{"id":5195,"date":"2023-01-09T15:21:35","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T14:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/?p=5195"},"modified":"2024-12-13T17:54:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T16:54:50","slug":"historia_da_psicadelica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/pt\/psychedelics\/101\/history_of_psychedelics\/","title":{"rendered":"Hist\u00f3ria dos psicad\u00e9licos como antigas tecnologias da consci\u00eancia (Parte 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5195\" class=\"elementor elementor-5195\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8874107 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8874107\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b94744e\" data-id=\"b94744e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;slideshow&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_gallery&quot;:[],&quot;background_slideshow_loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_slide_duration&quot;:5000,&quot;background_slideshow_slide_transition&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_transition_duration&quot;:500}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06f3ae6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"06f3ae6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The History of Ancient Consciousness Technologies\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c2e968 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5c2e968\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>Chapter 1: The History of Psychedelics<br><br><\/b>Psychedelics 101 Series: <br>Understanding the Fundamentals of Psychedelics<b><\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa43b3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa43b3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Estimated reading time: 23 min<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56de865 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"56de865\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9109891 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9109891\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nino-galvez-leferink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nino Galvez<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/about-dmitrij-achelrod\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dmitrij Achelrod (PhD)<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a7e99b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a7e99b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>July 15, 2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0cc6f99 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0cc6f99\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Welcome to Psychedelics 101<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a455d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6a455d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/history-1024x1024-1-quwrl1sxaqb6aqk48uwsy69dyhbh0uxugw1zi3ztyo.webp\" title=\"history-1024&#215;1024\" alt=\"history-1024x1024\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-827ca8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"827ca8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Throughout the history of our species, psychedelics have played a fascinating role in shaping culture and wisdom. Ancient traditions from around the globe, ranging from the Ancient Greeks in Europe to the Aztecs in Mexico have incorporated mind-altering substances into their rituals and spiritual ceremonies.<i> <\/i>People have used it to induce visionary experiences, commune with nature, and explore the depths of consciousness, mind, and reality.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the use of psychedelics has not been limited to ancient cultures that existed millennia before us. Only as little as 60 years ago, in the 1960s, psychedelics played a crucial part in the emergence of an alternative culture in the U.S. (sometimes called \u201cthe hippie counterculture\u201d). Central to this movement was the questioning and disruption of status quo beliefs, values, ways of doing and being. One could argue that it liquified the limits of existing rigidities in Western culture, creating necessary chaos and paving the path for further social and cultural development.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-12347a8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"12347a8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-19c6b5c\" data-id=\"19c6b5c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32c0960 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"32c0960\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/steve1-1024x683-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6013\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/steve1-1024x683-1.webp 1024w, https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/steve1-1024x683-1-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/steve1-1024x683-1-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a87adc7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a87adc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #343434; font-family: Poets Electra, Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #343434; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><i>\u201cLSD was a profound experience, one of the most important things in my life. LSD shows you that there\u2019s another side to the coin, and you can\u2019t remember it when it wears off, but you know it. It reinforced my sense of what was important\u2014creating great things instead of making money, putting things back into the stream of history and of human consciousness as much as I could.\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #343434; font-family: 'Poets Electra', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #343434; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><i>\u2014 Steve Jobs<\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-size: 1em; background-color: var( --e-global-color-3950dbb ); font-family: monospace, monospace; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b579578 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b579578\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-3950dbb );\">Today, interdisciplinary cutting-edge scientists and philosophers are driven by curiosity to unravel the meaning and potential of these complex and mysterious substances on the brain, mind, body and reality.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-3950dbb );\">This revived wave of cultural attention and research we find ourselves in nowadays is known as the &#8220;<\/span><i style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-3950dbb );\">Psychedelic Renaissance<\/i><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-3950dbb );\">&#8220;.\u00a0In the past two decades, scientists have shown that the states that psychedelics induce have the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-3950dbb );\">potential to treat<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-3950dbb );\">\u00a0depression, anxiety, PTSD and addiction in patients that could not be successfully treated by the standard available treatments.