Do Psychedelics Hurt or Heal? 3 Anonymous Psychedelic Campfire Stories

Today, we explore the complex power of psychedelics through 3 different stories.

In our first story, Jane [quote] “telepathically” communicates with her abusive mother on psilocybin.

In the second, Lev tries to address relationship issues with ayahuasca.

In the last, Trip takes MDMA as a last-ditch effort to prevent his own suicide.

Chapters

(00:00) Intro.

(03:36) Jane’s psychedelic conversation.

(15:41) Lev hits eject on ayahuasca.

(26:08) Trip’s MDMA trip.

Notes

Jane’s episode: Can Psychedelics Heal the Mother Wound? Part 2

Lev’s episode: Who Says Ego Death Is Good for Me?

Trip’s episode: Can Psychedelics Help Me Love Myself?

Edits: To focus this episode’s themes and narrative, we cut down our guests’ analysis, observations, narrativizations, & story. We also cut all of Alex’s questions & comments. Other edits are limited to dead space, audio blemishes, unnecessary words, & unessential content. We consulted with our guests during the original production of these edits, & they approved of the flow.

Theme song: Secret Wilderness’ theme song is “Winter Solstice” by Löwenzahnhonig. Released by Inselgruppe, published by A Tree in a Field.

Other music: We used the tracks “Drones over New Jersey,” “7. Pastoral (Vast Peace) [Cinematic Underscore Loops - The Core Collection],” “African Desert,” “The Most Shocking Halloween Trailer 3,” & “Binaural Sleep Vol. 4,” by Sascha Ende. This music is free for commercial use under the CC BY 4.0 license.