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Dreams, Dreamlike States and Oneirogens
Third Wave's Dreams are gateways to our most natural psychedelic experience. Dreamlike states induced by oneirogens have been practiced for millennia. The post Dreams, Dreamlike States and Oneirogens appeared first o...
Tripping Over Reality: The Economics of Psilocybin in Oz
As Australia becomes one of the first places to officially embrace (or at least tolerate) psychedelic assisted therapy (PAT), it’s worth asking: just how much psilocybin does the Australian therapeutic market need a...
Magic Mushroom Industry Leaders: Top Cultivation Companies
Companies are deconstructing magic mushroom cocktails in search of therapeutic medicines.
Psilocybin Spores for Beginners: What to Know, Where to Go, and How to Grow
Third Wave's Did you know psilocybin spores can be legally purchased in all but three states in the US? However, you've officially broken the law once you begin growing mushrooms from these magic mushroom spores. But ...
Three Challenges for Psychedelics in Australia in 2024
2024 promises to be a big year for psychedelics everywhere, but nowhere more than in Australia. As legal psychedelic assisted therapy (PAT) ramps up, more education providers open their doors, and communities grappl...
Magic Mushroom Formulations Update
Magic mushroom science marches on as understudied psilocybin derivatives start taking center stage.
What Comes After The Psychedelic Renaissance?
Third Wave's The psychedelic renaissance was a time of pioneers. The Psychedelic Enlightenment is the time for innovators, challengers, and doers. This is the heart of the psychedelic vision for the future. The post W...
Revisiting Decriminalisation
The aims of decriminalisation, legalisation, and safe supply are themselves part of a larger conversation around the future of how our health system can help people flourish and how society can better respect bodily...
Neuropsychological effects of rapid-acting antidepressants may explain their clinical benefits
Rapid-acting antidepressants, including ketamine, scopolamine and psilocybin, have been found to have immediate and lasting positive effects on mood in patients with major depressive disorder but how these effects ari...
Largest diversity study of 'magic mushrooms' investigates the evolution of psychoactive psilocybin production
The genomic analysis of 52 Psilocybe specimens includes 39 species that have never been sequenced. Psilocybe arose much earlier than previously thought -- about 65 million years ago -- and the authors found that psilo...
Human beliefs about drugs could have dose-dependent effects on the brain
Mount Sinai researchers have shown for the first time that a person's beliefs related to drugs can influence their own brain activity and behavioral responses in a way comparable to the dose-dependent effects of pharm...
New Year’s Message from Amanda Feilding
Dear Friends, Happy New Year from myself and all at the Beckley Foundation! 25 years ago this year, I made the decision to transform myself, from a woman with no letters after my name, to a Foundation. After decades o...
Third Wave’s Psychedelic Gift Guide for 2023
Third Wave's Our psychedelic gift guide isn't psychedelic at all. However, it is a holiday guide for the conscious creators in your life. The post Third Wave’s Psychedelic Gift Guide for 2023 appeared first on Third ...
Microdosing-The Basics
Microdosing refers to the practice of taking very low doses of psychedelics, which do not trigger any hallucinatory effects, commonly known as “sub-perceptual doses”. This is often highly personalised, with exact d...