Psychedelic Research. McKenna. Psychedelic Books and Databases. Psychonautics. Psychonautics (from the Greek ψυχή (psychē "soul/spirit/mind") and ναύτης (naútēs "sailor/navigator")—a sailor of the mind/soul)[1] refers both to a methodology for describing and explaining the subjective effects of altered states of consciousness, including those induced by meditation or mind-altering substances, and to a research paradigm in which the researcher voluntarily immerses himself or herself into an altered mental state in order to explore the accompanying experiences.[2] The term has been applied diversely, to cover all activities by which altered states are induced and utilized for spiritual purposes or the exploration of the human condition, including shamanism, lamas of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition,[3] sensory deprivation,[1] and archaic/modern drug users who use entheogenic substances in order to gain deeper insights and spiritual experiences.[4] A person who uses altered states for such exploration is known as a psychonaut.
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It's not the morphine, it's the size of the cage: Rat Park experiment upturns conventional wisdom about addiction - garry's subposthaven. Mind explorers. 8 animals who love to get stoned off their tiny, adorable faces. 8 animals who love to get stoned off their tiny, adorable faces Humans aren’t the only animals that like to over-indulge. In fact, perhaps we’re one of the more sober species, which is quite the comfort as we’re still nursing slightly tender heads from New Year’s Eve. 1.
Dolphins huff pufferfish An addict with his fix The real reason they’re so willing to swim with fat tourists and hippies has been revealed: dolphins like to get high on pufferfish. Yes, really. When a pufferfish is scared it ejects toxins, meant to injure its foe. Source: Smithsonian magazine 2. A spate of mysterious crop circles that appeared in Australian poppy fields would have even fellow opium fiend Sherlock Holmes shaking his head. "We have a problem with wallabies entering poppy fields, getting as high as a kite and going around in circles," said Lara Giddings, the attorney general for the island state of Tasmania.
Source: BBC 3. Here’s a video of a lemur getting off on millipede: 4. Source: QI 5. 6. Source: marijuana 7. Psychedelic Medicine News - reliable information on psychedelics improving human health. Blog Focus: Hallucinogenic drugs in Modern Medicine and Mental Health | Nothing's Shocking.