I was both surprised and delighted when the editors of Psychedelic Integration: Psychotherapy for Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness by Marc Aixalà selected my mandala, ‘The Goose Boy’, to be on the cover of the book. It takes me right back to the place where I...
The following is an excerpt from Psychedelic Integration: Psychotherapy for Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness by Marc B. Aixalà: My interest in psychoactive substances and non-ordinary states of consciousness began in the basement of my mother’s pharmacy, among...
We are grieved by the loss of Ann Shulgin, an elder and beloved friend, often referred to as the matriarch of the psychedelic movement. Ann passed away peacefully on July 9, at home in the company of loved ones, crossing into the great unknown. She was 91. Ann was...
Last month, Synergetic Press was excited to attend the McKenna Academy’s Ethnopharmacologic Search for Psychoactive Drugs (ESPD55) Conference in St. Giles House, Dorset, UK. A beautiful and inspiring gathering that came as joyous relief for many after months of...
Michael "Goz" Gosney, Collaborator & Friend (July 11, 1954 – April 28, 2022) Beloved friend and Special Projects Associate at Synergetic Press, Michael “Goz” Gosney peacefully departed this world on April 28, 2022. Goz, as we called him, was a culture creator,...
The following is an excerpt from Jeremy Narby's essay, "Cannabis," from The Mind of Plants: Narratives of Vegetal Intelligence: The years skipped by, and I started working for a humanitarian organization based in Switzerland as an Amazonian projects manager,...
SANTA FE, N.M. — A work of sequenced and guided meditations for exploring emotional landscapes, Dionysian Buddhism: Guided Interpersonal Meditations in the Three Yanas by the late Dr. Claudio Naranjo will be released by Synergetic Press July 12, 2022. Naranjo, a...