James Jesso is the author of Decomposing the Shadow: Lessons From The Psilocybin Mushroom – both a sweeping overview and a profound personal journey. We sat down together for an online conversation about the “dirt work” of psychedelic psychotherapy and how his own experience of transformation has informed his mission to help others face and transcend their darkest parts…
Exploring Stanislav Grof’s “COEX systems”, the structure of the unconscious mind, how root memories develop into personality and psychopathology, and the role LSD can play in psychotherapy to address negative pathological issues.
Is it safe to take psychedelic drugs when depressed, or sad, angry, etc? Will this help or worsen the situation? …
***Now, before we proceed, let me point out that I can go on describing a conceptual framework for Ayahuasca as a parasitic plant and…
So what if I told you that the commonality in my mornings was the challenge of laziness and subtle self-defeat and that the rarity…
On the first night, the Ayahuasca took about an hour to take full effect. On the second night, it was no more than 20…
Today (Feb14, 2014) is an opportunity to contemplate and explore love, in history, in hopes, and in actions. Sitting with this in mind, I…
On the second night of what would have been my three consecutive nights of drinking Ayahuasca, my setting was in a log cabin in rural Western Canada with about 25 other people. The people around me were generally present and pleasant, with a prevailing sense of slight anxiety.
As the title suggests, I don’t intend to tell you the same thing you have heard over and over again about “Mother Ayahuasca”, visions…
This is part of a video series addressing the topic of psychedelics, shot by a friend in NW Calgary. All the videos included in…
In the existential malaise of post-psychedelic enlightenment integration, I have found myself repeatedly faced with a philosophical problem. (which I outlined in my previous…
Ok, so in the midst of talking out some existential malaise catalyzed by a minor psychedelic crisis of, well, faith I suppose, my housemate…
What does it mean to decompose the shadow with psilocybin?
The above video is titled Respect And Psilocybin These are short clips of my talk in Montreal in late 2013, at the tail end of…
Originally Published on WakeUp World September 27th 2013 There is a conceptual trend arising in the current resurgence of polyamory, or non-monogamy, in the…
I was asked, what are my perspectives on how to cultivate a mature, first psychedelic experience. Here’s my thoughts
With all the talk about mystical experiences and spirituality, a primary question holds strong: can you find God through drugs?
Humankind is of the Earth, and the integrity of our physiological and psychological systems rely on maintaining constructive relationships to it—though in the modern…
As the cultural interest in psychedelics re-surge into the public sphere, the magic psilocybin mushroom has begun to gather a lot of attention. From…
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