One day I truly hope that Christians and conservatives will come to understand what a healing miracle this truly is. I see so much stuff these days especially in conservative circles about the elite doing hallucinogens to contact demons and it is such a gross misrepresentation of what a normal person experiences that I just need to push back on that.
The deep state and big pharma have buried the benefits of these substances for years as part of their ongoing campaign to suppress the human spirit.
Can any substance that can be used, ultimately be mis-used in the wrong context? Absolutely. Psychedelics provide dynamic possibility for change and an opportunity to help reshape how you fundamentally think about just about everything, and with that comes the potential for extreme benefits, but also the possibility to get yourself into trouble if you are foolish, short-sighted, impulsive, and irresponsible.
Onto the study itself:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6378413/
"Rapid antidepressant effects of the psychedelic ayahuasca in treatment-resistant depression: a randomized placebo-controlled trial" Psychol Med. 2019 Mar;49(4):655-663. doi: 10.1017/S0033291718001356. Epub 2018 Jun 15. PMID: 29903051; PMCID: PMC6378413.
Some key takeaways: "We observed significant antidepressant effects of ayahuasca when compared with placebo at all-time points."
"We found evidence of rapid antidepressant effect after a single dosing session with ayahuasca when compared with placebo. "
So, it helps patients right away, and it helps them for an extended period of time, with only a limited number of treatments. This is a long-term therapy, not a constant maintenance therapy made by big pharma which must be taken daily.
"Although nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea are often reported, mounting evidence points to a positive safety profile of ayahuasca. For instance, ayahuasca is not addictive and has not been associated with psychopathological, personality, or cognitive deterioration..."
Basically, the beginning of the experience usually includes nausea during the onset of the experience, resulting in a purge that usually includes vomiting. This purge generally occurs just after it finish absorbing into the bloodstream, and the rush of blood to the brain associated with vomiting kicks off the experience from there.
An interesting thing to note is that the study also says it is not addictive. Due to the extremely powerful nature of the concoction's ability to induce dramatic life-changing spiritual experiences, it tends not to be something that people would really want to abuse.
So, onto some commentary about my own experience. This was many years ago, over a decade.
When I had the great fortune to experience ayahuasca for myself, after the purge I looked in the toilet bowl and to this day I swear I saw the face of a demon in there. I felt as though in one consolidated chunk I had just ejected all of the evil and rot from my body in one clean purge. Then, with great pleasure, I flushed the toilet, cleaned myself up, and went to go lie down.
Even further on the subject of it regulating its own usage, there's another phenomenon that becomes apparent when you read deeper into reports about usage of DMT and ayahuasca online.
There is a strange phenomenon many people report that the more benevolent entities in "hyperspace" will actually warn you when you are abusing it too much and tell you to seek fulfillment elsewhere. That's one of the spookiest things I've ever read about it. A hallucinogen that makes you see cosmic entities that actively warn against you relying on them too much for support? The crazy part is this is a phenomenon so common they share memes about it and all laugh about it.
One final note - it is worth mentioning that in general the communities associated with usage of DMT and ayahuasca actively go out of their way to warn you not to try and contact anything evil.
Contacting evil demons who demand blood for the blood god is not something that is actively accepted or promoted by this community, and that is evident even just from looking around on the internet and reading posts on forums where they congregate.
I suppose the takeaway there is that if you truly believe the experience gives you a view into higher dimensions, you must categorically accept that you are peering into a complete and thriving ecosystem of beings, both benevolent, malevolent, and indifferent. It's up to you to be careful who you trust and take advice from, just like in the physical world on Earth.
Aside from that, however, imagine if there was a substance that could instantly cure treatment resistant depression, keep depression away forever, was already a neurotransmitter produced endogenously in your own brain, was toxic to no organs, built no tolerances, was produced naturally in plants all over the world, and was entirely able to self-regulate its tendency towards being abused?
The only major thing to worry out would be that you shouldn't let anyone who is schizophrenic or has a family history of schizophrenia anywhere near it. Other than that, it's pretty damn safe.
Sounds like big pharma would want people dead rather than let that out.
They would much rather have conservatives babbling about demons or some other nonsense. The more they can poison any reasonable discussion about this, the better.
This is why they are afraid of RFK Jr. looking into psychedelics.
