You've undoubtedly heard of apparently precognitive dreams, or possibly had one. You may've even heard of the 'law of large numbers' as an explanation. But have you heard of the 'law of at large slumbers'?

New substack about my Popular Mechanics interview

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Excited that Breaking Convention, the UK's largest & oldest (& arguably best) psychedelic research conference, is returning to SE London in 2026 at the next door wich to Greenwich. Woolwich. I guess any old wich will do so long as you know which wich is which. See you there? breakingconvention.co.uk

Had a great day listening to Max Cooper's incredible music through the 360 multilayered immersive sound installation at the University of Greenwich Immersive Lab with Max & a fantastic crew of fellow audionauts as part of my PhD student Viviana Caros project into audio ASCs & spiritual experience.

The serpent's tale of the original medical staff - Hippocrates and the therapeutēs

On altered states, visionary experience and healing in ancient Greece, the Amazon and my back garden

My latest substack:

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Finally I am giving a talk in a venue that matches my end-of-the-pier 'standard' of humour - The Gaiety, Portsmouth, next Monday 6th October, for The Science of Psychedelics.. "I'm here all week!"

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Looking forward to give the first @SeedTalks event on parapsychology.

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Really enjoying listening to the extraordinary insights, perfect prose, witty banter, & stellar scholarship of Andrew Gallimore's audio version of his latest book, "Death by Astonishment" on the alien worlds of DMT. Hard copies launch Monday.

Look after yer 'elf!

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Thanks Glastonbury and chums, that was fun. Was really happy to return after years and give a talk on "Lichenthropy for beginners: Becoming fungi with psychedelics"

Nice new paper that supports our previous finding that trait absorption predicts benign HPPD symptoms. doi.org/10.1556/2054... - They didn't alternatively find anxiety to be related to distressing HPPD symptoms, but then they only had 2 such people in their sample.
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The 7th major Breaking Convention psychedelic conference at Exeter Uni this last weekend did not disappoint. After 14 years it is amazing to see this epic TAZ of psychedelic pilgrimage continue & grow. Massive kudos to all the crew, contributors & congregation for making it happen
Photo: James Wills

Will be talking with Rebecca Jackson on the secret psychedelic art of the Surrealist painter, Leonora Carrington, for the 3rd Conjuring Creativity conference on magic and art entitled 'Inhabiting Esoteric Ecologies' - 15th-16th March, London.
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Tickets: tinyurl.com/2wmrhtxt

... and in memory of lost friends, our first mate Jason Winder and chief medical officer Craig Inglis. Here's to them and The Black Ship, the ones that got away…

Is language use related to synaesthesia and use of psychedelics?

We are seeking volunteers to complete a very short (< 10mins) survey regarding prior psychedelic use & synaesthesia (whether or not you have had either) & verbal fluency task.

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Breaking Convention: 7th International Conference on Psychedelic Research tickets (and submissions/participation) now live - University of Exeter, bicycle days 17-19 April 2025 www.tickettailor.com/events/break...

Was a lot of fun exploring the intersection of science & magic via psychedelics, shamanism, anthropology and parapsychology yesterday at the University of Exeter for the Centre for Magic and Esotericism and the PGCert Psychedelic students & research team - sites.exeter.ac.uk/magic/meetin...