The shamanic use of psychedelic plants for psycho-spiritual purposes reaches back millennia and in the last 100 years or so these substances have increasingly intrigued psychologists, psychiatrists, psychotherapists and many other scholars and practitioners as to what may be learned from them about the human condition.
Currently there is a renaissance of interest in these extraordinary substances regarding their potential to help understand the neuroscience of human consciousness, to induce genuine long lasting spiritual experiences, to enhance creativity, to positively change personality and to treat difficult psychogenic illnesses such as depression, anxiety and addiction. The conference will explore these themes in relation to transpersonal psychology and inspect the illuminating intersection between neurobiology, psychology and spirituality.