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cddfa8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cddfa8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"color: #343434; font-family: Poets Electra, Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #343434; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><i>\u201c&#8221;Psychedelics are to the study of the mind what the microscope is to biology and the telescope is to astronomy&#8221;\n\n<\/i><\/span><\/span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #343434; font-family: 'Poets Electra', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #343434; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><i>\u2014 Dr. Stanislav Grof<\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-size: 1em; background-color: var( --e-global-color-3950dbb ); font-family: monospace, monospace; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u00a0<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a94682 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8a94682\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In clinical settings, research participants have ranked their psychedelic experiences amongst the most meaningful experiences in their lives, leading to deeper appreciation of the beauty and interconnectedness of life, a sense of awe and wonder as well as enhanced interpersonal relationships. Many of these reported effects lasted far beyond a single psychedelic experience to at least 6-14 months afterwards. These type of results &#8211; after only one intervention &#8211; have never been witnessed in the field of psychiatry.\u00a0<\/p><p>Along with the excitement in the scientific community, psychedelics are rapidly moving into mainstream culture. Non-fiction bestselling books, series and documentaries on streaming services, as well as articles in world-renowned newspapers and magazines about psychedelics are popping up everywhere. More and more people from the general population now want to experience first-hand what the Ancient Greeks tried to protect as the world\u2019s best kept secret in the Eleusinian Mysteries.\u00a0<\/p><p><i><u>Why has humanity, from ancient civilizations up to cutting-edge scientists, sensed a deep attraction to and marvel about psychedelics?<\/u><\/i><\/p><p>To get closer to both an intuitive and intellectual understanding of psychedelics, we will explore the fundamentals of psychedelics in this series of blog posts: \u201c<i>Psychedelics 101<\/i>\u201d, starting with an exploration of the ancient and recent history of these consciousness technologies. Throughout this series, you will develop a good sense of what psychedelics are, from the historical view down to their impact on the brain. Perhaps most importantly, you will gain more perspective on how you can relate to these powerful tools.\u00a0<\/p><p>Our approach is to proceed with a sense of curious excitement based on the promises of psychedelics and of humble caution, grounded in that there is a lot to learn.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31f71c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31f71c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Diving into ancient psychedelic use<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b125e72 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"b125e72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-192a3f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"192a3f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"346\" src=\"https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Reality-is-created-by-the-mind-we-can-change-our-reality-by-changing-our-mind.-1-e1672678398976-1024x443-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6012\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Reality-is-created-by-the-mind-we-can-change-our-reality-by-changing-our-mind.-1-e1672678398976-1024x443-1.webp 1024w, https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Reality-is-created-by-the-mind-we-can-change-our-reality-by-changing-our-mind.-1-e1672678398976-1024x443-1-300x130.webp 300w, https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Reality-is-created-by-the-mind-we-can-change-our-reality-by-changing-our-mind.-1-e1672678398976-1024x443-1-768x332.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef8d28e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef8d28e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Europe, Greece<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a245708 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a245708\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We are starting our exploration in the place of birth of modern Western society, Ancient Greece.<\/p><p>Where democracy, free speech, mathematics, philosophy, poetry, theater, architecture, astronomy and law were invented or vastly developed. Everyday we value and make use of systems, techniques, and ideas developed by the Ancient Greeks.<\/p><p>Yet, one of the most intriguing aspects of Ancient Greek culture has remained a secret, &#8220;the best kept secret in history&#8221;, according to the most influential religious scholar of the 20th century, Huston Smith.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24630d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"24630d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/NinoGal_the_sacred_rituals_in_the_temple_of_eleusis_92eec0b9-276b-41fe-8a1a-0aa80c179a93-e1673273640889-1024x609-1-quwrl1sxwnlp3vx49txek0rhz5hz2gp0j4mnekt76c.webp\" title=\"NinoGal_the_sacred_rituals_in_the_temple_of_eleusis_92eec0b9-276b-41fe-8a1a-0aa80c179a93-e1673273640889-1024&#215;609\" alt=\"NinoGal_the_sacred_rituals_in_the_temple_of_eleusis_92eec0b9-276b-41fe-8a1a-0aa80c179a93-e1673273640889-1024x609\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f1e70a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f1e70a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-3950dbb );\">The so-called &#8220;Eleusinian Mysteries&#8221; took place from around 1600 BC to 392 CE.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-3950dbb );\">These secretive and mysterious rituals of \u201cdeath and rebirth\u201d took place only 18 kilometers from the center of Athens.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-3950dbb );\">Participants of the ritual swore secrecy about the details of the Eleusinian Mysteries at the cost of execution and underwent a period of 6-18 months of preparation to cultivate the spiritual awareness needed for this once in a lifetime event.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-3950dbb );\">They would walk along the Sacred Way until they arrived at the Temple of Demeter in Eleusis. Brian Muraresku studied the role of psychedelics in the development of Christianity and refers to that temple as &#8220;the spiritual capital of the ancient world&#8221;. Fasting, animal<\/span>\u00a0sacrifices<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-3950dbb );\"> and sacred offerings were all part of the ritual.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>The pinnacle of the Eleusinian Mysteries was the sacred drink Kykeon. Scholars suspect that initiates were served a brew containing a psychedelic ingredient of a fungus that grows naturally on grains and was gathered in the area of Eleusis. [1]<\/p><p>The Ergot fungus contains lysergic acid. Almost four thousand years later, in 1943, Swiss chemist Albert Hoffman discovered LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) by synthesizing the active compound of the Ergot fungus in a laboratory.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-495bee3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"495bee3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><i>Testimonials of ancient Greek writers, thinkers, rulers, or builders who we still remember to this day, show us that they were initiated by the Eleusinian Mysteries.<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6113714 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6113714\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-3950dbb );\">Plato<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-3950dbb );\">, one of the most influential figures of Western philosophy, writes in his Dialogue of the Phaedo that there was real meaning in the founding of the Eleusinian Mysteries and he who arrives after initiation and purification will dwell with the gods.