Spotlight: The Spiritual Origins of Ketamine (2021)
"Is ketamine a glutamate antagonist or a spiritual kindler? Ketamine has two origin stories, each with its own understanding of how it treats depression. "
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Spotlight: Music for Mushrooms
East Forest pairs music with psychedelics for transformation & healing
Greta Lutman, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor | NC | Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy
Spotlight On: Henry Kandel's Ketamine-State Yoga
"Ketamine-State Yoga uses a special breath practice (pranayama) to invite mystical experience within the ketamine journey."
Spotlight on: Steve Roach, Live in Joshua Tree, October 26, 2024
Eventbrite: "Experience Progressive Ambient Pioneer & Synth Legend Steve Roach in Beautiful Joshua Tree, CA"
Spotlight on: Ketamine researcher John Krystal, MD talks ketamine and cognitive behavioral therapy (2024)
Similar factors involved in variety of mental health conditions
Spotlight on: KETAMINE: Neural- and network-level changes (Bharmauria, et al, 2024)
"Ketamine is a widely used clinical drug that has several functional and clinical applications, including its use as an anaesthetic, analgesic, anti-depressive, anti-suicidal agent, among others. "
Spotlight on: Collective Healing Conference 2024 SEPT 24 – OCT 1, 2024 (Free Online)
In Research News: Cumulative Review finds psychedelic adverse events 4% or less in subset with pre-existing psychiatric diagnoses, NO severe adverse events reported in healthy participants
September 2024: JAMA Psychiatry
Spotlight on: Maslow’s forgotten pinnacle: Self-transcendence
"Abraham Maslow’s famous hierarchy of needs is depicted as a triangle with self-actualization at the very top. Right before his death, Maslow wanted to add another to the hierarchy: Self-transcendence." (2019) Might this relate to psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy with ketamine and other medicines?
Spotlight on: "Ketamine’s Role in Spirituality: How One Synthetic Drug Catalyzes a Natural Experience" (Woods, 2021)
A thorough discussion of psilocybin (magic mushroom) research and the FDA approved drug widely available as a generic around the world-- ketamine as means to a mystical experience on the path to mental health
Spotlight On Continuing Education: 3 – Day Primary Certificate Practicum in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)
The Ellis Institute (and hybrid) at https://albertellis.org