Wonderful write up! I appreciate the time and effort you put into enlightening this community as to the positives of "edibles". As a member of a Protestant community I've always, and mean always, tossed shade on anyone who delved into weed, shrooms, and other mind altering concoctions. But being aware enough to see sound medical advances in the judicious use of said items, it is appearant that my Christian side needs to take a hard look at how this side of the argument can come to grips with the goodness it can bring to some people.
Heck, it would be nice to not wake up in the middle of the night with someone shaking you awake and when your eyes open the first thing you see is a cop standing in your bedroom doorway. What a befuddling experience that was. No rhyme or reason why I began having adult onset nocturnal epileptic seizures in the middle of the night. Then the added pleasure of having my memories erased from my brain has left me unable to advance in any kind of corporation because I cannot even remember my coworkers names from one day to the next. Mental debilitation is a phrase that is the most appropriate for my condition. I'm now very curious if shrooms would cure my seizures and somehow open up the neural circuitry within my brain so I can have memories again.
One can always hope.
Thanks again, DMP, for your information!
For epilepsy, look into CBD. Ask some doctors about it.
It's a cannabinoid that is not particularly psychoactive except for very mild anti-anxiety properties and it has shown promise as anti-seizure medication.
I would NOT recommend looking into psychedelics for seizures or epilepsy. They're the other big thing other than schizophrenia that should never mix with psychedelics.
What's bad for epilepsy? Flashing lights? What do hallucinogens do inside your brain? Yeah.
https://www.neurocenternj.com/blog/cbd-for-seizures-use-effectiveness-side-effects-and-more/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33332006/
https://www.epilepsy.com/advocacy/priorities/medical-cannabis-cbd
Here is some info on CBD and epilepsy / seizures to get you started. I hope this helps!!!
Charlotte benefited from it.
I support pursuing psychedelic healing properties. In spite of being very aware of what it is that makes DMT risky if misused. The experience can be full of Light. But also The Dark Side can present entities that are disturbing. Because they are as real as the benevolent ones who can also appear. We know by now that the battle exists in all dimensions. Learning experiences yes, but use care to be among people who wish you well. In other words don't use DMT with Satanists. Duh.
"There is a war in heaven - and your soul is the prize!"
I simply am here to advocate for the good side. Never discount human agency and free will.
The issue is things that alter our mental state put at risk from demonic entities. That’s why we are not to imbibe.
Psychedelics have a way of making psychological and emotional trauma bubble to the surface.
You are at your most vulnerable to demonic influence while undergoing through periods of psychological and emotional turmoil.
However, they also have a tremendous ability to help you work through that trauma at the same time.
Proper preparation is key, and education can do a lot to combat negative influences and outcomes. Most people are inherently good, and most people want to be healed.
I would never introduce someone to a first psychedelic experience without giving them some preparation about what they were about to experience, and what that can mean.
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Great writeup. Thanks.
Thanks. I don't think you can overstate the totality of how devastating to big pharma it would be if this got out.
It would obliterate the market for SSRI and MAOI antidepressant medications and wipe out a multibillion dollar market overnight with an all natural, non-patentable plant-based medication.
They would never stand for this. Not in a million years.
NCSWIC. Bring it!
Not to mention that, but there are grasses in the USA which are considered highly invasive that contain significant quantities of DMT in them.
If we as a society pulled out heads out of our ass, we could literally clear invasive species from our ecosystems and turn them into life-saving medicines, and legalize and regulate it for fun and profit.
But nope, the deep state goons won't let us have that.
Getting enough grass to process is a bitch. I tried. Easier to buy the vape online if your so inclined.
I'm a Christian and have been using psychedelics for a long time now to help treat my anxiety, depression, and PTSD. Haven't tried ayahuasca or ibogaine yet. Not sure I really need to or want to, but I would do either just for the experience.
Psilocybin brought me to Christ.
Some interesting research happening with the use of psilocybin (aka magic mushrooms) therapies as well. Not hippy crap, and at the very least, not nearly as harmful as the pharmaceutical mafia drugs we consume in the billions per year.
My mother wrote my essay for the D.A.R.E program for 5th grade, and I won, then had to read it in front of the school in the auditorium. Five years later, I was in the car with a friend who got pulled over, and I got arrested for a small amount of weed. My parents searched my room and took away a half ounce and a few gel tabs. I thought they threw it away, but my brother found where they were hiding it, and then I took it all back.