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-21a8aeb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"21a8aeb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9dd6a9a\" data-id=\"9dd6a9a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6aca52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d6aca52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"369\" src=\"https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NinoGal_plutarch_and_plato_discussing_their_insights_from_the_E_559d9783-6160-4184-b271-a3b5f5c0ce58-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6007\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NinoGal_plutarch_and_plato_discussing_their_insights_from_the_E_559d9783-6160-4184-b271-a3b5f5c0ce58-1.webp 512w, https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NinoGal_plutarch_and_plato_discussing_their_insights_from_the_E_559d9783-6160-4184-b271-a3b5f5c0ce58-1-300x216.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da9e02d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"da9e02d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-3950dbb );\">In the context of the dialogue, it seems that he meant that only the initiates had an understanding of the most important matters in life while they were still alive. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-3950dbb );\">Plato&#8217;s Myth of Er reflects his perspectives on the immortality of the transcendent, free will and determinism, individual responsibility, and the importance of virtue in a fulfilling and meaningful life.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Let this sink in<\/span>:\u00a0arguably one of the wisest philosophers\u00a0that has stood the test of time\u00a0was profoundly\u00a0influenced by altered states of consciousness\u00a0and highly valued these transpersonal experiences.<\/p><p>Another leading Greek figure, Plutarch, described that after initiation, he was not afraid of death and recognized himself as an immortal soul.<\/p><p>Other influential figures such as Socrates, Aristotle and even Marcus Aurelius, stoic philosopher and the emperor who conquered the Greeks, traveled to Athens for initiation into these mysterious rituals.<\/p><p>Unique about these rituals was that they were inclusive of slaves, women, and men, regardless of financial status or background, as long as they spoke Greek and had not been involved in murder.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e6c21c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e6c21c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #343434; font-family: Poets Electra, Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #343434; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><i>\u201cFor among the many excellent and indeed divine institutions which your Athens has brought forth and contributed to human life, none, in my opinion, is better than those mysteries. For by their means we have been brought out of our barbarous and savage mode of life and educated and refined to a state of civilization; and as the rites are called \u2018initiations,\u2019 so in very truth we have learned from them the beginnings of life, and have gained the power not only to live happily, but also to die with a better hope.\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #343434; font-family: 'Poets Electra', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #343434; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><i>\u2014 Cicero<\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-size: 1em; background-color: var( --e-global-color-3950dbb ); font-family: monospace, monospace; white-space: pre-wrap;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-708b976 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"708b976\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-04d25e2\" data-id=\"04d25e2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ea6003 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2ea6003\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"511\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NinoGal_a_Christian_emperor_banning_the_sacred_rituals_of_the_a_7d02ea82-7d3a-45e0-9875-b47588c23a14.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6003\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NinoGal_a_Christian_emperor_banning_the_sacred_rituals_of_the_a_7d02ea82-7d3a-45e0-9875-b47588c23a14.webp 511w, https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NinoGal_a_Christian_emperor_banning_the_sacred_rituals_of_the_a_7d02ea82-7d3a-45e0-9875-b47588c23a14-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NinoGal_a_Christian_emperor_banning_the_sacred_rituals_of_the_a_7d02ea82-7d3a-45e0-9875-b47588c23a14-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1516c26\" data-id=\"1516c26\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2461a0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2461a0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After two millennia of existence, it was the Christian emperor Theodosius who brought an end to the Eleusinian Mysteries as he observed that they formed resistance against the growth of power of Christianity. Accessing the divine without a religious bureaucracy seemed to challenge the institutionalized power of the Roman-Catholic Church. So, in 392 CE, the sacred rituals that had been going on for centuries stopped, preventing the following generations from legally accessing an arguably life-changing experience.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-922b04c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"922b04c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Mesoamerica, Mexico<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c539991 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c539991\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.u-school.org\/ego-to-eco\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"542\" height=\"286\" src=\"https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture1.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6011\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture1.webp 542w, https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture1-300x158.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 542px) 100vw, 542px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57a5300 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"57a5300\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium; text-align: start;\">Photo by Josh Kltchen&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30d02fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30d02fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p>The Aztec empire of central Mexico boasted with flourishing traditions of art, culture, literature, governance and technology between the 14th and 16th century. They created ingenious innovations in agricultural systems of regenerative farming and irrigation systems consisting of self-built fertile islands around their famous island city of Tenochtitlan.\u00a0<\/p><p>This civilization had a deep and multifaceted relationship with psychedelics, using them for a wide range of purposes including spiritual enlightenment, physical and mental healing, and cultural celebration.