In 2008, Dr. Eben Alexander contracted a rare case of bacterial meningitis. As the pathogen wracked his brain, causing it to swell and suffuse with pus, Alexander entered a deep coma. He was not ...

In 2019, I was going through a particularly rough time and searching for something to help me cope. I reached out to a friend who had experience with psychedelics. He suggested I do some research.

Have you ever wondered why people who nearly die often describe speeding toward supernatural light, or seeing their life flash before their eyes? You may have also heard about the powerful psychedelic ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

DMT, a chemical found in ayhuasca, produces an intense roughly 20-minute trip if it's injected. Scientists say they newly understand how the drug acts on the brain from two types of imaging.

Psychoactive drugs, by their very nature, can place people in exceptionally vulnerable positions. Combine that state with a penchant that some psychedelic facilitators have to assume a guru or ...

Losing your sense of self is a common part of a dimethyltryptamine (DMT) trip, but what actually happens in the brain when this occurs? Researchers at Imperial College London and collaborators ...