Where the Renaissance Gets Real Something important is happening in the world of psychedelics—and it’s moving quickly. Research is expanding, therapies are entering the mainstream, and conversations that once felt niche are now shaping global discourse. The...
This summer, forget about Hollywood and explore these innovative, independent films covering the psychedelic, surreal and synchronistic... Dying to Know: Take the Trip of Your Life! “A cosmic buddy film” in the words of director Gay Dillingham, Dying to Know is an...
From July 10-12, Breaking Convention 2015, the 3rd International Conference on Psychedelic Consciousness is taking place. The programme for this year features more than 130 presenters from around the world. Several of the contributors to Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and...
Our affiliate Evolver Learning Lab produces live, online video courses about fascinating, often provocative topics. The next interactive educational opportunity they're presenting is "Buddhism Meets Psychedelics," hosted by Allan Badiner, editor of Zig Zag Zen:...
How did the leaders of the American Buddhist community find their way to spiritual practice? And why does sacred and tribal art look so, well. . . psychedelic? These were a few of the topics discussed at the Rubin Museum’s book launch event for the new,...
Every moment of every day we ritualize ourselves, busily re-creating that which we believe ourselves to be. Everything we are is a habit learnt from the past. Beyond the functioning of the autonomic nervous system (our lungs breathe, our heart beats its own...
Sitting quietly in Santa Cruz, above a gentle ocean under a crisp spring sky, the cover of Zig Zag Zen gently undulating beside me, or so it seems. This book illuminates facets of a serious and often contentious argument in both Buddhist and psychedelic...