ABSTRACT This essay explores the enduring suspicion that psychedelic experiences are antithetical to the structural dynamic of modern societies through Hartmut Rosa's concepts of ‘resonance’ and ‘social acceleration’. Rosa's theoretical framework is particularly generative for studying the social meaning of contemporary psychedelia because it enables a link between forms of personal experience...
Psychedelic‐assisted therapies can be intertwined with the forces of neoliberal rationality, reductionist psychiatry, biomedical psychopharmacology, individualized models of subjectivity and fascism. Through a genealogical and critical review, this study seeks to demonstrate how the ongoing ‘psychedelic renaissance’ and its current medicalization of psychedelics may reinforce historical...
This fiction article is about trauma and grief, resilience and the celebration of life. It also addresses the role psychedelics can play in bringing about change in our traumatized society by inspiring us and showing us how to use the present as a possibility for fundamental transformation. It is written in the form of a short story to exemplify how these substances work and underline the...
ABSTRACT The resurgence of psychedelic medicine, often termed ‘the psychedelic renaissance,’ marks a profound shift from decades of repressed research to a burgeoning field characterised by significant scientific, regulatory, and economic transformations. Once marginalised, psychedelics are now experiencing widespread interest and investment, spurred by changes in legal frameworks, public...