Dose
Dose sells shrooms online. Writing for them is a lot of fun.
For Dose I’ve mused about the role psilocybin may have played in human evolution, traced the impact of psychedelics on arts and culture, and delved into the ways psychedelics can improve your mind and your life.
Greatest hits below.
Did Magic Mushrooms Spark Consciousness In Humans?
A fun thought exercise examining the influence of psilocybin and other psychedelics on the roots of human consciousness by way of Terrence McKenna’s Stoned Ape Theory. (Spoiler alert: psychedelics probably didn’t spark human consciousness, but they sure do make it more fun.)
Read it here.
PSYCHED UP: The Rise, Fall, and Modern Rebirth of Psychedelic Art
A quick jaunt through the Summer of Love origins of this iconic art style, its subsequent expansion across the globe via music, its general decline, and modern resurgence, highlighting notable artists old and new along the way.
Read it here.
Microdosing for Creativity
The title says it all: this practical guide lays out how to leverage tiny doses of psilocybin for big benefits. On the way I cover the neuroscience behind the creative impulse and the switches mushrooms flip in your brain to lubricate the process.
Did I practice what I preach to write this article? I’ll never tell.
Read it here.
Bill Hicks’ War on the War on Drugs
An overview on how this beloved cult comedian skewered, lambasted, and generally roasted the US government’s hypocritical crusade against drugs.
Read it here.
Murakami’s Mushrooms
A meandering retrospective of Japanese artist Takashi Murakami and the myriad ways mushrooms, magic and otherwise, have shaped his work.
Read it here.
Trippers of the Animal Kingdom
My first foray into psychozoology, a term I just invented, this article investigates the various ways birds, bees, and beasts get stoned, high, and drunk.
Read it here.