Podcast 042 – “Using Psychedelics for Rational Work”

Guest speaker: James Fadiman PROGRAM NOTES: From the Mind States conference in 2003, James Fadiman gives an entertaining account of his early days in psychedelic research. The Mind States program that year had this to say about Dr. Fadiman: James Fadiman, Ph.D. has been involved in both teaching and facilitating creative problem-solving with and without psychedelics for more than three decades. His experience ranges from early experimentation with Ram Dass and Tim Leary at Harvard to government-sanctioned legal research with Myron Stolaroff and Willis Harman at Stanford. He co-founded the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology where he now teaches, is the co-author of Essential Sufism, and has just released a novel, The Other Side of Haight. Download MP3 PCs – Right click, select option Macs – Ctrl-Click, select option Books mentioned in this podcast: The Other Side of Haight What the Dormouse Said Scrapbook of a Haight- Ashbury Pilgrim "Higher Wisdom: Eminent Elders Explore the Continuing Impact of Psychedelics" The Discovery of Love