#1 — Ontology and Psychedelic Perspectivism with Dr David Luke

In & Through: The Onaya Podcast

What is reality, really?

Dr David Luke has been teaching the Psychology of Exceptional Human Experience at the University of Greenwich for 15 years. He is also a Lecturer at the Alef Trust as Programme Leader of the Professional Certificate in Psychedelics, Altered States and Transpersonal Psychology, and tutor on the MSc Consciousness, Spirituality and Transpersonal Psychology.

In a wild and varied research career, he has focused on transpersonal experiences and altered states of consciousness, especially via psychedelics, having published more than 100 academic papers in this area, including thirteen books, most recently DMT Entity Encounters: Dialogues on the Spirit Molecule (2021).

Here, Simon and Dave discuss the more extreme end of psychedelia, how they can alter our understanding of reality and connection to nature, and the future of the psychedelic movement in light of transpersonal experiences that are hard to explain within a Western scientific framework.

Dr Luke is one of many experts on Onaya's new 6-month Psychedelic Mentorship Training programme, with the first cohort launching later this month. For more information and to find out how to enroll, visit Onaya's website.

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The paper on ayahuasca and nature relatedness, mentioned by Dave in the first few minutes, is freely available along with the rest of Onaya Science's research: https://onaya.science/research/2024-ayahuasca-nature-connection