The rapid expansion of psychedelic research has opened significant pathways of opportunity in treating mental health disorders. Participants in recent clinical trials consistently report mystical-type experiences during dosing sessions, and some scholars posit that such experiences themselves help mediate clinical improvements in depression, PTSD, anxiety, and substance use disorders. These...
This chapter describes the traditions, training, alterations of consciousness, healing ritual, and ethnomedical ideologies of Cannabis sativa, which is the oldest, most widely used, yet least considered plant teacher of the psychedelic renaissance. After briefly summarizing the recent literature about the deeply intertwined histories of Cannabis sativa and its intimate relationship with human...