, legal reforms, cultural respect, benefit-sharing, and protection against exploitation and ecological harm.

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Silicon Valley's Secret Source Wasn't Code - It Was LSD

Posted: 8/4/2025

The Trippy Tech Lineage From Bill Hicks and the Mac to Your iPhone. Consider this your know Psychedelic User Interface. How did we get here? And where are we heading?

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Fat Molecule May Control How You Feel Emotion

Posted: 8/2/2025

Scientists have uncovered how the brain’s 5-HT1A serotonin receptor—vital in mood regulation—functions at the molecular level. This receptor, a common target of antidepressants and psychedelics, prefers certain signaling pathways no matter the drug, but drugs can still vary in how strongly they activate them.

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Psilocybin helped aging mice not just live longer but also “look better” in groundbreaking new study

Posted: 7/31/2025

Scientists have discovered that psilocybin may have powerful anti-aging properties. New research provides the first experimental evidence that the compound from psychedelic mushrooms extends survival in aged mice and significantly delays the natural aging process in human cells.

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Psychedelics Across The United States

Posted: 7/26/2025

Historically demonized and classified as dangerous substances, psychedelics have recently gained traction in the US from medicinal use to the decriminalization movement. Here's how it's going.

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State Psilocybin Programs: Therapy and Legislation in the Southwest

Posted: 7/25/2025

Wednesday, August, 6th, 2025 12:00 PM PST REGISTER HERE Do you wish you got into this event for free? Become a Chacruna member and receive free or discounted access to all Community […]

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The Language of Integration: Chacruna In and Through Psychedelic Science 2025

Posted: 7/25/2025

Psychedelic Science 2025 emphasized integration as a collective, cultural process amid post-FDA rejection reflection. Chacruna Institute grounded the conference in justice, ethics, and inclusion through community-driven dialogues, highlighting marginalized voices and decolonization. Intimate gatherings fostered solidarity, emphasizing co-creation, relational accountability, and a shared future that celebrates difference rather than erasing it.

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How Blue Honey Is Emerging To Be The New Psychedelic Sauce

Posted: 7/24/2025

How Blue Honey might just be the best way to consume magic mushrooms and prolong shelf life.

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Exercises for Strengthening Your Intuition.

Posted: 7/24/2025

Can you feel your skin twitch, itch, crawl when you’re receiving a hunch? Can you feel the back of your neck tingle? Ears burning? Heart Pounding? Butterflies fluttering in your stomach? All these sensations are your fast twitch muscles communicating. Probably your felt sense-6th sense is your fast twitch muscles speaking. In my research, I’m... Continue Reading → The post Exercises for Strengthening Your Intuition. appeared first on Psychedelic Integration.

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Psychedelics alter neurochemical signals tied to hunger and mood in the hypothalamus

Posted: 7/24/2025

Researchers have discovered that psilocybin—but not ketamine—triggers widespread changes in neuropeptide-related genes in the rat hypothalamus. These findings may help explain how psychedelics influence mood, appetite, and stress responses through deep brain systems.

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Black Psychedelics: A Weapon for the Revolution

Posted: 7/23/2025

We invite you to join us for an inspiring conversation at the intersection of psychedelics, Black liberation, and collective transformation. This Community Forum will explore how entheogens can support movements for racial justice, community healing, and radical imagination.

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Cognitive tests suggest psilocybin impairs thinking—but the tests may not tell the full story

Posted: 7/21/2025

People under the influence of psilocybin perform more slowly on tasks measuring attention and executive function. But a new study suggests the problem might not be the drug—it might be the traditional lab tests used to assess cognition.

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More Than Serotonin: How Psychedelics Engage the Whole Brain

Posted: 7/19/2025

Classical psychedelics like LSD, psilocybin, and mescaline are known for activating the 5-HT2A serotonin receptor, but a new study reveals their effects go far beyond. Researchers profiled 41 psychedelics against over 300 human receptors and found potent activity at serotonin, dopamine, and adrenergic sites.

