Entheogens as Cultural Technologies
When people talk about psychedelics and cannabis today, the conversation usually splits into lanes: clinical trials, Silicon Valley microdosing hacks, or wellness trends. But before they were hashtags or “treatments,” entheogens like ayahuasca, peyote, psilocybin, and cannabis carried a much older role. They weren’t just substances—they were cultural technologies. For generations, communities have used these…
Gucci’s The Tiger, Psychedelics, and Fashion
Fashion and psychedelics have long glided in parallel: the wild prints, the altered perceptions, the boundary-breaking aesthetics. But now, high fashion is leaning in more overtly—Gucci’s The Tiger, Stella McCartney’s mushroom campaign, and capsule collections inspired by visionary states are collapsing the boundary between garment and psychedelic statement. Psychedelia in fashion is not just style:…
Cannabis and the Body: Stretching High, Part 3
Following part one and part two of this series on cannabis and the body, the physiology and perception of stretching high are clear: cannabis shifts muscle tone, fascia responsiveness, proprioception, and interoception in ways that can make stretching and movement feel more intuitive and embodied. The final step is practice — how to use those…
Cannabis and the Body: Stretching High, Part 2
Where article 1 in this three-part series mapped cannabis through the tissues — skin, fascia, muscle tone, inflammation — this second article follows those signals upstream into the brain. The ease, fluidity, or deep presence people describe while stretching high doesn’t only come from softer muscles; it comes from how cannabis modulates the neural circuits…
Cannabis and the Body: Stretching High, Part 1
Plant-assisted movement isn’t a new trend — it’s an old relationship resurfacing. Across cultures, cannabis has long appeared alongside dance, athletic ritual, martial arts, and embodied meditation. What we’re doing now is studying what people already knew: the plant changes how the body feels, moves, and learns. This three-part series traces that relationship through the…
Cannabis, Psychedelics, and the Endocannabinoid Link: Part 3
This series explores the deep but underexamined connection between cannabis and psychedelics, two plant medicines that act on different yet overlapping systems in the brain and body. Building on Part 1 and Part 2, Part 3 brings the science into practice. It explores how dose, timing, set and setting, and personal history shape the real-world…
Cannabis, Psychedelics, and the Endocannabinoid Link: Part 2
This series explores the deep but underexamined connection between cannabis and psychedelics, two plant medicines that act on different yet overlapping systems in the brain and body. Building on the foundation of cultural and biological context explored in Part 1, Part 2 dives deeper into the mechanics of how cannabis and psychedelics overlap in the…
Cannabis, Psychedelics, and the Endocannabinoid Link: Part 1
This series explores the deep but underexamined connection between cannabis and psychedelics, two plant medicines that act on different yet overlapping systems in the brain and body. While cannabis primarily tunes the endocannabinoid system (ECS) and psychedelics activate the serotonergic system, both influence mood, perception, and neuroplasticity in striking ways. Part 1 lays the foundation…