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-ba1b112 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ba1b112\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7248716\" data-id=\"7248716\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-079b48a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"079b48a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"513\" height=\"508\" src=\"https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NinoGal_peyote_and_its_use_in_the_ancient_Huichol_culture_6e6efbd4-1738-4b3f-837d-e32c11ad2a96-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6006\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NinoGal_peyote_and_its_use_in_the_ancient_Huichol_culture_6e6efbd4-1738-4b3f-837d-e32c11ad2a96-1.webp 513w, https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NinoGal_peyote_and_its_use_in_the_ancient_Huichol_culture_6e6efbd4-1738-4b3f-837d-e32c11ad2a96-1-300x297.webp 300w, https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NinoGal_peyote_and_its_use_in_the_ancient_Huichol_culture_6e6efbd4-1738-4b3f-837d-e32c11ad2a96-1-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-938358b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"938358b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For example, Peyote, a small, spineless cactus that contains the psychoactive compound mescaline, was a fundamental part of those mind-altering practices.<\/p><p>The Huichol Indians of Mexico, a descendant tribe from the Aztecs, to this date, use peyote in sacramental contexts.\u00a0<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-3950dbb );\">The tradition encompasses a yearly pilgrimage to Wirikuta, led by a &#8220;mara&#8217;akame&#8221; or shaman. The Huichols travel over 250 kilometers carrying water and corn tortillas, bringing the tobacco necessary for the ritual, as they hold the ceremony in the area where the peyote is harvested.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-147186a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"147186a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As a preparation for their sacred ceremony, pilgrims confess to the shaman and restrain themselves from sexual intercourse. With an embracing attitude, the shaman makes a knot in a string for each confession. The knotted string is burned at the end of the ritual.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2f3a001 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2f3a001\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0128635\" data-id=\"0128635\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7b8834 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e7b8834\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/C%C3%B3dice_Borgia\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"301\" height=\"179\" src=\"https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-5391\" alt=\"ancient extraction of psychedelics from peyote by the aztec civilization\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9941394 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9941394\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium; text-align: start;\">Photo from <a href=\"https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/C%C3%B3dice_Borgia\">Codex Borgia<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-dc00988\" data-id=\"dc00988\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f27396 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f27396\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Upon arrival at the place where peyote is harvested and the ceremony takes place, a ritual of physical cleansing and prayer is initiated. While collecting peyote, the shaman chants and lights candles. Prayers and offerings are made. The fresh cacti are carefully ground on a stone called &#8220;metate&#8221;.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82d35fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"82d35fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As the ingestion of peyote\u00a0approaches, incense, dance, fire and chanting accompany the ceremony.<\/p><p>Around 1880, the ceremonial use of peyote in Mesoamerica deviated from its origins, and started to merge with Christian belief.<\/p><p>In 1993, this recent tradition faced legal challenges by the United States government. To protect the rights of free religious activity, American Indians created the Native American Church.\u00a0After a long fight, the court ruled against the government and in favor of the Native Americans, allowing them to continue these ceremonies for healing and spiritual growth.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a022fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3a022fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.u-school.org\/ego-to-eco\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"407\" height=\"244\" src=\"https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-5392\" alt=\"psilocybin mushrooms representing historical psychedelic use of aztec culture\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture3.jpg 407w, https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture3-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c31ad0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9c31ad0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium; text-align: start;\">Photo by Richard Rose<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa100ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa100ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to peyote, the Aztecs have developed traditions of integrating psilocybin mushrooms as a sacred tool for expanding consciousness. These psychedelic mushrooms were known as \u201cteonanacatl\u201d in the native language <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nahuatl<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which translates to \u201cgod\u2019s flesh\u201d[2]<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-3950dbb );\">.<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-3950dbb );\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the 16th century, Spanish colonizers encountered the sacred ceremonies of the Aztecs and recognized their deep significance to indigenous religious life, yet aimed to eradicate the use of mushrooms in religious practices. These indigenous practices were condemned by the Spaniards as \u201csatanic trickery\u201d as they did not align with the religious views the European monarchs had ordered to be imposed onto the native civilizations.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the devastating cultural destruction and ethnic cleansing of the Spanish colonizers, in some regions of today\u2019s Mexico the tradition of psychedelic mushrooms survived.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d3cb48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0d3cb48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"152\" height=\"209\" src=\"https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture4.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5393\" alt=\"Maria Sabina who introduced many westerners to her ancient tradition of shamanic psychedelic use\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16dc430 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16dc430\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium; text-align: start;\">Photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/caminosdemexico.blogspot.com\/\">Don Juan Peralta<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6e7c1f3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6e7c1f3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ec0281b\" data-id=\"ec0281b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f6a598 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f6a598\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #343434; font-family: Poets Electra, Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #343434; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><i>&#8220;There is a world beyond ours, a world that is far away, nearby, and invisible. And there is where God lives, where the dead live, the spirits and the saints, a world where everything has already happened and everything is known. That world talks. It has a language of its own. I report what it says. The sacred mushroom takes me by the hand and brings me to the world where everything is known. It is they, the sacred mushrooms, that speak in a way I can understand. I ask them and they answer me. When I return from the trip that I have taken with them, I tell what they have told me and what they have shown me.