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Reviews – Getting Unstuck
Psychedelics are no magic wand or silver bullet. However, in partnership with talk therapy, physical therapy, and other practices, it can sometimes be the missing element that catalyzes change. Some journeyers feel th...
Reviews – Stages of Life
Here’s what first time journeyers are saying about their psychedelic experience, in partnership with Psychedelic Passage, and how it helped them move forward. Source
Reviews – First Time Experiences
Here’s what first time journeyers are saying about their psychedelic experience, in partnership with Psychedelic Passage, and how it helped them move forward. Source
Reviews – I Need a Guide
There are many factors that can affect your journey, from set and setting to substance and dosage. At Psychedelic Passage, we hear from many journeyers that the biggest difference for them was having a trusted, vetted...
Reviews – Personal Growth
Personal growth is a lifelong process. We've heard from so many people that, after years of other avenues, a psychedelic experience with a trained facilitator led to new levels of growth than they'd ever experienced b...
Reviews – Wellness and Healing
Again and again, we find that psychedelics can be the missing element that help people to heal and recover from past traumas that have followed them for years. Still, the real work comes from within, and working with ...
How psilocybin reshapes brain circuits
A new study led by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, reveals how psilocybin, the psychoactive compound in "magic mushrooms," reshapes neural connections in the brain.
Healthcare cost watchdog to scrutinize Compass’s synthetic psilocybin, and Study links enhanced feelings of connection to lighter depression following psilocybin
Plus: Big pharma staking out psychedelic ground and two preliminary psychedelics studies with implications for women
We Found Huxley’s Soma. It Wasn’t Drugs.
Welcome to The Psychedelic Blog. A bestselling publication exploring altered states & the culture surrounding them.
Owsley Stanley, the Acid King and Godfather of Grateful Dead Bootlegs
How the Grateful Dead’s acid-making soundman inspired today’s obsessive cassette tape collectors. [...] Read More...
Before the Approvals Arrive: Norway, Germany, Switzerland, the UK and Estonia at TAIP Conference 2026
FDA approval of psychedelics = boom-time for underground usage
Public health measures need to be ready for the casualties
Is Microdosing Just a Placebo? What Placebo-Controlled Studies Show
Placebo-controlled studies show that microdoses measurably change the brain and body, but so far they find few consistent improvements in mood or wellbeing beyond placebo. Surveys and personal reports are far more pos...
Ten VA Sites, REMS and Ibogaine’s “Uphill Battle”: Feds Weigh In on Psychedelic Access
At the Psychedelic Healthcare Forum, which took place in New York City last Thursday and was co-hosted by Psychedelic Alpha, a panel of federal officials participated in a discussion moderated by POLITICO Deputy Healt...
SciSparc: Subsidiary NeuroThera Labs Reports Positive Progress in FDA-Approved Phase IIb Clinical Trial for Tourette Syndrome
TEL AVIV, Israel, Oct. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SciSparc Ltd. (Nasdaq: SPRC) (“Company” or “SciSparc”), today announced that its subsidiary, NeuroThera Labs Inc. (TSXV: NTLX) ("NeuroThera"), a…