Is it Schizophrenia or a Spiritual Calling ?
Imagine taking a traditional African JuJu priest to a modern psychiatric clinic just because he laughs inconsistently, talks to himself, dances when no one is watching – to tunes no one can hear, occasionally speaks in strange unknown languages and wearing...
The Mechanisms Behind the “Munchies”: THC, the Endocannabinoid System, and the Spiritual Dimension
The “munchies,” a well-known phenomenon associated with Vijaya (cannabis) use, arise from the intricate interplay between tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the primary psychoactive compound in Vijaya (cannabis), and the body’s endocannabinoid system (ECS)....
The Architecture of the Deep Psyche: Subconscious, Unconscious, Superconscious, and the Mind-Brain-Consciousness Nexus
A precise scientific and philosophical model requires us to first decouple three commonly conflated terms: the brain, the mind, and consciousness. Their relationship is the bedrock upon which any discussion of the deeper strata of the psyche must be built. 1....
Can’t Sleep At Night ? Try This..
If you’ve ever climbed into bed exhausted only to find your mind racing through every worry, conversation, and unfinished task from the day, you’re not alone. An overactive mind can make falling asleep surprisingly difficult. While practices like...
Ibogaine for Parkinson’s with special guest Tobias Erny, All About Ibogaine, Jul 9
Join me for a conversation with Tobias Erny, Swiss-German chemist, ibogaine researcher and Executive Director of GITA, the Global Ibogaine Therapy Alliance, about his origin story with ibogaine and his latest findings about the efficacy of micro and mini doses of...
The Alchemy of the Luminous Wound
The Forge of Shadows Before the light could learn its name, A darkness pressed against the frame Of consciousness, a weight, a stone— No heart has ever beat alone. The fault line where the spirit breaks Is where the deeper river wakes. Not in the still and...
Ancestral Practice for Healing
You can move across the country. Change your name. Go to therapy. Start eating organic. Meditate daily. Build a beautiful spiritual practice. …and then end up in ceremony realizing your grandmother’s grief is still living in your nervous system. You couldn’t get away...
The Syntropic Imperative: Countering the Entropy of Stagnation Through Conscious Evolution
The axiom “if you don’t change for the best, your life will change for the worse” is not merely motivational rhetoric; it is a thermodynamic and neurobiological certainty. To grasp this fully, we must decouple the triad of Mind, Brain, and Consciousness, as their...
What if this is it, and its OK?
What happens in your nervous system when you imagine, even for a moment, that you are exactly where you are supposed to be? That all the right things have unfolded to bring you here? Even the things you would not have chosen. Even the things you do not yet understand....
Nervous System & Psilocybin
Psilocybin can support nervous system regulation by softening the protective strategies we have developed to survive. When we experience trauma, the body often learns to live in patterns of control, vigilance, suppression, tension, or emotional bracing. During...