I never really drank alcohol much in high school, but got into that more after I turned 21 and was away from all of my old friends. I'm 40 now, and over the past 25 years I've bounced back and forth between drinking alcohol and weed/psychedelics. The pattern has been sobriety > alcohol > weed > psychedelics > sobriety > alcohol > weed > psychedelics. If sobriety, for me, leads to alcohol, then I'll stay right here for now.
Alcohol had nearly killed me several times and has caused more problems than anything. Psychedelics heal me, energize me, and allow my family to be around somebody that enjoys being alive, instead of feeling miserable most of the time. They connect me to something spiritual within me and around me. It's very comforting.
Schizophrenia is complicated. My wife is a manic-depressive schizophrenic. She hasn't been on any medication from big pharma in years because of the terrible side effects. They put her in the hospital a few times, where they had to rush her to the ER from her job. However, she says that microdosing psychedelics work better on her than anything else she's ever been prescribed by a doctor. I can tell that she's more connected spiritually with psychedelics. I believe that mental disorders need spiritual healing, there's something deeper going on there. She's become a much stronger and genuinely happy person from them, but still dealing with a lot of trauma from her past.
The only real solutions to life's problems are fixing the things in life that are causing you problems. But, these spiritual tools can certainly help to unlock some doors.
I agree. Psychedelics can provide insight into your own mind, emotions, and spirit, however they cannot fundamentally replace fixing your real-world problems.
They can only help your mind, emotion, and spirit heal from the consequences of facing your real-world problems.
Actually, there is no negotiating with the plant spirits in an Ayawaska brew. Either you come with respect, or you pay the potentially life-altering (or ending) price. Nobody does that ceremony for recreation or for evil.
I never met one that ever told me one single thing that didn't eventually turn out to be true on a long enough time scale, no matter how radically skeptical I was. If you have a healthy amount of skepticism about anything you come into contact with, the evil ones won't be able to sway you, and the good ones will prove themselves with the long-term validity of their advice no matter how skeptical you are.
You need to watch ‘How to Change Your Mind’ on Netflix.
Really eye-opening into the history and research on 4 different psychedelics.
Psilocybin can do the same thing…no puking or squirts either. No reasonable way to o.d. and it can titrated to very small doses that are still in the therapeutic range.
I ate some chocolate months ago my girlfriend got for free from a healing fair, like free samples.
I had NO idea what it was, that is contained psilocybin. No warning on the package, no statement about what the heck this really was. I went on a trip for several hours and it was AWFUL. I don't do drugs. I didn't want it, and I couldn't stop it. Nightmare experience. Not knocking this stuff I guess... if someone is prepared for it and wants it. One of the worst experiences of my life.
It takes mindful preparation and a soothing natural environment. "Dosing" is evil, and will produce evil results.
Yes. Consent, mindful intentionality, and a safe familiar environment. Either alone, or only with people that you trust and who are supportive of your mental exploration. That is how you actually have a good experience.
I would absolutely never, under any circumstances, endorse dosing someone without their knowledge or consent in such a manner.
It doesn't matter if it's a date rape drug like GHB, or a psychedelic like psilocybin.
Psychedelics are powerful, set and setting matters, using them without proper mental preparation in an improper set and setting is much more likely likely to cause significantly more distress.
It's basically like opening up your mind for mental surgery if you want to think about like that. A strong psychedelic experience is a delicate mental operation. You don't want to throw unnecessary turmoil and chaos into that, and you absolutely want to mentally prepare yourself before going into it.
That is a basic violation of consent and bodily autonomy, and should be condemned in every instance. Getting dragged along for a ride that you did not sign up for is never a fun experience, psychedelic or otherwise.
Even as someone who has experienced it before, and could likely identify right away that I had been dosed and know fully well what I was in for, I would still be raging mad if someone had the audacity to do something like that to me, and I would definitely end a friendship over that kind of thing.
Honestly this is the type of thing I think should be an arrestable offense even if psychedelics were fully legal for recreational use. You just don't do that. That's not cool.
What if you don't know the person that well and you don't know if they have schizophrenia or epilepsy - the two main conditions that cause the most problems when combined with anything psychedelic? You could be responsible for them having a seizure. A normal person would be fine, at least physically, but if someone has epilepsy you could kill them!