Psychedelics and Human Potential

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TopicPsychology

TopicSelf-help

AuthorArthur Lawida

AuthorCarlos Warter

PublisherInner Traditions

Practices for Deep Healing and Self-Actualization

Despite an unsettled legal landscape, psychedelics continue to become normalized in the United States and around the world. What medicinal properties do these substances possess, and how can they help us to grow as individuals and a culture?

Dr. Carlos Warter and mental health counselor Arthur Lawida explore these questions to offer a guide to psychedelics that blends history, contemporary context, and tools and practices to help readers realize self-actualization. The authors consider the history of psychedelics from North American peyote rituals to the ancient Greek Eleusinian Mysteries. They look at the counterculture of the 1960s and the psychedelic renaissance, exploring how the public per- ception of psychedelics has changed with an increasing acceptance of their therapeutic value. With the “Human Promise” program, the authors explore the concept of self-actualization and how psyche- delics can be used in a transpersonal context for sustainable growth and self-discovery. They suggest tools and practices that can round out a program of self-development including Pilates, Feldenkrais work, neurofeedback systems, and virtual reality. Readers will also learn how AI and information technology are changing the psyche- delic and human-development landscape.

This guide shows how responsible psychedelic use can help with deep healing, spiritual awakening, and social progress.