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Press Release – Enrolling Now: Queering Psychedelics

Posted: 7/17/2025

Queering Psychedelics is a nine-week live online course (July 28–Oct 6, 2025) exploring queer contributions to psychedelic healing. Taught by diverse leaders, it centers LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, and Indigenous voices. With justice-informed pedagogy, it offers tools for inclusive practice, spiritual growth, and cultural transformation. Scholarships available; $700 tuition.

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How Psilocybin Effects Serotonin Receptors

Posted: 7/15/2025

Forget everything you learned from D.A.R.E. Shrooms aren’t just trippy they’re brain-altering medicine. Here’s the neuroscience without the lab coat jargon.

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Back to the Roots: Psychedelic Science Rebuilds After MDMA Denial

Posted: 7/14/2025

Despite a smaller audience, the Denver (USA) event reaffirms the importance of psychotherapy in MDMA and psilocybin treatments for mental disorders. The FDA's August failure shook, but did not extinguish, faith in the potential of psychedelics for mental health, which is accumulating scientific evidence, legislative initiatives, and support from conservative politicians. Another positive sign was an openness to dialogue with Indigenous peoples.

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Cultural Heritage and Pharmacology of the Eleusinian Mysteries

Posted: 7/14/2025

Join us for a deep dive into the cultural, spiritual, and scientific legacy of the Eleusinian Mysteries, one of the most enduring ritual traditions of the ancient world.

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Psilocybin Shows Promise as Anti-Aging Therapy

Posted: 7/9/2025

Psilocybin, the active compound derived from psychedelic mushrooms, significantly delayed cellular aging and extended lifespan in a preclinical study. Researchers observed a 50% increase in the lifespan of human skin and lung cells and a 30% increase in survival in aged mice treated with psilocybin.

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Workshop: Psychedelic Churches: From Legal Protections, to Ethics and Reciprocity (2025)

Posted: 7/9/2025

As the use of psychedelic plant medicines becomes increasingly visible within spiritual communities, this workshop offers a critical and timely exploration of both legal protections and ethical responsibilities for churches and communities that incorporate plant medicines into their ceremonial practices.

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Press Release – Chacruna’s Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative (IRI) Receives $25,000 Grant

Posted: 7/9/2025

The Entheon Foundation granted $25,000 to Chacruna Institute’s Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative (IRI), supporting grassroots Indigenous projects across the Americas. The funding recognizes IRI’s ethical approach to reciprocity in the psychedelic field, emphasizing Indigenous knowledge, justice, and equity amid rising commercialization. Chacruna advocates for inclusive, ethical psychedelic practices and dialogue.

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Jonathan Ott, apostle for jurema and entheogens, dies at 76

Posted: 7/8/2025

American chemist Jonathan Ott, who died on July 5th at 76, was a pioneering psychonaut. He coined "entheogen" and championed consciousness-altering plants like jurema-preta. A disciple of Schultes and Hofmann, he blended rigorous research with personal experimentation, profoundly influencing psychedelic studies and advocating for their spiritual and ecological significance.

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Hallucinating Hierarchies: How Patriarchy Co-opts Psychedelics

Posted: 7/7/2025

Psychedelics hold revolutionary potential, but patriarchal systems distort them for profit and control. True healing demands feminist values—reciprocity, inclusion, respect for Indigenous wisdom, and resistance to exploitation. Without challenging patriarchal power, Clancy Cavnar argues, psychedelics risk becoming tools of oppression rather than liberation. Liberation requires reclaiming psychedelics from capitalism’s grasp.

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Feds Just Got Told: Dying Canadians Have a Right to Shroom Therapy

Posted: 7/5/2025

Buckle up, bureaucracy. Magic mushrooms just scored a major legal win for the terminally ill and this time it's in Canada.

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What Does Mindful Consumption of Cannabis Look Like?

Posted: 7/1/2025

We are delighted to invite you to Chacruna’s upcoming Community Forum, which will explore the evolving landscape of cannabis use in today’s society.

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Course: Queering Psychedelics: Intersectionality, Healing, Spirituality and Liberation

Posted: 7/1/2025

July 28th – October 6th, 2025, 10:30am-12pm PDT / 1pm-3pm EST REGISTER HERE Price $700 USD CE Credits Pending Approval Scholarship Application Course Description Psychedelics have encompassed a colorful history of […]