&#8221;<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #343434; font-family: 'Poets Electra', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #343434; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><i>\u2014 Maria Sabina<\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-size: 1em; background-color: var( --e-global-color-3950dbb ); font-family: monospace, monospace; white-space: pre-wrap;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e82e528 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e82e528\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>One example that reached fame in the West in the 1960\u2019s is that of Maria Sabina: She was a Mexican shaman descending from the Mazatec culture in Oaxaca, spreading her philosophy and practice with psychedelic mushrooms which she called &#8220;los ni\u00f1os santos&#8221;, meaning &#8220;the child saints&#8221; or \u201cthe holy children\u201d.<\/p><p>Against the will of her community, she shared her culture&#8217;s shamanic practice with psychedelic mushrooms with foreigners who traveled to Oaxaca. At the cost of being seen as a traitor, Maria Sabina led, among others, Western figures like John Lennon and Bob Dylan through the \u201cvelada\u201d, as the ceremony was called.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b91b59a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b91b59a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe41ef7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fe41ef7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"ayahuasca\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>South America, The Amazon Rainforest<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-9fa64c7 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9fa64c7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-760dd67\" data-id=\"760dd67\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-978368f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"978368f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Traveling further South in the Americas, we find the well-known ayahuasca brew that originates from the depths of the Amazon rainforest. Its psychedelic effects have been used by native cultures in South America.<\/p><p>The Quechua term &#8220;ayahuasca&#8221; means &#8220;vine of the soul&#8221; and refers to the freeing of the soul from the limits of the body.<\/p><p>The ayahuasca brew has different recipes leading to different kinds and effects. Most commonly, ayahuasca includes the leaves from the Psychotria viridis bush, which contain a powerful psychedelic substance called DMT (N, N-dimethyltryptamine).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0f9953d\" data-id=\"0f9953d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22104d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"22104d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ayahuasca.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5396\" alt=\"A shaman in the amazon brewing ayahuasca containing psychedelic sustances\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ayahuasca.jpg 500w, https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ayahuasca-296x300.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1fb6225 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1fb6225\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4c98b50\" data-id=\"4c98b50\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-566c2c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"566c2c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ayahuasca1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5397\" alt=\"The ayahuasca brew used in history as a consciousness technology\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ayahuasca1.jpg 512w, https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ayahuasca1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ayahuasca1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ad3c66\" data-id=\"7ad3c66\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00fdf4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"00fdf4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>These are brewed together with the Banisteriopsis caapi vine. From a chemical view, the vine contains harmaline, an MAO inhibitor which decreases the body&#8217;s ability to rapidly break down the psychedelic substance DMT. Only with this combination of ingredients can one extend the altered states experience of vivid visions caused by DMT to last 4 to 6 hours.<\/p><p>Shamans have been using this brew for various purposes, ranging from diagnosing and healing illness, prophesying the future up to getting into the minds of enemies for warfare.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c69e16c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c69e16c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-3950dbb );\">Under the influence of ayahuasca, one&#8217;s experience intensifies&nbsp;<\/span>with unexpected and revealing visions, profuse sweating, and sometimes nausea.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdb3d7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fdb3d7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>The Americas, Chile&#8217;s Atacama Desert<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac98a21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ac98a21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"511\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NinoGal_the_Tiahuanaco_culture_sniffing_the_seeds_of_the_cebil__b902de28-384c-41dc-822c-70d73ee4dbe1.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6010\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NinoGal_the_Tiahuanaco_culture_sniffing_the_seeds_of_the_cebil__b902de28-384c-41dc-822c-70d73ee4dbe1.webp 511w, https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NinoGal_the_Tiahuanaco_culture_sniffing_the_seeds_of_the_cebil__b902de28-384c-41dc-822c-70d73ee4dbe1-300x297.webp 300w, https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NinoGal_the_Tiahuanaco_culture_sniffing_the_seeds_of_the_cebil__b902de28-384c-41dc-822c-70d73ee4dbe1-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1542317 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1542317\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d4cee25\" data-id=\"d4cee25\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f54d56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1f54d56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"237\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture5.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5423\" alt=\"the tools used in the past for extracting the psychedelic properties from the cebil tree\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture5.png 237w, https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Picture5-189x300.png 189w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Pre-Columbian snuff tools from a grave at San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b206b06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b206b06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium; text-align: start;\">Photo from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/378208.Plants_of_the_Gods\">Plants of the Gods<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a5a947f\" data-id=\"a5a947f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ef3ebc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ef3ebc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Reaching the southern part of the Americas, in Chile&#8217;s Atacama Desert, archaeologist C. Manuel Torres excavated six hundred prehistoric graves.