Letter from the Editor – Spring 2009 – Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies – MAPS

Alienation from nature and the loss of the experience of being part of the living creation is the greatest tragedy of our materialistic era. It is the causative reason for ecological devastation and climate change. Therefore I attribute absolute highest importance to consciousness change. I regard psychedelics as catalyzers for this. They are tools

Sacred psychedelic medicines have the power to help our psyches rapidly evolve so we, as a species, can be better citizens of Earth, starting with hundreds, then thousands, then millions, then billions of individual revolutions within. The journey starts with ourselves, then moves ever outward.

This work is about relationship—with sacred medicines, self, loved ones, community, humanity, and the miracle of life on Earth. None of our healing, empowerment, and self-liberation matters if we cannot be in high relationship with this most exquisite and extraordinary home planet—and all the other precious living beings we share her with. That is