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Featured Publication:
Psychedelic Healing:
The Promise of Entheogens for Psychotherapy and Spiritual Development
By Neal M. Goldsmith, Ph.D.
ISBN-13: 978-1-59477-250-4
ISBN: 1-59477-250-9
Publication date: 1/01/11.
About Psychedelic Healing:
* Psychedelics as therapeutic catalysts for emotional and spiritual transformation
* Explores the latest medical research on the healing powers of entheogens
* Reveals the crucial role of tribal and shamanic wisdom in psychedelic medicine
* Provides guidelines for working with psychedelics, including the author's personal healing and
recommendations for creating change on the spiritual and societal levels
Banned after promising research in the 1940s, '50s, and '60s, the use of
psychedelics as therapeutic catalysts is now being rediscovered at prestigious medical schools,
such as Harvard, Johns Hopkins, NYU, and UCLA.
In clinical trials to assess their use, entheogens have been found to ease
anxiety in the dying, interrupt the hold of addictive drugs, cure post-traumatic stress disorder,
and treat other deep-seated emotional disturbances. To date, results have been positive, and the
idea of psychedelics as powerful psychiatric--and spiritual--medicines is now beginning to be
accepted by the medical community.
Exploring the latest cutting-edge research on psychedelics, along with their use
in indigenous cultures throughout history for rites of passage and shamanic rituals,
Neal Goldsmith reveals that the curative effect of entheogens comes not from a chemical effect on
the body but rather by triggering a peak or spiritual experience. He provides guidelines for
working with entheogens, groundbreaking analyses of the concept--and the process--of change in
psychotherapy, and, ultimately, his own story of psychedelic healing.
Examining the tribal roots of this knowledge, Goldsmith shows that by combining
ancient wisdom and modern research, we can unlock the emotional, mental, and spiritual healing
powers of these unique and powerful tools, providing an integral medicine for postmodern society.
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Below you will find links to my writing, talks, and interviews.
I welcome your questions or comments.
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Here is a short (six minute) interview I did on the spiral of integral cultural evolution.
It's called "Fusion of Spirit and Science" and is the best,
most accessible example of my thinking:
http://vimeo.com/7517009
I do a lot of public speaking on personality development, psychotherapy and change,
psychedelics research and policy, and the integral future of society, including grand rounds at
NYU Medical School, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, The New York Open Center,
and lot's more. Please for the PowerPoints.
Next up:
I'll be giving a presentation on "Psychedelics, Psychotherapy, and Change" at the Horizons:
Perspectives on Psychedelics conference this September 25th. Please register for Horizons and
say hi at the conference! I've curated the speakers and will be hosting too,
so you can't miss me!
http://www.horizonsnyc.com
I'll be giving four talks (three with Rick Doblin) at The New York Open Center this Fall and Winter:
http://www.opencenter.org/?s=goldsmith
Here's a recent talk to Evolver Spore on the Future of Psychedelics:
The_Future_of_Psychedelics.pdf
Here's my talk to the Psychedelic and Entheogenic Society of New York City
Meetup Group on "Psychedelic Research - History and Clinical Applications":
Psychedelic_Research_-_History_and_Clinical_Applications.pdf
This is my chapter from the Psychedelic Medicine textbook (the first psychedelics textbook
in a generation!) Please feel free to for a .pdf copy.
Goldsmith, N.M. (2007). "The Ten Lessons of Psychedelic Psychotherapy, Rediscovered."
In, Winkler, M. and Roberts, T. (Eds.), Psychedelic Medicine: New Evidence for Hallucinogenic
Substances as Treatments. Vol. 2, pp. 107-141. NY: Praeger.
The Ten Lessons chapter forms the basis for my book, "Psychedelic Healing: The Promise of
Entheogens for Psychotherapy and Spiritual Development" (Inner Traditions Press, 2011.
Here is the catalog description for the book (out in January):
http://store.innertraditions.com/Product.jmdx?action=displayDetail&id=3632&searchString=978-1-59477-250-4
Here is my "Human Detours" interview - a very personal interview. There are six segments and
they get better as we get warmed up!
