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Psychedelic Wisdom: The Astonishing Rewards of Mind-Altering Substances
Shares wisdom-bringing psychedelic experiences from authorities well-known in psychedelic history, therapy, and research
• Reveals how these scientists, doctors, therapists, and teachers have applied their entheogenic experiences in their professions, leading to therapeutic advancements, scientific discoveries, and healing for thousands
• Includes contributions from scientific psychonaut Amanda Feilding, psychedelic swami Dr. Allan Ajaya, “America’s Doctor” Dean Edell, convicted psychiatrist Frederike Meckel Fisher, love doctor Charley Wininger, professor of psychedelics Thomas B. Roberts, ethnobotanical explorer Dennis McKenna, the “Sunshine Makers” Tim Scully and Michael Randall, as well as many others
Over the past decade, many famous entrepreneurs and celebrities have begun to open up about their life-changing experiences with psychedelics that led to their personal successes. But less well-known are the wisdom-bringing psychedelic experiences of many top psychologists, psychiatrists, researchers, and others who have taken what they learned from their entheogenic experiences and applied it in their professions, leading to therapeutic advancements, scientific discoveries, and healing for thousands.
In this profound book, Dr. Richard Louis Miller shares stories of psychedelic transformation, insight, and wisdom from his conversations with 19 scientists, doctors, therapists, and teachers, each of whom has been self-experimenting with psychedelic medicines, sub rosa, for decades. We hear from scientific psychonaut Amanda Feilding, founder of the Beckley Foundation; ethnobotanical explorer Dennis McKenna; research advocate and head of MAPS Rick Doblin; and the “Sunshine Makers”: Tim Scully, the scientist taught to make LSD by Owsley Stanley, and Michael Randall, the leader of the Brotherhood of Eternal Love. We learn about recasting “bad trips” as unfamiliar challenges from psychedelic swami Allan Ajaya as well as the therapeutic uses of MDMA from “the love doctor” Charley Wininger and gain decades of insights from psychedelic professor Thomas B. Roberts as well as several others.
Revealing the psychedelic wisdom uncovered in spite of decades of the “War on Drugs,” Dr. Miller and his contributors show how LSD and other psychedelics offer a pathway to creativity, healing, innovation, and liberation.
• Reveals how these scientists, doctors, therapists, and teachers have applied their entheogenic experiences in their professions, leading to therapeutic advancements, scientific discoveries, and healing for thousands
• Includes contributions from scientific psychonaut Amanda Feilding, psychedelic swami Dr. Allan Ajaya, “America’s Doctor” Dean Edell, convicted psychiatrist Frederike Meckel Fisher, love doctor Charley Wininger, professor of psychedelics Thomas B. Roberts, ethnobotanical explorer Dennis McKenna, the “Sunshine Makers” Tim Scully and Michael Randall, as well as many others
Over the past decade, many famous entrepreneurs and celebrities have begun to open up about their life-changing experiences with psychedelics that led to their personal successes. But less well-known are the wisdom-bringing psychedelic experiences of many top psychologists, psychiatrists, researchers, and others who have taken what they learned from their entheogenic experiences and applied it in their professions, leading to therapeutic advancements, scientific discoveries, and healing for thousands.
In this profound book, Dr. Richard Louis Miller shares stories of psychedelic transformation, insight, and wisdom from his conversations with 19 scientists, doctors, therapists, and teachers, each of whom has been self-experimenting with psychedelic medicines, sub rosa, for decades. We hear from scientific psychonaut Amanda Feilding, founder of the Beckley Foundation; ethnobotanical explorer Dennis McKenna; research advocate and head of MAPS Rick Doblin; and the “Sunshine Makers”: Tim Scully, the scientist taught to make LSD by Owsley Stanley, and Michael Randall, the leader of the Brotherhood of Eternal Love. We learn about recasting “bad trips” as unfamiliar challenges from psychedelic swami Allan Ajaya as well as the therapeutic uses of MDMA from “the love doctor” Charley Wininger and gain decades of insights from psychedelic professor Thomas B. Roberts as well as several others.
Revealing the psychedelic wisdom uncovered in spite of decades of the “War on Drugs,” Dr. Miller and his contributors show how LSD and other psychedelics offer a pathway to creativity, healing, innovation, and liberation.
384 pages, Paperback
Published December 20, 2022
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About the author
Richard Louis Miller
15 books7 followersRichard Louis Miller is a Clinical Psychologist, owner of Wilbur Hot Springs Health Sanctuary, and broadcaster who hosts the Mind Body Health & Politics radio program, a radio talk show which airs on NPR affiliate KZYX&Z FM.
The program is known for its wide ranging discussions on politics and health, the show's format includes guest interviews, guest speakers, and listener call in.
Dr. Richard Miller is Founder & Chief Caretaker of Wilbur Hot Springs Health Sanctuary, established 1865, providing healing, prevention, and health maintenance.
Dr. Miller began the present Wilbur Hot Springs Sanctuary for the Self in 1972 combining the safety and security of the pristine Wilbur springs environment with a modern personal mind-body health philosophy emphasizing dignity and respect for all. He also revitalized the ancient healing method the Greeks called Balneology – the science of the therapeutic use of natural hot mineral waters.
