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A psychedelic bad trip can happen even to the most experienced and well-prepared psychonaut. Knowing how to deal with a bad trip peacefully and how to integrate the lessons into ordinary life is key to giving meaning to the trip and learning from it. In everyday life, we encounter situations that challenge us as a psychedelic trip does, and learning how to integrate a bad trip and improve from it will also prepare us to grow from the challenges of life.

You’ve just been through one of the most transformative experiences of your life, journeying through a roiling mass of emotions, thoughts, visions, ‘downloads’, memories, and amplified residues of recent activities, and it’s hard to put them into words. Salman Rushdie writes in his magical masterpiece, The Ground Beneath Her Feet that ‘five mysteries hold the keys to the unseen: the act of love, the birth of a baby, the contemplation of great art, being in the presence of death or disaster, and hearing the human voice lifted in song. These are the occasions when the bolts of the universe fly open and we are given a glimpse of what is hidden: an eff of the ineffable.’ I would add that there is at least one more key that can unlock the doors to divine intimations and profound transformations: freeing up the human body in a visceral, life-affirming, effortless dance while tuning into the eternal, creative life force (Axe) – with the help of psychedelics. However, that key to the unseen is not always a gentle fit. It can be a Trojan horse.

The ‘mystical experience’ is a term that is broadly used by the scientific community worldwide to describe the journey-like experience that can be triggered by the consumption of psychedelic substances. This experience is often characterized by a drastic change in the perception of the self; sometimes this effect may even be referred to as “ego death” or ego dissolution. In this article, Alexandre Perrella is defining the concept of Ego-Death, how to integrate it and apply it to our life.

Andrés Rose has been invited to be a guest speaker at the podcast From Depression to Expression ran by Oliver Schirach. During this one and half hour long interview, they discuss about his experience with his coming to senses on his own life purpose and goals. He describes his journey with different plant medicines and the need for support after each ceremony, to help integrate the insights revealed by the psychedelics. His own struggle to find proper help marks the inception of Psychedelics Integration.