Frontiers in Psychology
June 16, 2023
Gina Ratkovic, Mike Sosteric, Tristan Sosteric
8 citations
An Indigenous therapist/psychonaut evaluated the Copenhagen Music Program for Psilocybin during a 3.5 gram psilocybin journey and found that its musical selections evoke colonial and religious contexts and are psychologically and emotionally coercive, designed to steer the experience along a predetermined path. The program is deemed unsuitable for Indigenous travelers. The authors suggest curating a broader range of playlists and incorporating music aligned with traditional shamanic practices as a more appropriate approach to psychedelic therapy.
Religions
October 20, 2022
Mike Sosteric
3 citations
This autoethnographic account describes the author's own mystical or 'connection' experiences, weaving psychological, sociological, historical, and methodological themes. The paper details the four stages of a research project that emerged from these experiences, including the challenges of collecting and analyzing autoethnographic data using tools like MediWiki. It presents a conceptual schema to clarify nomenclature and provide a basis for describing and analyzing connection experiences, demonstrating its utility on the author's experiences and those of others. A glossary of terms is included to facilitate critical discussion of the framework.
August 30, 2022
Mike Sosteric
An autoethnographic account of the author's own mystical experiences, termed connection experiences, weaves together psychological, sociological, historical, and methodological themes. The paper describes four stages of a research project that emerged from these experiences, along with the challenges of collecting and analyzing autoethnographic data using tools like MediWiki. A conceptual schema is presented to resolve nomenclature confusion and provide a basis for describing, analyzing, and discussing connection experiences. The schema's utility is demonstrated by applying it to the author's experiences and those of others. A glossary of terms is included to facilitate critical discussion.
Mike Sosteric
Religion and spirituality, often dismissed as reactionary or illusory since Marx, contain an authentic revolutionary core. Drawing on biographical examples, the paper argues that human spirituality is not a primitive holdover but essentially revolutionary. In the face of escalating global ecological, political, and economic crises, this core must be examined, recovered, and embraced as part of local and global strategies for transformation.