The psychedelic renaissance & our relationship with nature with Michael Pollan | Living Mirrors #46

Описание: Michael Pollan is a journalist and author, and is currently the Knight Professor of Science and Environmental Journalism at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. He has written several books on the social and cultural impact of our relationship with the natural world including The Botany of Desire and The Omnivore's Dilemma. In 2018, he wrote How to Change Your Mind, a bestselling book on the current renaissance in scientific research on psychedelics. Today we talk about psychedelics and our relationship to the natural world.

Topics & timestamps :
0:00 Introduction
0:45 Psychedelics and our engagement with the natural world
2:48 Our possible coevolution with psilocybin mushrooms
14:19 Seeing ourselves as part of nature
23:11 The living mirror theory of consciousness
29:29 Psychedelics as a tool in science and philosophy
33:44 The roles of science and indigenous traditions in the psychedelic renaissance
43:04 Psychedelics for “the betterment of well people”
48:04 The legalization of psilocybin therapy in Oregon
51:58 The potential for psychedelics to change how we relate to nature
55:40 Closing

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