Yes, intention and integration and healing and soul work are important aspects of psychedelics (particularly for decrim efforts), but I& #39;m getting bored by all the therapyspeak. Sometimes they can just be tools for pure exploration of non-ordinary states and experiences.

In other words, more Hunter S. Thompsons and Ken Keseys pushing at the boundaries of freakiness and fewer Oakland-based therapist-cum-shamanic integration coaches holding space for healing while chanting and playing crystal bowls.

Yes, that is a stereotype, but I& #39;m east coast to my rotten core, which allows me to razz on my west coast hippie friends https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😊" title="Lächelndes Gesicht mit lächelnden Augen" aria-label="Emoji: Lächelndes Gesicht mit lächelnden Augen">

Tired: Psychedelic integration coaches

Wired: Psychedelic disintegration coaches

For all the acknowledgments of honoring indigenous traditions—which is necessary and welcome—there& #39;s almost no discussion of how psychedelics are often used in many of those cultures: for divination and magic, not just general, all-purpose psychological healing.