Examining the Psychedelic Renaissance
Season 2
A 15-week online event to explore, examine, and delve into the psychedelic Renaissance
Episode 15: Psilocybin Mushrooms vs. Psilocybin: The Dialectic Between Nature vs. Synthetic
December 29th, 5:00-6:30PM PST
Paul Stamets
Mycologist
Paul Stamets
Psilocybin Mushrooms vs. Psilocybin: The Dialectic Between Nature vs. Synthetic
December 29th, 5:00-6:30pm PST
Bio: Paul Stamets, speaker, author, mycologist, medical researcher and entrepreneur, is considered an intellectual and industry leader in fungi: habitat, medicinal use, and production. He lectures extensively to deepen the understanding and respect for the organisms that literally exist under every footstep taken on this path of life. Paul is the author of six books (including Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World, Growing Gourmet & Medicinal Mushrooms, and Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World), he has discovered and named numerous new species of psilocybin mushrooms. Paul has been awarded more than 40 patents with several patent applications in queue for unexpected activity of psilocybin analogues stacked with other substances. He has received numerous awards, including: Invention Ambassador (2014-2015) for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the National Mycologist Award (2014) from the North American Mycological Association (NAMA), and the Gordon & Tina Wasson Award (2015) from the Mycological Society of America (MSA). His work has entered into the mainstream of popular culture. In the new Star Trek: Discovery series on CBS, the Science Officer is portrayed by an Astromycologist…. a Lt. Paul Stamets. Paul’s work with mycelium is a central theme of this series.
Webinar Topic: Paul will discuss the history and advances in our understanding of psilocybin mushrooms. He will make the case for the therapeutic benefits of psilocybin mushrooms which afford benefits to the greatest number of people in need. In these COVID times, the need for antidepressants and anti-anxiety medicines is of paramount importance and serves a societal need currently not being addressed by conventional medicine.
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Episode Summary: Paul will discuss the history and advances in our understanding of psilocybin mushrooms. He will make the case for the therapeutic benefits of psilocybin mushrooms which afford benefits to the greatest number of people in need. In these COVID times, the need for antidepressants and anti-anxiety medicines is of paramount importance and serves a societal need currently not being addressed by conventional medicine.
Exclusive Post Webinar Session: Exclusive Q&A with Paul Stamets. This is your extremely exclusive opportunity to meet with the one and only Paul Stamets in this exclusive Q&A session. Following the webinar, you will have the chance to ask Paul any burning questions you may have from his incredible career as an author and Mycologist, or dive deeper on the topics covered in his episode. This private session with 6 to 10 other webinar participants, is your access to get to know Paul and his work even better. To register, see Ep 15Ex: Exclusive w/ Paul.
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