As the Founder of the internationally acclaimed Cokenders Alcohol and Drug Program, Miller integrated his techniques, and philosophy, of humanistic psychology and psycho-physical fitness training with social model rehabilitation. Miller stated that chemical dependence is an opportunity for people disinterested in health, to learn about, and create, a healthy sustainable lifestyle. During the 1980s, he detoxified over 1,500 persons at Wilbur Hot Springs. Not one of these patients were medicated or hospitalized during their residential treatment. Dr. Miller believes the professionally designed program, the Wilbur ambiance and pristine environment, combined with the therapeutic medicinal qualities of the mineral hot springs were significant adjuncts to his 86% two-year success rate.
Dr. Miller’s innovative approaches to healing have been the subject of national television news reports (including segments on the news programs of Tom Brokaw, Dan Rather, David Brinkley and Phil Donahue), print media (Time, Newsweek, and US News & World Report), two film documentaries, the book Gestalting Addiction and his present book, Psychedelic Medicine. In order to share information with the general public, he co-authored a weekly news column in the San Francisco Chronicle, while co-hosting a weekly syndicated radio program.
Dr. Miller has presented his work at national conferences of the American Psychological Association, the American Academy of Psychotherapists and the White House Conference on Drugs.
He has spent 50 years studying, teaching, researching, administering and practicing psychology, health education, psychotherapy and Executive Consulting. His experiences include:
Fellow: United States Public Health Service
Faculty: University of Michigan and Stanford University
Founding Board of Directors: California School of Professional Psychology
Founding Board of Directors: Gestalt Institute of San Francisco
Founder and director: Cokenders Alcohol and Drug Program
Consulting psychologist: Haight Ashbury Medical Clinic
Consultant: California Assembly
Consultant: United States Department of Justice
Advisor: President's Commission on Mental Health
Advisor: California Governor's Council on Wellness and Physical Fitness
Vice President: Parkside Medical Services Corporation
Board of Directors: Redwood Practical Shooters
1st Vice President on the Board of the Mendocino Art Center
National Board of Directors, Marijuana Policy Project (MPP)
Board of Directors, Fort Bragg Senior Center
In 1990, while motorcycling, Dr Miller was hit by a recreational vehicle. In the resulting accident, the Winnebago ran over him crushing both of his legs. He kept himself alive using breathing stabilization techniques. In the emergency room he talked the attending physician out of amputating his legs which led to to a 15-hour surgery. This was the first of 6 surgeries. While in intensive care, Dr. Miller devised methods of coping with the psychological trauma, using visual imagery to aid the healing process. G
The program is known for its wide ranging discussions on politics and health, the show's format includes guest interviews, guest speakers, and listener call in.
Dr. Richard Miller is Founder & Chief Caretaker of Wilbur Hot Springs Health Sanctuary, established 1865, providing healing, prevention, and health maintenance.
Dr. Miller began the present Wilbur Hot Springs Sanctuary for the Self in 1972 combining the safety and security of the pristine Wilbur springs environment with a modern personal mind-body health philosophy emphasizing dignity and respect for all. He also revitalized the ancient healing method the Greeks called Balneology – the science of the therapeutic use of natural hot mineral waters.
As the Founder of the internationally acclaimed Cokenders Alcohol and Drug Program, Miller integrated his techniques, and philosophy, of humanistic psychology and psycho-physical fitness training with social model rehabilitation. Miller stated that chemical dependence is an opportunity for people disinterested in health, to learn about, and create, a healthy sustainable lifestyle. During the 1980s, he detoxified over 1,500 persons at Wilbur Hot Springs. Not one of these patients were medicated or hospitalized during their residential treatment. Dr. Miller believes the professionally designed program, the Wilbur ambiance and pristine environment, combined with the therapeutic medicinal qualities of the mineral hot springs were significant adjuncts to his 86% two-year success rate.
Dr. Miller’s innovative approaches to healing have been the subject of national television news reports (including segments on the news programs of Tom Brokaw, Dan Rather, David Brinkley and Phil Donahue), print media (Time, Newsweek, and US News & World Report), two film documentaries, the book Gestalting Addiction and his present book, Psychedelic Medicine. In order to share information with the general public, he co-authored a weekly news column in the San Francisco Chronicle, while co-hosting a weekly syndicated radio program.
Dr. Miller has presented his work at national conferences of the American Psychological Association, the American Academy of Psychotherapists and the White House Conference on Drugs.
He has spent 50 years studying, teaching, researching, administering and practicing psychology, health education, psychotherapy and Executive Consulting. His experiences include:
Fellow: United States Public Health Service
Faculty: University of Michigan and Stanford University
Founding Board of Directors: California School of Professional Psychology
Founding Board of Directors: Gestalt Institute of San Francisco
Founder and director: Cokenders Alcohol and Drug Program
Consulting psychologist: Haight Ashbury Medical Clinic
Consultant: California Assembly
Consultant: United States Department of Justice
Advisor: President's Commission on Mental Health
Advisor: California Governor's Council on Wellness and Physical Fitness
Vice President: Parkside Medical Services Corporation
Board of Directors: Redwood Practical Shooters
1st Vice President on the Board of the Mendocino Art Center
National Board of Directors, Marijuana Policy Project (MPP)
Board of Directors, Fort Bragg Senior Center
In 1990, while motorcycling, Dr Miller was hit by a recreational vehicle. In the resulting accident, the Winnebago ran over him crushing both of his legs. He kept himself alive using breathing stabilization techniques. In the emergency room he talked the attending physician out of amputating his legs which led to to a 15-hour surgery. This was the first of 6 surgeries. While in intensive care, Dr. Miller devised methods of coping with the psychological trauma, using visual imagery to aid the healing process. G
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