Psychedelic expert, Dr. Raymond Turpin, discusses how psychedelics shut down our ‘default-mode’ and expand our creativity in music, art, and more.
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In this episode, Raymond and Jackie discuss:
- LSD and how it effects the creative process
- The history of LSD, bicycle day, and more
- Painting under the influence of LSD for greater imagination
- Using LSD to tackle professional problems and crack emotional blocks
- LSD and increased concentration/focus for accelerated solutions
- How Psychedelics shut down our default-mode network of the brain
- Seeing wider possibilities for creativity for the use of psychedelics
- The Grateful Dead, musical telepathy, and their role in the culture of LSD
- Synergy of music, musician, and audience via flow states and psychedelics
- The power of psychedelic co-creation
- The therapeutic potential of LSD for the treatment of anxiety, depression, and more
This conversation was recorded as part of the Ram Dass Fellowship’s regular online gatherings. To learn more about the Ram Dass Fellowship and sign up to join a fellowship gathering near you, visit RamDass.org/Fellowship.
“What they found with the LSD art, some of the precise craftsmanship that these artists normally had suffered a bit, but it had greater aesthetic value, greater imagination, more evidence of abstract perceptions.” – Raymond Turpin
About Raymond Turpin:
Dr. Raymond Turpin is the Clinical Director for The Pearl Psychedelic Institute and President of the Board of Directors. He also serves as Co-Principal Investigator of The Pearl MDMA Project. Dr. Turpin has been studying the therapeutic uses of psychedelics and the relevant literature since the mid-1980s hoping to eventually legally use these medicines in his psychology practice. Specializing in the treatment of trauma, Dr. Turpin has extensive experience with children, adolescents, and families in a multitude of settings but has focused his practice on older adolescents and adults in recent years.
“When you think about all that going on in the brain with LSD, it’s no wonder that it can lead to novel ways to see yourself, a problem, the world. You can see where that would really be able to obliterate the box you’ve been in and allow you to see much wider opportunities for creativity.” – Raymond Turpin
About The Host, Jackie Dobrinska:
Jackie Dobrinska is the Director of Education, Community & Inclusion for Ram Dass’ Love, Serve, Remember Foundation and the current host of Ram Dass’ Here & Now podcast. She is also a teacher, coach, and spiritual director with the privilege of marrying two decades of mystical studies with 15 years of expertise in holistic wellness. As an inter-spiritual minister, Jackie was ordained in Creation Spirituality in 2016 and has also studied extensively in several other lineages – the plant-medicine-based Pachakuti Mesa Tradition, Sri Vidya Tantra, Western European Shamanism, Christian Mysticism, the Wise Woman Tradition, and others. Today, in addition to building courses and community for LSRF, she leads workshops and coaches individuals to discover, nourish and live from their most authentic selves.