Videos

Mindtrek’s Set and Setting

Set and setting are so important when experiencing a journey!

Who Is Mindtrek For?

Mindtrek is located in Portland, OR.

How Psychedelics Change the Brain

Psychedelics might interact with the brain by turning off the brain’s default mode network and affecting a thin sheet of gray matter called the claustrum. This could shake up communication between different regions of the brain.

Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris – Psilocybin and the Psychedelic State

Very Informative talk on the mechanics of the psychedelic experience. Filmmaker: MATT FAW

Michael Pollan – Psychedelics and How to Change Your Mind | Bioneers

Michael Pollan’s new book “How To Change Your Mind” surveys the highly controversial terrain of the renaissance of both the science and popular usage of psychedelic substances.

The 7 Levels of the Psychedelic Experience

This video attempts to establish a comprehensive intensity scale for measuring the 7 distinct levels of the psychedelic experience, in accordance with the terminology laid out within our Subjective Effect Index and in collaboration with various artists from the r/replications community.

Psychedelic Assisted Therapy: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

John Oliver discusses psychedelic assisted therapy: its history, its potential, and what it has to do with A$AP Rocky’s relationship to rainbows.

Terence McKenna’s True Hallucinations (Full Movie) HD

Terence McKenna’s True Hallucinations is an experimental documentary about the chaos at La Chorrera, the imagination, time, the Logos, belief, hope, madness, and doubt.
Created by Peter Bergmann, this project is an expansion of ideas first presented in “The Transcendental Object At The End Of Time”.

Psilocybin, Addiction, and End of Life – Stephen Ross

Abstract: Since 2008, the NYU Psychedelic Research Group (established in 2006) has administered a moderate dose of psilocybin to 16 participants in a double-blind placebo-controlled trial of the efficacy of psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy in individuals with advanced cancer and psychosocial distress.

How Magic Mushrooms are Used for Healing | The New Yorker

Eddie Marritz, a cinematographer and photographer in remission from small-cell carcinoma, was a participant in one of N.Y.U.’s Psilocybin Cancer Anxiety research studies. Marritz, and the researchers, take us through the healing experience and explain the power of magic mushrooms.

How Psilocybin Mushrooms Can Help Save the World with Paul Stamets | SXSW 2023

Join Mycologist Paul Stamets, co-founder of MycoMedical Life Sciences, as he speaks of their historical use of psilocybin mushrooms and explores the potential for neurological health based, in part, on recent results on molecular modes of action his team has discovered.

How Psilocybin helped me give up alcohol | Psychologist’s personal journey with magic mushrooms

Join Dr. Becky Spelman in this enlightening video as she shares her personal and professional insights on how psilocybin, the active compound in magic mushrooms, has influenced her relationship with alcohol.

Psychedelics: Chemicals, Consciousness, and Creativity

Could psychedelics make you more creative? Shift your mind, connect you to others, and help you access a younger, more malleable version of yourself? Activist Rick Doblin, neuroscientist Gül Dölen, and musician Reggie Watts join Brian Greene for a mind-bending and multidisciplinary conversation about the promises and pitfalls of these “magic” molecules and their impact on creativity, connection, and consciousness.

Expert Answers Psychedelics Questions From Twitter (ft. Michael Pollan) | Tech Support | WIRED

Michael Pollan, author of “This Is Your Mind On Plants,” answers the internet’s burning questions about psychedelics. How does LSD work? What is ego death? How are psychedelics used for addiction therapy? Why are psychedelics so frowned upon? Michael answers all these questions and much more.

The Battle Over Psychedelic Therapy’s Future

Psilocybin therapy is on the brink of becoming legally available in the US. But access isn’t guaranteed. There’s a struggle playing out right now between pharmaceutical companies, nonprofits, and other entities over who gets to control and profit off the treatment. The outcome will determine whether the people most likely to benefit from psilocybin therapy will even be able to afford it.

Fungal Intelligence – Conscious Mushrooms, Zombie Ants & The Hidden Wisdom of Nature

Life and intelligence are very strange, we as humans are just scratching the surface on the intelligence that nature holds. We are enthralled by the power of Sacred Mushrooms to radically change our perception and outlook on life, the universe and everything!

The “heroic dose” of psychedelics, according to Johns Hopkins | Dr. Matthew Johnson

Psychedelic research is enjoying a renaissance. Recent studies have shown that psychedelic drugs like LSD and psilocybin seem to be a safe and effective method for treating conditions like depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder.

The Magic of Mushrooms – A Psilocybin Renaissance

When scientific study and ancient ritual point toward psychedelics as a tool for healing and awakening, why are these age-old plants regarded as harmful? In this ground-breaking original series, experts explore the history and use of psychedelic plants including political ambitions, the perceived shadow side and the proper environment to experience these substances. 

How psychedelics work, explained in under 6 minutes | Matthew Johnson

Humans have been consuming psychedelic substances for millennia, but only in the past century have we made significant progress in understanding how they affect the brain and our psychology.