This is it- the final, short and sweet episode in the homeopathy and psychedelics series. A few more reflections and what's coming for Season 7. 

Links for this episode: 

www.chacruna.net 

The penultimate episode in the series asks the question- are psychedelics homeopathic in anyway? 

I review psychedelics considering the four pillars: similars

minimum dose

totality

individuality

Links/Sources for this episode: 

How to Change Your Mind, Michael Pollan, Penguin Books, 2018. P149, p151-153, p177

Organon of the Medical Art, Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, edited by Wenda Brewster O'Reilly, 1996

aph. , 6, 7, 23, 57, 58, 60, 63, 69, 100, 103 

The 'Hyoscine Cure' 

A Brief History of Microdosing 

University of Chicago study 

Gallium proving

My guest today is Vanessa Black, homeopath and Phd. student.  Vanessa has had a front row seat to what happens when people self-prescribe psychedelics to an extreme degree, and how homeopathy can help right the imbalance.  *please not there are swear words in this episode*  We discuss the shadow side of the hype of psychedelics. 

Links for this episode: 

Vanessa's website:  https://www.functionalalchemy.org/

Articles exploring risk, reality, bias, and research: 

The Psychedelic Utopia is a Lie 

Inside the Dispute over a High Profile Psychedelic Study 

Confessing Grandiosities 

Dr. Jenna Labbe-Watson started in the vitalist tradition of Ayurveda and made the transition to psychology. Serendipity brought her to ketamine, and she shares her personal and professional experience with me in this 6th episode in the homeopathy and psychedelics series. 

Links for this episode:  Dr. Jenna Labbe-Watson 

The Ketamine Papers

Nancy Herrick, Hahnemann Clinic, is a senior practitioner and international teacher of homeopathy. A few years ago, a client with intractable insomnia led her to try low dose ketamine. She has not looked back. Nancy shares how she now prescribes ketamine to many of her clients, either alone, before or alongside homeopathy treatment. 

Links for this episode: European Journal of Anesthesiology

The New Yorker

David Malcolm Shein, homeopath at Blackbird Homeopathy

shares with me his experience at a 28 day ayahuasca retreat in Peru. Concepts of regimen and potentization in homeopathy are reviewed and discussed. 

Links for this episode: 

Ayahuasca Foundation 

Plant dietas 

Ayahuasca Churches 

Tim Ferris, Business Insider 

Chacruna.net 

Psychedelics and homeopathy have an interesting resonant history: from the first 'trip' of LSD as an accidental proving, its origins in chemical components that are found in Ergot- or the homeopathic remedy, Secale- to Dr. Humphrey Osmond, a London psychiatrist who later mentored a homeopathic doctor of 42 years, it's a strange coincidence.  Links to sources used in this episode:  Ayahuasca 

Mescaline 

MDMA

How to Change Your Mind  Michael Pollan,

Penguin Books, 2018; p. 141, 108, 109, 106, 110, 114, 23, 24, 26,145, 146, 155, 156, 

Ketamine

Psilocybin

Child eats mushrooms 

Life Magazine 

Doors of Perception Magazine 

Estrada, Alvaro. Maria Sabina: Her Life and Chants. Santa Barbara, Calif. Ross-Erikson, 1981

New York Times 1970 archives 

Albert Hofmann

"The Accidental Discovery of LSD" 

The Organon of the Medical Art , Sameul Hahnemann, edited by Wenda Brewster O'Reilly, Birdcage Books, Palo Alto, CA 1996, original 1842 by Samuel Hahnemann ; p146-147, p151

Sue Young Histories 

Dr. Philip Bonnet obituary 

The Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine, Vol. 2, NO. 1 1987-

researchgate.net

The Nation 

Kristina and Mike share their experience with microdosing psilocybin mushrooms, growing and sharing them in their community, and the need for additional therapeutic support. 

This is Episode 2 in Season 6- the Homeopathy & Psychedelics. 

Links in this episode: 

Marijuana Moment 

1M Pocast is back with Season 6!! Over the course of the next 6-8 episodes I'm exploring the phenomenon of psychedelics- their history, therpeutic use, current and past research, and their interesting but surprising connections with homeopathy. 

Sources and links for this episode: 

MDMA may be legalized for therapeutic use by 2023  "The Challenges of Psychedelic Research" 

How to Change Your Mind, Michael Pollan, Penguin Books, 2018; p 42 

Homeopathy Research Institute

Johns Hopkins Psychedelic Research Institute

Homeopathy Products Market, Projections

Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman is a homeopath with decades of practice, and a best-selling author. Find her at https://healthyhomeopathy.com/about-dr-judyth-reichenberg-ullman/

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