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.
