ThemeTH·056

Psychedelics

Psychedelics is one of the themes that runs through Nectar of Time. Below is everything in the Nectarium that touches on it.

Where it comes up 1

Within this theme 12

Concepts 4

  • Ayahuasca

    Psychedelic brew used in ceremonies in which Mia felt she communicated with her late mother; her first experience brought the message 'let me go.'

  • Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy

    The focus of Mia's Harvard research and future vision: psychedelic-assisted therapy 'voyages' for grief. She notes initiatives using MDMA to mediate conflict between Israelis and…

  • Just Say No

    Reagan-era anti-drug campaign Mia blames for generational stigma against psychedelics, which makes literary agents reluctant to take on her book.

  • MDMA

    Mia is excited about sessions using MDMA to mediate conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.

Books 2

  • The Grief Trip

    Mia's memoir in progress about losing her mother and her psychedelic journey with that loss; the centrepiece of her work, unveiling her methodology. She is seeking an agent and hopes for a…

  • Dune

    Mia just finished it and calls it the pinnacle of science fiction, full of 'cheat codes to human psychology' and philosophy, an escape from mortgages and an Orwellian world into one where…

People 1

  • Mia Cosco

    Research assistant at Harvard working on psychedelic research, specifically how psychedelics can help with grief; hosts grief dinner parties, death salons and death cafes, and is writing a…

Insights 1

  • Whether it's real matters less than openness

    As a psychology student through and through, Mia doesn't need her ayahuasca contact with her mother to be objectively real. What matters is accepting that it may be, and that we may not…

Stories 2

  • Mother's message: let me go

    On her first ayahuasca ceremony, Mia felt her mother tell her 'let me go': stop thinking about what I want and live your life. It was hard because she didn't know who she was outside 'the…

  • Rejected agent pitch for psychedelic memoir

    Many literary agents resist a book about psychedelics. Mia tells every agent she will never stop, so it's up to them whether to represent her, echoing Paulo Coelho's persistence.

Films, music and art 1

  • Dune (films)

    Mia resonates with the Dune movies and loves that wars are fought over the spice, which she reads as a psychedelic.

Organizations and movements 1

  • Harvard University

    Where Mia works as a research assistant on psychedelic research into grief.

Neighbouring themes