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Dreams & altered states
People often use astral projection, lucid dreaming and out-of-body experience (OBE) as if they describe the same thing. They can overlap in how they feel—floating, flying, seeing a…
Research & ethics
Research into consciousness compounds has expanded across neuroscience, psychology, and public health. Studies ask how altered states may affect perception, emotional processing, meaning-making, and the therapeutic relationship. These…
Consciousness
Evidence · context · curiosity Consciousness, awareness, and experience are often used as if they were interchangeable. They are closely related, but separating them can make difficult conversations…
Psilocybin & safety
Originally published by Scientific American. By Allison Parshall. Edited by Claire Cameron. Psychedelics Psychedelics can create a new “hidden order” in brain activity that could explain how these…
Meaning & philosophy
Death is natural, yet the thought of it can feel overwhelming. We explore how loss, uncertainty, control and meaning shape the fear of death—and how acceptance can return…
Meaning & philosophy
Why does God not appear to everyone? Explore divine hiddenness, the divine within, Christian revelation, suffering, and what faith and evidence can—and cannot—establish.
Research & ethics
Explore Kambo’s traditional roots, reported clarity, wellbeing and spiritual significance—and why personal experiences must be distinguished from proven medical benefits and serious safety risks.
Meaning & philosophy
Faith, philosophy and science offer different ways to explore consciousness, mortality and meaning. Where does evidence end, and hope begin?
Consciousness
Researchers commonly discuss several possible areas of interest, including changes in mood, emotional flexibility, personal meaning, and patterns of thought. Early findings can be encouraging, but they are…
Psilocybin & safety
Psilocybin can interact with medicines in ways that range from a weaker experience to serious harm. Why stopping medication should never be a DIY decision.
Meaning & philosophy
Psychedelic therapy may offer real promise, but healing is not produced by a substance alone. A grounded guide to the evidence, integration, safety, ethics, spiritual meaning and South…
Research & ethics
Safety is not a footnote in consciousness research. Ethical studies use screening, informed consent, trained support, monitoring, and follow-up. They also recognise that some people may face greater…
Consciousness
What Do Humans Need to Be Happy? Men, Women, Girls and Boys Short answer: People are happiest when they feel safe, connected, healthy, free to make meaningful choices,…
Meaning & philosophy
What is the purpose of life? It is one of humanity’s oldest questions, and there is no single answer accepted by every person, culture, religion or philosophy. But…
Perception
Evidence · context · curiosity A hallucination is commonly described as a perception-like experience that occurs without a matching external stimulus. A person may hear a voice, see…
Consciousness
Evidence · context · curiosity Awareness is one of those words we use constantly while rarely stopping to ask what it means. We are aware of a sound,…
Consciousness
Evidence · context · curiosity Consciousness is the fact that there is something it feels like to be you: to see colour, feel pain, remember a song, notice…
Meaning & philosophy
Evidence · context · curiosity Experience is the word we use for what happens to us from the inside and for the events that shape us over time.…
Psilocybin & safety
What Psilocybin Is Teaching Us About the Brain For generations, many people have imagined the brain as something fixed: a system shaped early in life, with only limited…
Consciousness
An imagined conversation with Alan Watts explores why compulsive self-improvement can turn life into an exam—and how acceptance can support change without self-rejection.
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