Ultraculture

Used correctly, hallucinogenic drugs might just drive you sane. [Read more...]

Watching a visualization of your own heartbeat can lead to what researchers are calling an out of body experience, according to a new study. In the experiment, volunteers were fit with a “virtual reality headset” that showed them their own body standing in front of them, along with a visualizatio... [Read more...]

Joy absolute! The third episode of the Ultraculture podcast is now up, in which I interview Max Zahn, Buddha on Strike. He’s a meditator who is currently protesting the headquarters of the Goldman Sachs multinational investment bank in lower Manhattan by sitting in front of it daily and radiating... [Read more...]

Buddhism is often thought of in the West as a squeaky-clean religion—perhaps, having lost all faith in the Catholic Church and in governments in the last several decades, young Western seekers have sought to transfer their longing to find a perfect religion, and perfect spiritual masters, onto Bu... [Read more...]

This post collates all of Ultraculture’s reporting on the great battle over the UK Internet firewall, which would have included a ban on esoteric websites. [Read more...]

A new study has shown that the moon’s cycles have a massive effect on sleep cycles—suggesting that a full moon will keep people awake and even lower levels of melatonin. Not a huge surprise—anybody even slightly sensitive can attest to how much of an influence the moon plays on human psychology (... [Read more...]

According to a study conducted at the University of South Florida, low doses of psilocybin mushrooms erase the conditioned fear response in mice—which, the researchers suggest, may lead to the potential treatment of PTSD. [Read more...]