Thank you for joining the Mind Medicine Australia study group. We look forward to exploring the following readings with you:
Readings Calendar
March 2021
Psychedelics: Mysticism, Religion and Philosophy
This study group will discuss the potential use of psychedelics during the Eleusinian Mysteries in Ancient Greece and its subsequent influence on Western thought, philosophy and early Christianity. Additionally, we will examine St John of the Cross’s Dark Night of the Soul mystical experience and how it can be reconceptualised under Stanislav Grof’s ‘perinatal’ experiences for fostering spiritual development with psychedelic-assisted therapy.
Watch this video: https://youtu.be/iC6DDvzM6Nc
Read this paper: Mysticism and Psychedelics: The Case of the Dark Night
May 2021
The Other Side
Powerpoint: The Critiques, Risks and Stigmas of Psychedelics and Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy
Critique RANZCP psychedelic therapy clinical memorandum
Therapeutic use of psychedelics
MDMA Threatens Rare Cambodian Tree
Magic mushrooms grow inside man’s bloodstream after he injected ‘psychedelic’ tea
July 2021
TOPIC: Freedom of consciousness and the psychedelic dimension
– Introduction to human consciousness
– Brief introduction to the history of consciousness
– Arguments for and against freedom of consciousness and cognitive liberty
– The clinical context and why regulation is important
– Shamanic practices (to introduce the use of psychedelics in relation to consciousness)
– Use of psychedelics in relation to Human consciousness
– Use of psychedelics in relation to Human Rights
3 ARTICLES:
1. Dimensions of consciousness and the psychedelic state
2. Do psychedelic drug laws violate Human Rights?