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May 15

The Criminalisation of Psychedelics is an Affront to Cognitive Liberty

Cognitive liberty refers to the right or freedom of an individual to determine their own mental processes, cognition, and consciousness. Champions of this right argue that is an extension of, and really the fundamental basis of, the right to freedom of thought. Sovereignty over our minds and bodies is a…

Drugs

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The Criminalisation of Psychedelics is an Affront to Cognitive Liberty
The Criminalisation of Psychedelics is an Affront to Cognitive Liberty
Drugs

10 min read


May 8

Metta Bhavana: An Overlooked Practice for Psychedelic Integration

Metta bhavana is an ancient Buddhist meditation practice that aims to cultivate the emotional virtue of loving-kindness, known as metta. I have previously explored the benefits of metta meditation for depression, as well as the potential pitfalls of the practice. I would like to return to the benefits of this…

Meditation

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Metta Bhavana: An Overlooked Practice for Psychedelic Integration
Metta Bhavana: An Overlooked Practice for Psychedelic Integration
Meditation

7 min read


May 1

Cringe as a Form of Self-Insight

Cringing at ourselves, while painful, can lead to greater awareness of our personal identity. First, one of the most common forms of self-cringe is cringing at our past selves, which reminds me of this meme (our brains are incredibly adept at recording cringe memories in crisp detail, whereas positive memories…

Philosophy

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Cringe as a Form of Self-Insight
Cringe as a Form of Self-Insight
Philosophy

7 min read


Apr 24

How to Navigate Difficult Psychedelic Experiences

Challenging experiences are always a possibility when using psychedelics. These may occur after a string of several positive and glowing experiences, but they can occur the first time as well. Essentially, the risk of them increases when there is a lack of attention paid to set and setting — that…

Drugs

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How to Navigate Difficult Psychedelic Experiences
How to Navigate Difficult Psychedelic Experiences
Drugs

10 min read


Apr 17

Giving Writers Creative Freedom is an Effective SEO Strategy

Having been a content writer for around seven years now, I am very familiar with writing in line with SEO-driven briefs. Sometimes, these briefs can be highly structured and detailed, which is often a relief — especially compared to more basic briefs — because it makes sitting down to write…

Writing

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Giving Writers Creative Freedom is an Effective SEO Strategy
Giving Writers Creative Freedom is an Effective SEO Strategy
Writing

6 min read


Apr 10

Does Psychedelic Integration Have an Endpoint?

Psychedelic integration refers to the process and goal of taking insights, lessons, visions, perspective shifts, and emotional breakthroughs from a psychedelic experience and applying them to one’s daily life in a positive way. This can encompass our attitudes, worldview, mental health, career, relationships, lifestyle, and so on and so forth. …

Drugs

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Does Psychedelic Integration Have an Endpoint?
Does Psychedelic Integration Have an Endpoint?
Drugs

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Apr 3

In Search of New Terrain: Similarities Between Travel and the Psychedelic Experience

A psychedelic experience is commonly referred to as a ‘trip’ or a ‘journey’, and the analogy with travel is a helpful one; psychedelics take you to new internal territory, whereas travelling takes you to new external territory. But I believe there are several ways in which we can compare tripping…

Psychedelics

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In Search of New Terrain: Similarities Between Travel and the Psychedelic Experience
In Search of New Terrain: Similarities Between Travel and the Psychedelic Experience
Psychedelics

8 min read


Mar 27

Veganism, Perfectionism, and Moral Scrupulosity

The intersection between philosophy and mental health is a broad topic, and in one essay I gave some examples of how certain philosophical positions may impact mental health, as well as emphasised that this line of causality — adopting a worldview and then becoming depressed — is not so easy…

Ethics

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Veganism, Perfectionism, and Moral Scrupulosity
Veganism, Perfectionism, and Moral Scrupulosity
Ethics

12 min read


Mar 20

The Meaning of ‘Skillful’ and ‘Unskillful’ in Buddhist Ethics

In Buddhism, actions that are deemed good or bad are framed as being ‘skillful’ or ‘unskillful’. In this conception of ethics, morality is distinguished from other religious traditions, such as Christianity — where we find the concept of sin — or common notions of morality where we speak of actions…

Buddhism

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The Meaning of ‘Skillful’ and ‘Unskillful’ in Buddhist Ethics
The Meaning of ‘Skillful’ and ‘Unskillful’ in Buddhist Ethics
Buddhism

16 min read


Mar 6

The Unmet Needs That Make Us Human

I was walking with a friend recently and we got talking about insomnia, about how strange it is that you can’t fall asleep when you’re meant to, which is one of the most basic functions of an animal. And yet so many of us (myself included) struggle to fall asleep…

Philosophy

17 min read

The Unmet Needs That Make Us Human
The Unmet Needs That Make Us Human
Philosophy

17 min read

Sam Woolfe

Sam Woolfe

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I'm a freelance writer interested in philosophy, ethics, psychology, and mental health. Website: www.samwoolfe.com

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