The whole idea behind entheogenic experiences is to curate and facilitate subjective experiences. These experiences, on entheogenic substances can be used to heal and also to replace regular over the counter psychological drugs and common therapy. Since the 90's there have been numerous underground therapists and much research in to the field of natural and psychedelic healing. The studies have shown much headway, and have gained such ground that treatments such as mediated Ayahuasca therapy, Mushroom therapy, and LSD therapy have become mainstream.
With the dawn of entheogenic therapy, the culture surrounding etheogens has become more accepted as well. Visionary art, which is an art movement inspired by psychedelia, sacred themes, dimensions, space, and feelings was born of the New Psychedelic Renaissance. Artists such like Alex Grey have spearheaded and nurtured the Visionary Art culture, and also the entheogenic culture. Grey holds workshops and teach in's about art, healing, and alternative culture. Out of this new artistic enviroment, a whole new generation of masters has been born. Abstract artists such as Stephen Kruse and Kaliptus, Futurists like Adam Psybe, and activist artists such as Linzy Miggantz and Android Jones. Visionary art also has traditionalists in its movement as well, who practice medieval painting techniques such as michetechnique, as oils. Martin Stensaas is one such artist.
Alex and Allyson Grey at COSM
The Transformational festival scene is a large part of The New Psychedelic Renaissance, as festivals such as Burning Man, Coachella and SWSX popularized the culture throughout the 90's. Since that time, many smaller, more intimate festivals have grown out of the movement. Some of the more popular festivals that practice the entheogenic and transformational culture are Sonic Bloom in Colorado, Great North Festival in Maine, Lightning in a Bottle, and the Imagine Festival. There are even smaller festivals as well, such as Dancefestopia. These festivals are great local venues to see electronic music, flow arts and live painting. Many festivals also host workshops and build within the local community through service. Some festivals host permaculture days during and after the festival, where food gardens are planted. Others host live art and art in local schools. With the festival scene becoming such a large business, psychedelic harm reduction and testing has become normal. Zendo is a harm reduction service that typically goes to festivals to help patrons and educate people of symptoms of a bad trip and provide a safe space to have a bad trip or work through strong reactions.
Finally, a grand and diverse music culture has fostered the growth of the New Psychedelic Renaissance. EDM, electronic, and complex "intellectual" electronic music that blends many styles and genres have come out this movement. Much of the new electronic music evokes feelings and ideas. Trance, D&B, Glitch, Twitch, Ethnic, GOA, downtempo, chill have all been blended together to create an environment conducive to entheogenic experimentation as well as personal exploration. Artists such as Shpongle, Zebbler Encanti Experience, and Space Jesus typically make the festival rounds during the main Festival season, and then do club shows and international festivals as the season winds down in the US. EDM grew out of the 90's rave culture, and in to the new psychedelic culture.
Shpongle (Simon Posford) By Dylan Thomas Brooks
MAPS, which stands for Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, has stood at the front of Psychedelic research. MAPS picks up where numerous studies left off in the 60's and 70's about the effects of etheogenic drugs as healing agents. After MAPS released their work, many other big name universities had studies as well. For example, Institutions such as MIT, John Hopkins, Yale, UCLA, and NYU have all conducted research on psychedelics, after a nearly 40 year hiatus. Psychedelic therapy has shown to useful in treating addictions, PTSD, depression and personality disorders.
Many have described the psychedelic experience as "life changing" and perspective altering. The MAPS study, as well as other studies have proven one thing, that psychedelics, while in a mediated environment, can lead to healing breakthroughs and new feelings of empathy and humanity. The New Psychedelic Renaissances embraces the entheogenic experience, and in as such, it is creating a whole world of art, music, science and culture.
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