From Acid Revolution to Entheogenic Evolution: Psychedelic Philosophy in the Sixties and Beyond : Winner of the William M. Jones Best Graduate Student Paper Award at the 2013 American Culture Association Conference

Elcock, Chris

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“…The commercialisation and use of psychedelics is a complex and impactful social issue that is closely entangled with wider systemic challenges. Some proponents herald psychedelics and psychedelic experiences as potential solutions to broadscale ecological or spiritual crises (Elcock 2013). In examining other controlled substances, impacts on users' self-concept (Evans-Polce et al 2015) and risks of criminal charges and misuse of punitive action also come into play.…”

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“…Despite predating sixties psychedelia, the therapeutic aspects of the history of psychedelics are perhaps less well known than the psychedelics-fuelled counter-cultural movement which began in America during the 1960s (Elcock 2013). For example, MDMA was synthesised in Germany in 1914 and re-entered and exited experimental and therapeutic usage in multiple countries through the course of the 20 th century (Heal et al 2018).…”

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“…Specialising in Ketamine therapy for the treatment of depression, FieldTrip Health was not founded by clinicians, but rather legally trained Ronan Levy and management professional Mujeeb Jafeeri (FieldTrip Health n.d.). While historically attached to idea of liberation and coupled with spiritual and ecologically driven ideas (Elcock 2013), and even before that as a sacred tool of indigenous cultures (Williams et al 2022), the commercialisation process may shift associations with psychedelic substances further toward the clinical treatment of psychosocial imbalances which is at least in part now driven by commercial interests.…”

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The U.S. Government's Program of Welfare for the Wealthy

Benton,

Stasch

2024

Journal of Macromarketing

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It is important that macromarketers understand how income and wealth inequality affect the way people think, live, and die. It is also important that they understand the source(s) of that inequality. This paper discusses how the power elite and the rich used the law to strategically withhold from the bottom 99 percent of the population the wealth generated in the post-World War II economy. This included more than a dozen specific stealth activities the U.S. government enacted from 1970 to 2010, although only a few are highlighted in this commentary. These activities created a Program of Welfare for the Wealthy that worked against the general welfare of the American people. We refer to these as stealth activities because much of what happens in government occurs behind the scenes, in the dark.

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The U.S. Government's Program of Welfare for the Wealthy

Benton,

Stasch

2024

Journal of Macromarketing

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“…One of the dominant cultural frames for psychedelics in western culture over the last 130 years has been evolutionary spirituality ( Elcock, 2013 ). This is a tradition within the broader culture of New Age spirituality, which seeks to synthesize spirituality with evolutionary theory, and which asserts that human evolution is not finished and can be guided towards the creation of higher beings through such techniques as meditation, psychedelics and eugenics or genetic modification ( Ferguson, 1981 , pp.…”

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‘More evolved than you’: Evolutionary spirituality as a cultural frame for psychedelic experiences

Evans

2023

Front. Psychol.

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One of the dominant cultural frames for psychedelics in western culture over last 130 years has been evolutionary spirituality. This tradition suggests human evolution is not finished and can be guided towards the creation of higher beings through such techniques as psychedelics and eugenics or genetic modification. But is everyone evolving into a new species, or just an elite? This essay defines the tradition of evolutionary spirituality and points to five of the ethical limitations of the tradition – its tendency to spiritual narcissism, contempt for the less-evolved masses, Social Darwinism and Malthusianism, spiritual eugenics, and illiberal utopian politics—before suggesting responses to these limitations.

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“…This article understands by the psychedelic humanities, for instance, the philosophy of psychedelics, the history of medicine, neuroethics, and medical anthropology ( Roberts, 2017 , 102–105). This paper builds on this scholarship specifically by interrogating the philosophical framework grounded in the enhancement of cognitive liberty and the potential transformations of the psychedelic experience because “several influential figures saw psychedelics and their power to radically question ontological certainties as having an inherently revolutionary potential” ( Elcock, 2013 , 296). Moreover, some authors consider it possible to discuss the emancipatory uses of psychedelics ( Hendlin, 2022 ).…”

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Cognitive liberty and the psychedelic humanities

Romero

2023

Front. Psychol.

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This research aims to conceptualize cognitive liberty and the psychedelic humanities by examining their constitutive elements. The importance of this study lies in the fact that it is widespread to talk about psychedelic science nowadays, but there is a significant gap in the research. For instance, the role and importance of the humanities need to be acknowledged. Regarding cognitive liberty, this research considers that people have the right to use or refrain from using emerging neurotechnologies and psychedelics. People’s freedom of choice vis-à-vis these technologies must be protected, in particular with regard to coercive and non-consensual uses. Firstly, an analysis will be carried out of the constitutive elements of cognitive liberty, especially within the context of a philosophical approach. Secondly, this research will address some arguments for the philosophical uses of psychedelics. Finally, this paper will discuss the scope and significance of psychedelic humanities as a vein of research. Cognitive liberty is a crucial concept for the psychedelic humanities, likely to broaden our understanding of consciousness studies and reflect on ethical and social issues related to scientific research. Cognitive liberty is an update of freedom of thought according to the challenges of the 21st century. In addition, this paper will highlight the possible philosophical uses of psychedelic substances to broaden the research scope since, at present, the ritual and therapeutic uses of psychedelics have the most significant legitimacy. Recognition of philosophical uses demonstrates that learning from non-clinical uses of psychedelics is possible. The psychedelic humanities represent an underexplored avenue of research that can contribute to a better understanding of the interplay between science and culture.

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From Acid Revolution to Entheogenic Evolution: Psychedelic Philosophy in the Sixties and Beyond : Winner of the William M. Jones Best Graduate Student Paper Award at the 2013 American Culture Association Conference

Cited by 11 publications

References 11 publications

The U.S. Government's Program of Welfare for the Wealthy

The U.S. Government's Program of Welfare for the Wealthy

‘More evolved than you’: Evolutionary spirituality as a cultural frame for psychedelic experiences

Cognitive liberty and the psychedelic humanities

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