Attunement as Leadership: Council Practice and Low-Dose 5-MeO-DMT as Transdisciplinary Pathways to Transformative Leadership
Azul Delgrasso, Jay Monger
World Futures April 29, 2026 DOI: 10.1080/02604027.2026.2659286 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Interventions | Way of Council low-dose 5-MeO-DMT |
| Dose | low-dose (psycholytic, nonpeak) |
| Topics | 5-MeO-DMT DMT |
| Keywords | Attunement Transformative learning Transformational leadership Work physics Ethnography Epistemology Engineering ethics Pedagogy Reflective practice |
| Key points | Argues that leadership arises less from positional authority than from attunement, and that low-dose 5-MeO-DMT sessions, when carefully held, may amplify intersubjective resonance and relational learning. |
Abstract
This article explores how council practice, men’s work, and low-dose 5-MeO-DMT can support the cultivation of transformative leadership in complex, transdisciplinary contexts. Drawing on transformative leadership, integrative transdisciplinarity as an approach to inquiry, and research on transdisciplinary leadership learning, we argue that well-designed relational “containers” can deepen empathy, coherence, and collective intelligence. Using facilitator narrative, reflective inquiry, and two brief composite vignettes, we show how the Way of Council and psycholytic (nonpeak) dosing protocols can support ethical self-reflection, dialogic sense making, and responsible action. We propose that leadership arises less from positional authority than from attunement—an embodied capacity to sense self, others, and context—and that carefully held low-dose 5-MeO-DMT sessions may amplify intersubjective resonance and relational learning when grounded in consent, safety, and cultural humility.
Comparable studies
Other theoretical and historical papers on 5-MeO-DMT, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| When the Endogenous Hallucinogenic Trace AmineN,N-Dimethyltryptamine Meets the Sigma-1 Receptor | 2009 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Analytical chemistry of synthetic routes to psychoactive tryptamines : Part I. Characterisation of the Speeter and Anthony synthetic route to 5-methoxy-N,N-diisopropyltryptamine using ESI-MS-MS and ESI-TOF-MS | 2004 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Enlightening the "Spirit Molecule": Photomodulation of the 5-HT2A Receptor by a Light-Controllable N,N-Dimethyltryptamine Derivative. | 2022 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Conformational, spectroscopic and nonlinear optical properties of biologically active N,N-dimethyltryptamine molecule: a theoretical study. | 2014 | Theoretical or computational study | |
| Simple syntheses of lespedamine and 5-bromo-n,n-dimethyltryptamine based on 1-hydroxyindole chemistry | 1995 | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
Citations in the library
Cites 7
- Psychedelic Communitas: Intersubjective Experience During Psychedelic Group Sessions Predicts Enduring Changes in Psychological Wellbeing and Social Connectedness. Frontiers in Pharmacology March 25, 2021
- The clinical pharmacology and potential therapeutic applications of 5‐methoxy‐N,N‐dimethyltryptamine (5‐MeO‐DMT) Journal of Neurochemistry February 12, 2022
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- A Phase 1, Dose-Ranging Study to Assess Safety and Psychoactive Effects of a Vaporized 5-Methoxy-N, N-Dimethyltryptamine Formulation (GH001) in Healthy Volunteers. Frontiers in Pharmacology 2021
- Defining 5-MeO-DMT in Historical and Cultural Contexts World Futures February 17, 2024
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