"It was the plants that told us” is what eleven maestros from five indigenous groups across the Colombian and Peruvian Amazon have told me over a decade and twenty-seven months of fieldwork. This article takes that statement seriously as an empirical description of inter-species communication. Drawing on intensive apprenticeship including multiple dietas with Amazonian teacher plants and...
Rationale: Ego-dissolution represents a key therapeutic mechanism in psychedelic-assisted therapy, yet current measurement approaches may inadequately capture its multidimensional nature.Objective: To develop and validate the Multidimensional Ego-Dissolution Assessment (MEDA) and examine substance-specific patterns across classical psychedelics.Methods: Items from three validated scales...