After more than 10,000 years of use, the ancient cultures and indigenous communities who use plant medicines may hold lessons for today's psychedelic experience.
Read moreAncient History of Psychedelics
Historical documents point to psychoactive substances being used for healing purposes, but this was just one small aspect of their use.
Instead, spirit medicines played a major role in building connections within communities, sacred rituals, palliative care, exploring consciousness, facilitating creativity and hedonism.
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Read moreCeremonial Psychedelic Use at Ancient Biblical Site in Israel
Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that psychoactive plants were ceremonially ingested at Philistine temples in the ancient biblical city of Gath, within what is now the state of Israel.
They discovered remnants of the entheogenic plant poison darnel and other non-psychoactive plants that are mainly known to be connected with the worship of female Greek deities.
Read moreHistory of Psychedelics
Here’s an excerpt from the book Tripping on Utopia: Margaret Mead, the Cold War, and the Troubled Birth of Psychedelic Science about the origins of psychedelic science in 1930s through 1960s.
Read morePsychedelics and Neanderthals
Strands of human hair found in a Menorca, Spain, burial site gave researchers insight into hallucinogenic use during prehistoric times by some of the earliest species of humans.
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