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Thanksgiving 2020: Cultivating Gratitude and Resilience in Times of Hardship
It is hard to believe that we are nearing the close of a year that continues to test our resilience. As the common adage says, “Necessity is the mother of invention.” Being limited in our ability to travel and many of us working from home, this time has been ripe with...
Should Psychedelic Therapists Have Psychedelic Experience?
Psychedelics are front and center of a new and rapidly growing medical industry that recognizes their profound healing potential. More and more people are taking psychedelics in clinical settings, with trained therapists guiding them through unpredictable terrain,...
Remembering Sally Silverstone – Biospherian, Author and Friend
It is with heavy hearts that we write this tribute to our long-time friend, Sally Silverstone, biospherian, author and educator. Sally died suddenly and unexpectedly at her home in Bali. The world has lost another treasure as her unique life and inquisitive spirit led...
On the Moral Problem of Psychedelics and the Mental Health Problem of Morality
This article was originally written by Claudio Naranjo for Chacruna.net A passage in Lao Tze’s Tao Te Ching states that when original harmony was lost, laws were created. I am sure that this is congruent with our contemporary knowledge of prehistory: We were...
Psychedelic Society UK Presents A Talk with Lama Mike Crowley
The Psychedelic Society UK Presents An Evening with Lama Mike Crowley, Author of Secret Drugs of Buddhism The Psychedelic Society UK will be hosting a talk together with Synergetic Press author of Secret Drugs of Buddhism, ordained lama Mike Crowley, on 29th...
Continuing the Shulgin Legacy: Synergetic Press & Transform Press Agree to a Co-Publishing Deal
Synergetic Press is excited to announce that we have very recently signed a co-publishing deal with Transform Press, and are set to publish a new series of Transform Press titles by Alexander and Ann Shulgin, in continuation of the Shulgin legacy. Transform Press...
Lessons from Claudio Naranjo’s Last Work as an Author
Naranjo's Last Work as an Author: The Revolution We Expected Ours is a time of immense upheaval, transformation, and crisis characterized by the unraveling of social, psychological, and spiritual paradigms of authority. As we look around our world, we find the...
Ecofeminism: Women’s Rights are Nature’s Rights
What is Ecofeminism? Ecofeminism is a branch of feminism that recognizes the relationship between the destruction of the environment, and the marginalization of women. According to ecofeminists, the exploitation of nature and the oppression of women are inextricably...
Crucial Lessons in Planetary Stewardship
What was it like to be "quarantined" inside a giant laboratory for twenty-four months? Our new book Life Under Glass: Crucial Lessons in Planetary Stewardship from Two Years in Biosphere 2 tells the inside story of Biosphere 2, presenting the only account written...