The global psychedelic field has been narrated through the metaphor of a “Psychedelic Renaissance.” While effective in mobilizing public interest, this framing reproduces Eurocentric histories, Darwinian narratives of sociocultural progress, and biomedical logics that marginalize Indigenous sciences and relational ecologies. Enduring coloniality and conflicts concerning biomedicalization,...
Flicker light stimulation (FLS) is a non-pharmacological method of inducing altered states of consciousness (ASCs), producing hallucination-like phenomena as well as effects extending beyond the visual modality, including emotional effects. Research into the psychological and neural mechanisms of FLS is still in its infancy, but can be informed by research into other methods of inducing ASCs....