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Letter from Rick Doblin, MAPS President
Rick Doblin mourns the loss of Nicholas Saunders, ally and friend in the
struggle to legitimize the beneficial use of MDMA and other psychedelics
psychedelics.
MDMA Research in Switzerland: an Update
Alex Gamma and F.X. Vollenweider, M.D.
Several studies into the effects of MDMA on drug-naive subjects have been
conducted in Zürich. Most of the experimental work and parts of the
data analysis involved in these studies have been completed.
Ibogaine Therapy in Chemical Dependency and Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder:
A Hypothesis Involving the Fractal Nature of Fetal REM Sleep and
Interhemispheric Reintegration
Carl M. Anderson, Ph.D.
This hypothesis could provide a spring-board for experimental
investigations of many of the related ideas presented, providing an
integrated theoretical view of the action of Ibogaine and
other oneiric [dream-inducing] psychedelic drugs.
Cannabis in Acute Migraine Treatment Project:
Response to
National Institutes of Health Critique
Ethan Russo, M.D.
The principal investigator and his team, with additional support from
MAPS, plans to submit a revised grant application to NIH for its June
1, 1998 grant cycle.
The LSD Therapy Career of Jan C. Bastiaans, M.D.
Stephen Snelders
In 1961, Bastiaans started to use psychedelics to treat concentration camp
survivors and other survivors of acute trauma. A controversial figure, he
continued his work until the early 1990s.
Tribute to Professor Jan C. Bastiaans: 1917-1997
Nicole Maalsté
Efforts are underway to characterize the Bastiaans method of psychedelic
psychotherapy. Additional funding is sought to protect and analyse
important data collected by Bastiaans and his staff members.
Scenario Planning: Investing in Consciousness
David T. Pfenninger, Ph.D.
If the identified trends are valid, it seems reasonable to predict that we
are well on our way to a new societal relationship to altered states of
consciousness, including those invoked with the assistance of psychedelic
substances.
A Psychospiritual Context for the Therapeutic Use of
Psychedelics
Richard Spurgeon, M.A.
The psychospiritual perspective holds that our essence is spiritual in
nature, and that life is a process of development and unfolding in which
psychological and spiritual aspects are deeply entwined.
Psychedelic Vision at the Turn of the Millenium:
Discussion with Andrew Weil, M.D.
Exerpted from the pre-conference of the 1997 Association for Transpersonal
Psychology Conference. Speakers were Charles Grob, M.D., Laura Huxley,
Dennis McKenna, Ph.D., Terence McKenna, Ralph Metzner, Ph.D. and Andrew
Weil, M.D.
Multidisciplinary Approaches to Psychedelic Scholarship (MAPS)
Thomas B. Roberts, Ph.D.
For seventeen years Roberts has taught "Psychedelic Mindview" at Northern
Illinois University as a special topics course in educational psychology.
He comments here on how to pursue studies in psychedelic research.
Heffter Research Institute Update
David Nichols, Ph.D.
HRI moves into its fifth year of existence. In 1997 HRI presented the
first two prizes for outstanding research with psychedelics. HRI has
funded two small research proposals, is reviewing several others, and
published the first Heffter Review of Psychedelic Research.
The Hofmann Report
Ronald Brettin and Myron Stolaroff, M.S.
The Albert Hofmann Foundation has acquired from Sandoz 93 volumes of
invaluable psychedelic research, consisting of more than 3,500 papers
of the published scientific literature for the period 1947-1988. Myron
Stolaroff adds News from a Psychedelic Elder.
The Literature of Psychedelics
Bob Wallace
The next in a series of bi-annual overviews of recently published books
on various aspects of the mind modifying materials, new periodicals and
issues, and new editions of previously published books.
Marketing The Secret Chief
Carla Higdon
The first book published by MAPS has been selling well. The author's
recent trip to New York City apparently boosted sales, as word spreads
about the life of "Jacob." Forty of the one hundred copies of
the special signed edition have been sold.
The Mind States Conference
Sylvia Thyssen
November 22-23, 1997, the Berkeley International House hosted an intensive
series of presentations covering current perspectives on visionary plants
and drugs.
Readers' Forum and Announcements
Readers' letters, a footnote on the history of MDMA, a new website
founded by the late Nicholas Saunders, the music of psychedelic therapy,
and upcoming conferences.
In Memoriam: Nicholas Saunders
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