Should You Be Taking Psychedelics? The Benefits, the Risks, and the Science. | Jay Michaelson

Featuring a meditation teacher, author, professor, and dedicated experimenter with these molecules.Jay Michaelson is a journalist, meditation teacher, rabbi, and professor of religious studies whose work for the last several years has been focused on psychedelics, meditation, and spirituality.Jay is a field scholar at Emory University’s Center for Psychedelics and Spirituality, and a fellow at Harvard Law School’s project on Psychedelic Use, Law, and Spiritual Experience. He is currently a visiting professor at Harvard Law School, teaching courses on psychedelics, law, and religion.In this episode we talk about:Everything you should know about psychedelics if you’re wondering whether to give them a tryWhat the research shows thus farThe differences among various compoundsThe overlap between meditation and psychedelicsThe difference between spirituality and healingThe dizzying question of whether these medicines have a separate consciousness And moreRelated Episodes:Psychedelics and Meditation | Michael Pollan What to do About Eco-Anxiety | Jay MichaelsonSign up for Dan’s newsletter hereFollow Dan on social: Instagram, TikTokTen Percent Happier online bookstoreSubscribe to our YouTube ChannelOur favorite playlists on: Anxiety, Sleep, Relationships, Most Popular EpisodesFull Shownotes: https://meditatehappier.com/podcast/tph/jay-michaelson-912Additional Resources:Both/And with Jay MichaelsonA special guided meditation from Jay to accompany this episode Two free upcoming events:Emory Science on Spiritual Health Conference (free, online) Harvard Symposium on Psychedelics in Monotheistic Traditions (which Jay co-chairing)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.