"He graduated as a psychologist and within a short period of time became frustrated with the
archaic academic system. With the lure of money, the corporate world snatched him up until
he couldn't ignore that voice within his soul any longer. Of course, the use of psychedelics
helped get him there. Find out how!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1GbyP4ROF0&feature=related
I curate and MC the "Horizons: Perspectives on Psychedelics conference in New York City each
September (I'll be presenting on "Psychedelics, Psychotherapy, and Change") and this April
curated (Tracks II and III), MCed (Track II), and presented at the MAPS Psychedelic Science
conference in California. I've also curated and MCed the MAPS speakers program at Burning Man.
Here's my talk on "The Ten Lessons of Psychedelic Psychotherapy... Rediscovered" from the 2007 Horizons conference:
Ten_Lessons_of_Psychedelic_Psychotherapy,_Rediscovered.pdf
Here's the URL for the video of my talk at the Psychedelic Science conference:
"Psychedelics, Psychotherapy, and Change"
Here are two audio interviews I did on:
"Psychology and Psychedelics" on the RadiOrbit show, with Mike Hagen:
http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=50243702339&h=jqPnl&u=VTLIR
"Psychotherapy, Psychedelics, and the Emergence of an Integral Society" for Bob Fass' Radio
Unnameable show on NY-based Pacifica FM-radio station WBAI:
http://www.maps.org/avarchive/sept26.2008_radiounamable.mp3
Here are some non-psychedelic talks. Please to receive copies of any that haven't been uploaded yet.
Goldsmith, N.M. (2007). Birth Order and Liberation in Marital Relationships. Poetry Science Talks, New York, NY, February 8.
Goldsmith, N.M. (2006). Yoga Psychotherapy. Joshua's Place, Southampton, NY, November 29.
Goldsmith, N.M. (2005). Dualism, Psychosynthesis and Yoga Psychotherapy. Association for
Spirituality and Psychotherapy Fifth Annual Conference on Spirituality, Psychotherapy and Healing:
Is Spirituality Necessary for Psychological Healing? New York, NY, May 14.
Dualism,_Psychosynthesis_and_Yoga_Psychotherapy.pdf
Goldsmith, N.M. (2001). bin Laden, Katzinski and the 'Borgification' of Humanity.
The Carriage House Talks, New York, NY, December 6.
Goldsmith, N.M. (2001). Collaborative Systems and Innovation: Formal Process, Virtual Organization.
Leadership and Innovation Teleconference, The Concours Group, April 17.
Goldsmith, N.M. (1996). Interviews with the Future: A Virtual Roundtable.
Featuring John Seely Brown (Xerox chief scientist and director, Xerox PARC), Kevin Kelly
(executive editor, Wired), and Andy Klein (founder, Spring Street Brewing and Wit Capital).
New York, NY: BusinessTech.
Goldsmith, N.M. (1995). Managing the Impact of Change on Individuals.
The Conference Board 1995 Conference on Managing Change: Change Leaders, Chicago, Illinois, October 12.
Goldsmith, N.M. (1995). The Democratization of Expertise: The Security and Ethics of Public-Private Partnership.
The President's Cancer Panel Meeting: The Information Superhighway: What Does It Mean For Cancer?
University of Maryland Medical School, Baltimore, Maryland, September 15.
Finally, here's a poem I wrote:
"Missed, Mist"
I feel in a mist
Sleepwalking through life
Sleeptalking with other sleepwalkers
Triggering out my insides.
On the other hand...
I float down to my ground
And on the way down
I cry my childhood into completion.
On the ground
A glowing mound throbs,
Emanating peace.
I touch the glowing orb
And my sleeping seed awakens,
Reigniting the unfolding frozen so long ago
Unfolding unto the sun
Upward to the warmth of love
From the glow, to the warmth.
Comments are always welcome!
-- Neal
Neal M.
Goldsmith, Ph.D.
Sag Harbor (Long Island), NY
631-725-0098
New York (Lower Manhattan), NY
347-743-1110
neal@inch.com
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