Psychedelics

Claude and I Talk About Waterslides and Ego Death

And then I talk about Claude.

May 5 • Jay Michaelson

Making Sense of Psychedelics After April 18

The most important and potentially liberating change in American drug policy came from Donald Trump and Joe Rogan. Here are some ways to think about…

Apr 29 • Jay Michaelson

In Pluribus, Enlightenment Mostly Sucks

The fascinating dharma of Apple TV's most-streamed show

Dec 16, 2025 • Jay Michaelson

Does Mysticism Prove the Existence of God?

Welcome to our new subscriber-only series: Inflection Points.

Aug 28, 2025 • Jay Michaelson

The Closest Thing I Have to Optimism

On better days, I conceive of the global rise in nationalist authoritarianism as an inevitable counter-movement in the dialectic of world history.

Jul 17, 2025 • Jay Michaelson

Taking Psychedelic Spiritualities (More) Seriously

The release of a long-awaited study on psychedelics and religion ought to prompt new questions, not old cliches.

May 23, 2025 • Jay Michaelson

The Religious Functions of Psychedelics

A dispatch from the first-ever conference on psychedelics and monotheistic traditions

Mar 14, 2025 • Jay Michaelson

Psychedelics and Judaism: New Skin for the Old Ceremony

Did my ancient Hebrew ancestors use psychotropic substances? Probably not, but the grammar of the visionary experience is similar.

Dec 12, 2024 • Jay Michaelson

The Coming Pivot in Psychedelic Medicine

Our society may soon switch from having too little access to psychedelics to having too much.

Dec 3, 2024 • Jay Michaelson

Meditation and Psychedelics: Between Mental Health and Spiritual Awakening

On the occasionally divergent goals of personal happiness, collective change, and spiritual realization. (A news-diet safe post.)

Nov 27, 2024 • Jay Michaelson

Mysticism for Normies

On the utility (and limitations) of cultivating momentary peak experience flashbacks while at your kid's gym class. Plus some exciting career news.

Sep 5, 2024 • Jay Michaelson

Lessons for the Psychedelic Movement from the LGBTQ Equality Movement

On the unavoidable spirituality of social change

Aug 30, 2024 • Jay Michaelson

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