Joe Welker

Psychedelic Priest Deposed by the Episcopal Church As of this week, Hunt Priest has been removed from ministry by the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia, a district in The Episcopal Church.

Hunt Priest has been removed from ministry by the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia. My statement: www.psychedeliccandor.org/p/psychedeli...

Divinity Laundering: This Is Your Journalist On Drugs How Michael Pollan’s journalistic malpractice in The New Yorker ran damage control for his friends in a psychedelic research scandal

On Michael Pollan's psychedelic journalism as professional wrestling, featuring undisclosed friends and laundering unpublishable data as legitimate.

www.psychedeliccandor.org/p/divinity-l...

Publish or Perish Despite failing human subjects protections, a Johns Hopkins psychedelic clergy study driven to influence the public appears set to be published.

My follow-up on the findings of serious non-compliance with human subjects protections in a Johns Hopkins psychedelic clergy study. www.psychedeliccandor.org/p/publish-or...

Breaking: Johns Hopkins Psychedelic Clergy Study Found to Have Multiple Counts of "Serious Non-Compliance" with Federal Human Subject Protections Unauthorized donor involvement and unauthorized study team members "significantly compromised" human research protection program, per JHU, citing other concerns for participants' rights and welfare.

After blowing the whistle on a psychedelic clergy study over 18 months ago, I recently received this letter from
Johns Hopkins' Office of Human Subjects Research finding multiple counts of "serious non-compliance" with federal human subject protections.

www.psychedeliccandor.org/p/breaking-j...

Where is the Fire? Another Advent question.

Meditation on missing the feeling of wildfire, Christian mysticism, church decline, and John the Baptist

I didn't catch the first part of it, but caught the last half or so and didn't think you rambled. Thought you did great

If I weren't a layperson I'd make a joke about the p value of this coincidence

How Psychedelic Hype Is Hurting More People Than We Realize While much has been made about the power of these drugs to treat pernicious mental health issues, what gets lost are the people who get hurt in the process.

Grateful to be quoted in this Daily Beast piece by
@msmacb.bsky.social along with @eikofried.bsky.social, @neselsd.bsky.social, Jules Evans and others.

www.thedailybeast.com/psychedelic-...

They may be assuming that their doctor cares about the quality of evidence

Remembered this place is a place long enough to share a piece I wrote for Christianity Today.

www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2023/nove...