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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...
Observing Earth Day 2020 During a Global Pandemic
The Oil Spill that Inspired Earth Day On January 28, 1969, crude oil and gas erupted from a platform off the coast of Santa Barbara, spilling out into the Pacific waters. It blackened over 800 square miles of ocean, killing thousands of seabirds, marine mammals, and...
Bicycle Day 2020 and the Lessons Learned from LSD
Image credit: Illustration of Albert Hofmann by Jakob Krattiger, 2004 Excerpt From: Dieter Hagenbach, Lucius Werthmüller. “Mystic Chemist”. Apple Books. Bicycle Day 2020: An Interview with Lucius Werthmüller, Co-Author of Mystic Chemist The celebration of ‘Bicycle...