<\/p><p>This place was home to the spiritual and political capital of the pre-hispanic Tiahuanaco empire which lasted from around 600 to 1000 CE. This civilization was characterized as the origin of knowledge or &#8220;saberes&#8221; of new technologies and materials in architecture, textiles and pottery. Astonishingly, in nearly every interred grave there were tools that were used for the ritual sniffing of the seeds of the Cebil tree. The Cebil tree can induce strong psychoactive effects due to the active psychedelic compounds 5-MeO-MMT and DMT. The Tiahuanaco civilization used these seeds as a means to enter and influence another reality. Shaman Fortunato RuIz sees the seeds as a gateway to a visionary world.<\/p><p>Today, the shamans in the region still use Cebil to enter altered states of consciousness, making the 4,500 year tradition the longest uninterrupted sacred use of psychedelics in the world.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2342276 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2342276\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d08afb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d08afb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Asia, India and its most sacred text<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63f0be5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"63f0be5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.u-school.org\/ego-to-eco\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NinoGal_rig_veda_soma_indian_spirituality_holy_drink_hymns_28c933c3-6edd-44e2-9abd-d744c2696651.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6008\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NinoGal_rig_veda_soma_indian_spirituality_holy_drink_hymns_28c933c3-6edd-44e2-9abd-d744c2696651.webp 510w, https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NinoGal_rig_veda_soma_indian_spirituality_holy_drink_hymns_28c933c3-6edd-44e2-9abd-d744c2696651-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NinoGal_rig_veda_soma_indian_spirituality_holy_drink_hymns_28c933c3-6edd-44e2-9abd-d744c2696651-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6df1a68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6df1a68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"background-color: var( --e-global-color-3950dbb );\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Hopping over to a different continent lies a country known for its rich spiritual and religious history. India potentially has an important history with psychedelics. <\/span><\/span><\/p><p>The Rig Veda is the oldest book in the world and one of the most sacred texts in the Hindu tradition. It originates from 1000-1500 BCE and it contains over 1,000 hymns and over 100 of these are devoted to &#8220;Soma&#8221;. This is a plant-extracted holy drink that was used in the tradition. Unfortunately, the original recipe has been lost thousands of years ago, leaving much room for speculation.<\/p><p>Scholars have theorized that Soma had psychoactive properties. In 1968, Gordon Wasson identified soma to contain the psychoactive mushroom Amanita muscaria &#8211; commonly referred to as fly agaric. This ingredient was not specifically named in the Rig Veda by its adepts, in order to maintain the secrecy of their practices. Instead, it was represented by a set of symbols, some of which come from the Soma symbol system in the Rig Veda and some of which may be connected to the use of mushrooms in even older shamanic practices in Northern Eurasia [3]. The story of Soma remains a provoking mystery.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64a3628 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64a3628\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Lessons from historical psychedelic use<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39e5e24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"39e5e24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/marek-piwnicki-jMYe5mnqGiw-unsplash-scaled-e1673012529199-1024x683-1-768x512.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-6002\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/marek-piwnicki-jMYe5mnqGiw-unsplash-scaled-e1673012529199-1024x683-1-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/marek-piwnicki-jMYe5mnqGiw-unsplash-scaled-e1673012529199-1024x683-1-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/marek-piwnicki-jMYe5mnqGiw-unsplash-scaled-e1673012529199-1024x683-1.webp 991w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c7bf72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c7bf72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@marekpiwnicki?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Marek Piwnicki<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/es\/fotos\/jMYe5mnqGiw?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bccf787 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bccf787\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"background-color: var( --e-global-color-3950dbb );\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">From the Ancient Greeks to traditions deep in the Amazon forest, it is clear that cultures from across the globe, independently of each other, deeply value the sacred use of psychedelics. It would not be exaggerated to claim that modern cultures can learn and draw inspiration from the wisdom that has accumulated over thousands of years from these ancient psychedelic practices. The overarching and recurring elements of sacredness, healing, re-connection with self, others and nature, and our relationship with life and death are relevant to us just as they were to the ancient cultures millennia ago. <\/span><\/span><\/p><p>Our ancestors, for thousands of years, have sourced psychedelic substances from nature and entered these powerful doors of perception with utmost respect.<\/p><p>What almost all cultures had in common is that they engaged in occasional use, once a year or even only once in a lifetime. Carefully crafted rituals with often arduous practices of preparation were established to create the appropriate mindset and context for the purposes of the use. The Greeks and Aztecs manifested this in their cultivation of spiritual awareness through purification practices, such as pilgrimage and personal sacrifice preceding the actual psychedelic ceremony.<\/p><p>An experienced psycho-spiritual leader, often referred to as a shaman, played the key role of facilitation in ceremony, providing guidance to those in vulnerable and deeply altered states of consciousness.<\/p><p>Importantly, these psychedelic rituals were mostly carried out in socio-cultural containers that co-evolved with the psychedelic use over time. Adepts, close relatives as well as wider social groups were aware of the acute and long-term effects of psychedelic initiation and provided a social web of connection and meaning to the initiates. Psychedelic work was not conducted in isolation, but within social structures that could accommodate and help make sense of those psychedelic visions.<\/p><p>The history of psychedelics also sheds light on the themes of power dynamics and political controversy. Who has access and the right to administer these powerful substances? Power structures and authorities, such as the Christian church and governments, have resisted and opposed the use of psychedelics. In recent psychedelic history, as we will explore in later parts of this \u201cPsychedelics 101\u201d series, political controversy has been a main theme.