Leor Roseman

New preprint: "Micro-Messiahs: When Psychedelics and Politics Meet".
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Focusing on the micro-messianic movements of Allen Ginsberg, Master Irineu, and John Wilson (Moonhead)—figures associated with the diffusion of LSD, Daime (ayahuasca), and peyote respectively.

YouTube video by Breaking Convention Leor Roseman - How Psychedelics Spread: The Sociopolitical Dynamics of Psychedelic Diffusion

How Psychedelic Spread: The Sociopolitical Dynamics of Psychedelic Diffusion. Revelations to Revolutions. The Rise & Fall of Psychedelic Movements. Insights are Actions.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=koCy...

Drug Science, Policy and Law Screenshot of title page and abstract

Reframing Psychedelic Regulation: Tools, not Treatments

In this new article, we propose to regulate psychedelics as psychotherapeutic treatment tools rather than as treatments in their own right.

The use of anesthetics as treatment tools in surgery is a useful analogy.

Also - inviting all the other experts from naturalistic studies is very challenging and requires more time, so we hope this would be next step. This requires to bring together also the voices of psychonauts, retreat providers, curanderos, neo-shamans, DJs, and so on - and hence a much larger study

Indeed, while I am a fan of naturalistic studies, this was a strategic decision to narrow it to clinical studies. The reason is that we wanted to emphasise the importance of context in psychiatry - where it is the least clear. Opening it up to a wider search would have diluted the main goal.

Collective Liberation Ritual A ritual performance that weaves together storytelling, facilitated processes, theatre, dance and music to arrive at a threshold where people can transform.

I'll be performing at Psychedelic Science with Ripples, 18th of June, 19:00, Denver. Collective Liberation Ritual held by Palestinian and Israeli artivists. It will be deep and meaningful, so do come if you are around
events.humanitix.com/collective-l...

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The ReSPCT Guidelines Visit the post for more.

yes, indeed, thanks, and we indeed plan to constantly update the wesbite
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The ReSPCT Guidelines Visit the post for more.

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An international Delphi consensus for reporting of setting in psychedelic clinical trials - Nature Medicine A large international panel of experts reach consensus on a new standard for reporting settings in psychedelic trials, identifying 30 key non-pharmacological factors to strengthen the rigor of psyched...

New in @naturemedicine.bsky.social
"An international Delphi consensus for reporting of setting in psychedelic clinical trials" by Chloé Pronovost-Morgan, Kyle Greenway, myself, and many ReSPCT Experts." nature.com/articles/s41...

Psychedelics, Wheat, and Rhizomes How do psychedelics spread, and how do they affect human societies?

Many thanks to @leorroseman.bsky.social for his musings on psychedelics diffusion during our b2b (boat-to-boat) call.

It sparked some thoughts, below (post includes a link to Leor’s excellent ICPR talk):
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Got any good examples of psychedelics shaping culture?

Reduced Brain Responsiveness to Emotional Stimuli With Escitalopram But Not Psilocybin Therapy for Depression | American Journal of Psychiatry Objective: Psilocybin is an emerging intervention for depression that may be at least as effective as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), but effects of the two treatments on the neural c...

🚨🚨New psychedelics paper out today! 🚨🚨

"Reduced Brain Responsiveness to Emotional Stimuli With Escitalopram But Not Psilocybin Therapy for Depression."

psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/...
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Navigating groundlessness: An interview study on dealing with ontological shock and existential distress following psychedelic experiences Psychedelic induced mystical experiences have been largely assumed to drive the therapeutic effects of these substances, which may in part be mediated by changes in metaphysical beliefs. However, ther...

Our latest CPEP, led by @eirini-k-a.bsky.social exploring ontological shock & existential challenge as extended difficulties following a psychedelic experience - highlighting that grounding practices, integration support, & time were critical in helping participants cope. doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Dissociable effects of psilocybin and escitalopram for depression on processing of musical surprises - Molecular Psychiatry Molecular Psychiatry - Dissociable effects of psilocybin and escitalopram for depression on processing of musical surprises

Fantastic new paper just out on psychedelics and music led by the very excellent Rebecca Harding:
"Dissociable effects of psilocybin and escitalopram for depression on processing of musical surprises"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

SWIM & Elf, M. (∞). The Revelatory Truth Within A Faberge Egg. Hyperspace 0.1.1.2.3.5.8.13.21.34.55.89.144.233.377 ....https://doi.org/00000/source

Come join us in Exeter :) Two new positions are now open in our growing Psychedelic crew, teaching in both the online and in person Masters.

Lecturer:
jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

Associate Lecturer:
jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

Frontiers | Observational cohort study of a group-based VR program to improve mental health and wellbeing in people with life-threatening illnesses IntroductionBeing diagnosed with a life-threatening illness (LTI) is often accompanied by feelings of fear, uncertainty, and loneliness that can severely imp...

Our collaboration with UCSF, CiTiUS, Imperial, and Exeter just dropped. I'm proud of work we're doing supporting mental wellbeing in people with life-threatening illnesses. @robincarhartharris.bsky.social @leorroseman.bsky.social
www.frontiersin.org/journals/vir...

A reflection on paradigmatic tensions within the FDA advisory committee for MDMA-assisted therapy - Leor Roseman, 2024 The recent rejection of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)-assisted therapy by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is a dramatic moment in the re-...

A perspective piece of mine of paradigmatic tension between biological psychiatry and psychedelic therapy, as reflected in the FDA regulatory process (yes, it takes that long to publish in academic journals, even a small opinion piece).

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

exeter.ac.uk/study/online/courses/msc-psychedelics/

The world’s first* master’s degree in Psychedelics: Mind, Medicine, and Culture is now open for enrolment. Join the wonderful group at Exeter for a phantastic online course that covers psychedelia via science, philosophy, and much more.

Tickets and submissions are now open for Breaking Convention, Europe’s largest psychedelic conference, here at the University of Exeter on 17–19 April. It will be epic.
Tickets: www.breakingconvention.co.uk
Submissions: www.breakingconvention.co.uk/participate.html

YouTube video by HorizonsConference "Ayahuasca, conflict, and peace: Reflections on Palestinian and Israeli ceremonies" at Horizons 2024

good question. maybe some answers here? (also, why do you assume inner healing modalities?)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2E-...

My academic work moves into art. It's a huge honour to perform with Ripples Collective - a group of Palestinian and Israeli activists and artists. The performance is called Collective Liberation Ritual, and carries the audience through a process from grief to solidarity and empowerment. More to come

(PDF) An Imaginary Interview with Martin Buber About Psychedelics PDF | I present here an imaginary interview with Martin Buber about psychedelics, using excerpts from his I and Thou, translated from German by Walter... | Find, read and cite all the research you nee...

I had an Imaginary interview with Martin Buber (based on excerpts from I and Thou). A Weird dialogue with the past about psychedelics, mystical exp, relations, alienation, the state of the world and more. As usual, he was full of critique, wisdom, and compassion researchgate.net/publication/...

1) Interdisciplinary researcher, currently focusing on social-political-communal; teaching at MSc Psychedelics at Exeter

2) A non-profit called Ripples for psychedelic peacebuilding; and Palestinian-Israeli performance named Collective Liberation Ritual (gofund.me/d3a92973)

3) Shabbath Queen

Just arrived, it feels like a mixture of a cute reunion with the naïveté of younger days, together with the hope of finding a platform for wise and mature knowledge exchange and communication.
Liberating 😁