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Eventbrite Webinar/Conversation with Matt Ritchey, Founder of the Inner Circle, Tonight at 1pm

Tonight at 1pm PST I will be speaking with California-based Matt Ritchey from the Inner Circle in a webinar event on Eventbrite about my research and books on the psychoactive potential of…

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15. May 2024

Interviews, News
My second conversation with George Monty on his TrueLife Podcast

I had the pleasure to talk again to George Monty on his TrueLife podcast about my new books, “Elevated. Cannabis as a Tool for Mind Enhancement” and “The Art of the High”.…

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16. January 2024

News
ELEVATED, Book Chapter 3: “Cannabis, Creativity, and Cognitive Liberty”, Part II

The Creative Process: Four Phases So, if we talk about creativity we need to understand that various creative activities involve the orchestration of very different mental skills and physical abilities. And it…

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18. July 2023

Book Chapter
New Interview for Global Cannabinoid Solutions Podcast Online Now!

It was a great pleasure to talk to the brilliant Christopher Tasker from Global Cannabinoid Solutions recently. He interviewed me on my new book “Elevated. Cannabis as a Tool for Mind Enhancement”.…

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11. July 2023

Interviews
The Art of the High – Tutorial 1: From Short-Term Memory Disruptions to Flow

Can we improve the way we use a cannabis high if we want to experience various mind enhancements, such as better pattern recognition, creativity, or introspection I would say yes, and it…

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11. April 2022

Tutorial
New Book “The Art of the High” out now!

Are you still looking for a present for the holiday season? The Art of the High is a state-of-the-art minimalist guidebook teaching cannabis users to induce a high that can bring a…

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13. December 2021

Promotion
Art Photo “Talking to Lester” – Tribute to Lester Grinspoon

For many years I discussed the psychoactivity of cannabis with Lester Grinspoon, who became my dear friend and mentor. I am still grateful for his amazing work, his advice concerning my research,…

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3. August 2021

Promotion
What Hashish Did To Walter Benjamin

It’s the year 1927. In the U.S., marijuana use is widespread almost exclusively amongst Mexicans and black Jazz musicians during the swinging “Roaring Twenties”. In Berlin, the decade is also in full…

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21. May 2021

Essays
Interview With Gregory Frye/THE BLUNTNESS: Cannabis and Creativity I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz9f7LY3xZw
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16. April 2021

Interviews
New Ebook “17 Mind Enhancements of the Cannabis High”

Gregory Frye just published his e-book “17 Mind Enhancements of the Cannabis High. Exploring the Astonishing Research of Sebastián Marincolo” Gregory Frye is a writer, journalist, and currently serves as executive editor…

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26. February 2021

News
The Zen-Effect of Marijuana

„When walking, walk. When eating, eat.“ Zen proverb One of the most predominant effects of marijuana is a hyper focusing of attention during the high. Often, this hyper focusing is experienced together…

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5. December 2020

Essays
For Lester Grinspoon. Your Light is Here to Stay

My dear friend Lester Grinspoon peacefully passed away in the presence of his wife Betsy on June 25th, one day after his 92nd birthday. I was about to call him that…

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30. June 2020

News
Marijuana, Escapism, and Mind Traveling

„Is this not the true romantic feeling; not to desire to escape life, but to prevent life from escaping you.“ Thomas Wolfe We all need to escape from our daily routines once…

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24. March 2016

Essays
Marijuana, Empathy, and Severe Cases of Autism

“You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.” John Steinbeck, writer, 1902-1968 “Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eye for…

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3. March 2016

Essays
Quote: A Marijuana High Can Enhance Core Human Mental Abilities

“A cannabis high can enhance core human mental abilities. It can help you to focus, to remember, to see new patterns, to imagine, to be creative, to introspect, to empathically understand others,…

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16. February 2016

Quotes
Just Another Altered State of Consciousness

“Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?” Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Altered States of Consciousness and Western Culture There is the marijuana…

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3. February 2016

Essays
Legalization Quote

“The legalization of marijuana is not a dangerous experiment – the prohibition is the experiment, and it has failed dramatically, with millions of victims all around the world.” Sebastian Marincolo

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18. November 2015

Quotes
GUINEA – A Guerrilla-Neurophilosophical Approach to High Science

What is it like to be high? What is the positive potential of this altered state of consciousness for medical and inspirational uses? How exactly does marijuana enhance cognitive functions like our…

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27. August 2015

Essays
Carl Sagan, Cannabis, and The Right Brain Hemisphere

„What it comes down to is that modern society discriminates against the right hemisphere.“ Roger Wolcott Sperry (1913-1994), neuropsychologist and neurobiologist, known for his revolutionary studies of split brain patients In…

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2. July 2015

Essays
Marijuana and the Enhancement of Episodic Memory

„A memory is a beautiful thing, it’s almost a desire that you miss.“ Gustave Flaubert, French writer (1821-1880) Our memory is simply amazing. We can store information about thousands of situations…

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25. June 2015

Essays
Marijuana, Dopes, and Cognitive Enhancements

When genius mathematician and originator of cybernetics Norbert Wiener moved with his family from Cambridge to Newton, his wife organized the move and let Wiener concentrate on his work as a professor…

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12. June 2015

Essays
Marijuana and Creativity – A Love Story

“O! For a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.” William Shakespeare (1564-1616) In a good relationship, a loving partner can inspire you and help your creative output…

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11. May 2015

Essays
Marijuana and The Slowdown of Time Perception

“Oh! Do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch.” Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, English novelist…

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22. April 2015

Essays
Marijuana, Pattern Recognition, and What it Means to be ‘High’

“To understand is to perceive patterns.” Isaiah Berlin, philosopher, 1909-1997 “As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the soul will not emerge.” Henry van Dyke,…

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7. April 2015

Essays
Vipers, Muggles, and The Evolution of Jazz

“I’m the king of everything Got to get high before I sing Sky is high, everybody’s high If you’re a viper…” ‘Viper’s Drag’ (1934), by Fats Waller Without doubt the history…

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24. March 2015

Essays
Nightmare Prohibition. Why the Prohibition Against Marijuana Has to End

Watanuga Lahele is radiating. His glassy eyes peep out under a large, conical straw hat, his movements slightly erratic. He has been chewing on a dark-greenish kalangi root and the drug tetralin…

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23. March 2015

Essays
Cannabis Insights: Myth or Reality?

Countless users of cannabis have claimed that it can act as a catalyst to obtain real insights. Are these reports just exaggerations of users justifying their smoking habit? Or is it true…

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22. March 2015

Essays
Marijuana, Introspection, and Personal Growth

“Once again the powers of the herb open up the mind. Seek deep inside. Tell me what you find.“ Cypress Hill, Temples of Boom III As we mature, we have experiences and…

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22. March 2015

Essays
Cannabis, Mind Enhancements, and Culture

“(…) for the actual experience of the smoked herb has been completely clouded by a fog of dirty language by the diminishing crowd of fakers who have not had the experience and…

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20. March 2015

Essays
Vaporizer Highs

What characterizes a vaporizer high? How much of a difference is there between a vaporizer high and the high from a joint or bong? How different are various vaporizers on the market…

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24. February 2015

Essays

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