<\/p><p>It is not a coincidence that psychedelics were perceived as a threat to established structures and systems of power. The consciousness altering experiences induced by psychedelics have the potential to deconstruct our worldview, to make us more aware of our cultural assumptions that are often taken for granted and accepted without questioning.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb34d0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb34d0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Attemps of integrating psychedelics in modern Western culture<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e730207 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e730207\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"509\" height=\"508\" src=\"https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NinoGal_albert_hoffmann_discovering_lsd_for_the_first_time_bicy_9d64d537-69a0-4643-a989-209b6174b173.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6004\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NinoGal_albert_hoffmann_discovering_lsd_for_the_first_time_bicy_9d64d537-69a0-4643-a989-209b6174b173.webp 509w, https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NinoGal_albert_hoffmann_discovering_lsd_for_the_first_time_bicy_9d64d537-69a0-4643-a989-209b6174b173-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NinoGal_albert_hoffmann_discovering_lsd_for_the_first_time_bicy_9d64d537-69a0-4643-a989-209b6174b173-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5eb18f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5eb18f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0899605 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0899605\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"color: #343434; font-family: Poets Electra, Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #343434; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><i>\u201cIt gave me an inner joy, an open mindedness, a gratefulness, open eyes and an internal sensitivity for the miracles of creation&#8230; I think that in human evolution it has never been as necessary to have this substance LSD. It is just a tool to turn us into what we are supposed to be.\u201d\n\u2015 Albert Hofmann<\/i><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2849398 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2849398\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"background-color: var( --e-global-color-3950dbb );\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">The quote above is from the father of LSD, a master of chemistry, who was under the influence of his newly discovered potent psychedelic substance in 1943. As the first person to ever try synthesized LSD, the experience revealed that it is one of the strongest psychedelic compounds ever discovered. Without prior knowledge, Hoffmann experimented with what he thought to be a &#8220;small dose&#8221; of 250 micrograms. Not illogically, since one microgram is one thousandth of a milligram. Unaware that LSD is already active from 25 micrograms (25 millionth of a gram) onwards, he unexpectedly discovered the potent psychedelic effects. Hoffmann famously decided to ride his bike home from his laboratory, while under the influence of the newly extracted compound and &#8220;Bicycle day&#8221; was born. <\/span><\/span><\/p><p>This day initiated Hoffmann\u2019s lifelong journey with LSD. The extensive experience he would accumulate showed this hard-nosed scientist the key role LSD could play in psychiatry and it opened his mind to spirituality.<\/p><p><u><i>Could this have been part of the groundwork for a modern culture inclusive of psychedelics?<\/i><\/u><\/p><p>Michael Pollan describes in his book &#8220;How to change your mind&#8221; that the discovery of LSD was part of the beginning of modern psychedelic science in the 1950&#8217;s. [4]<\/p><p>In that time, over 40,000 research participants were recruited and 1,000 clinical papers were published on applications of psychedelics in the clinical fields of addiction, depression, OCD, schizophrenia, autism and end-of-life anxiety. Psychedelic enthusiasm exploded and facilitated the emergence of the (in)famous \u201chippie counterculture\u201d movement.\u00a0<\/p><p>On scale, young minds were exposed to experiences that were inconceivable to their parents and grandparents.\u00a0<\/p><p>By melting rigid mental structures, psychedelics brought light to the limits of their cultural paradigm on an individual and collective level. Part of an entire generation opposed the Vietnam war and protested against extractive capitalist practices, giving birth to an unprecedented \u201cgeneration gap\u201d. Psychedelics became a symbolic resistance to the conservative mainstream politics at the time.<\/p><p>In his memoir &#8220;LSD &#8211; my problem child&#8221;, published in 1979, Hoffmann critically reflected on the unexpected turn LSD took. He stressed that parts of the counterculture abused LSD and neglected the psychological dangers of the substance when not used in a safe and responsible manner.<\/p><p>The rise of gurus and radical ideologists promised solutions to the cultural disconnection. Desperately in search for connection through the &#8220;mystical experience&#8221; and &#8220;spiritual revelation&#8221;, followers idolized these false prophets. Paradoxically, re-activating the human tendency to blindly fall for ideology that the counterculture movement initially opposed.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3654ce5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3654ce5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"color: #343434; font-family: Poets Electra, Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #343434;white-space: pre-wrap;\"><i>&#8220;It is not the existence of beliefs that is the problem, but what happens to us when we hold them rigidly, without examining them, when we presume the absolutely centrality of our views and become disdainful of others.&#8221;\n\u2015 Sharon Salzberg<\/i><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cac632 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6cac632\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Not even two decades after the rise of counterculture in the US, politicians found a new enemy du jour: psychedelics. As quickly as psychedelics rose, so did they vanish with the prohibition passed by the Reagan \/ Nixon administrations.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-3950dbb );\">David Nutt<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-3950dbb );\">, one of the world\u2019s most respected scientists in the field of psychedelic research, shared his perspective on the prohibition of psychedelics by the Nixon administration<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-size: 12px; text-align: start; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;\"><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"The neuroscience of psychedelic drugs: Ending psychedelic myths with professor David Nutt (no date) Neuroscience from Technology Networks. Available at: https:\/\/www.technologynetworks.com\/neuroscience\/articles\/the-neuroscience-of-psychedelic-drugs-ending-psychedelic-myths-with-professor-david-nutt-328359 (Accessed: January 7, 2023).\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\">[5]<\/a><\/span>:\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i>&#8220;The demonization was all political, it all goes back to the Vietnam War, to the fact that young men didn\u2019t want to fight in a war in a place they\u2019d never heard and didn\u2019t want to fight against an enemy they\u2019d never seen for a cause they didn\u2019t understand and they refused to fight.&#8221;\u00a0<\/i><\/p><p>Psychedelics empowered young people to see through the ideology of a government that needed soldiers to pursue its agenda. David Nutt continues on to say:\u00a0<\/p><p><i>&#8220;LSD is the only drug that has ever been banned because it changed the way people voted! In those days, you couldn\u2019t ban a drug just because people were using it, you had to find harm. The hysteria about the harms of psychedelics was all created by the drug enforcement agency and the CIA that justified banning it.&#8221;<\/i><\/p><p>Scientific research into psychedelics came to a complete halt as a result of The War on Drugs policy. Jamming psychedelics together with actually harmful substances like heroin or cocaine into the same pot was vehemently opposed by many scientists at the time.\u00a0<\/p><p>However, as time passed, mainstream science came to stigmatize the built up body of scientific knowledge of psychedelics. The potential role of psychedelics in the field of psychiatry lost credibility and attention.<\/p><p>The US War on Drugs also paved the way for an international prohibition of psychedelics, spearheaded by the Convention on Psychotropic Substances treaty signed by the United Nations in 1971. In a nutshell, the abolishment of psychedelics from research and legal use created a decades-long setback for the exploration of the potential of psychedelics, both therapeutically as well as spiritually or for personal development and growth.<\/p><p>The radical turn that the counterculture of the 60\u2019s steered itself into, created an even greater generational divide, where the space for open-minded dialogue was practically non-existent. The legitimate critiques on the current socio-political and economic paradigm that represented the interests of peace, democratization and increased collaboration were partially co-opted by a louder movement of guru-ism, spiritual bypassing and juvenile resistance to authority.\u00a0<\/p><p>Careful exploration based on grounded and shared sense-making, led by generational wisdom, that is present in ancient ceremonial use of psychedelics, lacked in the West. Today, we can take these lessons and steward the increasing interest and openness to psychedelics by choosing to develop and co-create stable frameworks and practices for shared sense-making.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de001ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de001ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>The tipping point of ancient consciousness technologies<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c43917d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c43917d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In recent years, interest in psychedelics has gradually increased not only in the medical community but also in the general population. Perhaps this development is also fueled by the desperate need for solutions to the multiple crises we are finding ourselves in.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ab28c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ab28c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"color: #343434; font-family: Poets Electra, Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #343434; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><i>\u201cThe Meaning Crisis is at the root of modern crises of mental health, the response to environmental collapse, and the political system. We are drowning in bullshit \u2013 literally \u201cmeaninglessness\u201d. We feel disconnected from ourselves, each other, the world, and a viable future\u2026.Many people are talking about The Meaning Crisis, but what I want to argue is that these problems are deeper than just social media problems, political problems, even economic problems\u2026 they\u2019re deeply historical, cultural, cognitive problems.&#8221;\n<b> <\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><i style=\"color: #343434; font-family: 'Poets Electra', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: pre-wrap; caret-color: #343434;\">\u2015<\/i><span style=\"color: #343434; font-family: Poets Electra, Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #343434; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><i> Dr. John Vervaeke<\/i><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f1b2be elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2f1b2be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab0d6e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab0d6e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-3950dbb );\">The first wave of psychedelic enthusiasm in the 1950-60&#8217;s has taught us that responsible use is not only valuable for the individual, but also for a healthy culture.<\/span><\/p><p>This explosive scientific and cultural interest in psychedelics puts us at a pivoting point in history. On the one hand, irresponsible, naive and exploitative use of psychedelics could backfire, harming us individually and collectively. Instead of opening pathways to a more regenerative future, psychedelics could reinforce the status quo or even bring us back to darker times. On the other hand, psychedelics could increasingly become an accepted part of our culture thanks to a responsible approach grounded in modern science and ancient knowledge. They could help us heal, mature and reconnect to what is truly important to us. They could become beacon lights for navigating our complex times.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9921f3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9921f3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-3950dbb );\">What way will we choose?<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84b438e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"84b438e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"508\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NinoGal_one_hand_balancing_a_bright_future_ahead_and_one_hand_b_6c372612-fb7e-4a56-82b4-484459ade61e.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6005\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NinoGal_one_hand_balancing_a_bright_future_ahead_and_one_hand_b_6c372612-fb7e-4a56-82b4-484459ade61e.webp 508w, https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NinoGal_one_hand_balancing_a_bright_future_ahead_and_one_hand_b_6c372612-fb7e-4a56-82b4-484459ade61e-298x300.webp 298w, https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NinoGal_one_hand_balancing_a_bright_future_ahead_and_one_hand_b_6c372612-fb7e-4a56-82b4-484459ade61e-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b205254 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b205254\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-3950dbb );\">Dive deeper into &#8220;What are psychedelics?&#8221;<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b664978 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b664978\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As our journey through the history of psychedelics has come to a close, we stand on the precipice of a new chapter. In the next Chapter, we delve into the core question: What are psychedelics? Discover the scientific intricacies, the metaphoric expressions, and the artistic imagery that define these transformative compounds. <a href=\"https:\/\/evolute-institute.com\/the-psychedelic-name-game\/\">This first article<\/a> starts with why these mind-altering substances are called psychedelics and how their name influences the profound experiences they offer. 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