📚 Resources & Further Reading
Curated knowledge for bridging science, psychology, and spirituality
The internet is full of fragmented information about Ayahuasca and psychedelics. This page collects reliable, high-signal sources — studies, books, and thinkers who are advancing the conversation about consciousness and healing. We value research without dogma and spirituality without superstition.
🧬 Science & Consciousness
These authors and researchers expand the scientific dialogue toward a deeper understanding of awareness itself.
Bernardo Kastrup
Analytic Idealism — consciousness as fundamental reality
Why Materialism Is Baloney (2014), The Idea of the World (2019)
Donald Hoffman
Interface Theory of Perception — reality as user interface
The Case Against Reality (2019)
Christof Koch
Integrated Information Theory (IIT) — quantifying consciousness
The Feeling of Life Itself (2019)
David Bohm
Quantum physics & consciousness — the implicate order
Wholeness and the Implicate Order (1980)
Federico Faggin
Consciousness as intrinsic property of reality; physics meets mind
Silicon (2021)
Michael Levin
Bioelectric intelligence in living cells — cognition beyond neurons
Morphogenesis and the Collective Intelligence of Life (research papers, Tufts University)
Rupert Sheldrake
Morphic resonance & formative fields
Science Set Free / The Science Delusion (2012)
David Kipping
Astrophysics & panpsychism — consciousness as cosmic constant
Cosmic Consciousness: A New Frontier? (Columbia University)
“Consciousness research is no longer fringe — it’s where science is rediscovering humility.”
⚗️ Psychedelic Science & Neurobiology
Modern psychedelic research continues to illuminate how plant medicines affect the brain, mood, and trauma recovery.
Robin Carhart-Harris (Imperial College London)
Default Mode Network, Entropic Brain Theory
Neurobiology of Consciousness Under Psychedelics (2014-2022)
Roland Griffiths (Johns Hopkins University)
Mystical experience & mental health outcomes
Psilocybin Can Occasion Mystical-Type Experiences (2006), Nature Medicine (2022)
J.C. Callaway
Pharmacokinetics of β-carbolines in Ayahuasca
Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1999)
D. Nutt et al.
Drug-harm analysis & legal reform
The Lancet (2010): Drug Harms in the UK
🧠 Psychology, Trauma & Integration
Bridging the inner worlds of mind and body — from depth psychology to somatic healing and neurobiology of trauma.
Carl G. Jung
Shadow, individuation, the collective unconscious
Modern Man in Search of a Soul (1933)
Gabor Maté
Trauma, addiction, authenticity
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts (2008)
Bessel van der Kolk
Body-based trauma resolution
The Body Keeps the Score (2014)
Peter Levine
Somatic experiencing & nervous-system regulation
Waking the Tiger (1997)
Stephen Porges
Polyvagal Theory — neurophysiology of safety
The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory (2017)
Marisa Peer
Hypnotherapy & subconscious reprogramming
I Am Enough (2018)
Integration means turning understanding into embodiment — psychology meets physiology.
🌿 Indigenous Wisdom & Anthropology
Jeremy Narby
DNA, consciousness & Amazonian cosmology
The Cosmic Serpent (1998)
Luis Eduardo Luna
Anthropology of Ayahuasca shamanism
Vegetalismo (1986)
Michael Harner
Core shamanism & cross-cultural comparison
The Way of the Shaman (1980)
Rachel Harris
Psychological integration of psychedelic experience
Listening to Ayahuasca (2017)
Christian Rätsch
Ethnobotany & sacred plants
The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants (2005)
✨ Philosophy, Mysticism & Meaning
Eckhart Tolle
Presence and ego transcendence through direct awareness
The Power of Now (1997), A New Earth (2005)
Joe Dispenza
Neuroplasticity & self-directed evolution of mind-body
Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself (2012), Becoming Supernatural (2017)
Alan Watts
East-West philosophy, surrender, and paradox
The Wisdom of Insecurity (1951)
Ken Wilber
Integral Theory — merging science, psychology, and spirituality
A Brief History of Everything (1996)
Thomas Metzinger
Philosophy of mind & the self-model
Being No One (2003)
Iain McGilchrist
Brain hemispheres & culture
The Master and His Emissary (2009)
Joseph Campbell
Myth & the Hero’s Journey
The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949)
Awareness without embodiment drifts into theory; embodiment without awareness forgets its source.
🪞 Integration & Embodiment Tools
BioPsyche Renewal™ Framework — biopsycherenewal.com A trauma-informed, biology-anchored model for sustainable transformation.
Vine of the Soul Retreats Integration Circles — community-based ongoing support.
Breathwork, somatic movement, journaling, nutrition protocols — for nervous-system coherence and neurochemical balance.
The Healer App (in development) — personalized tracking of emotional and physiological healing patterns.
🕯 Documentaries & Talks
DMT: The Spirit Molecule (2010) — Rick Strassman
Fantastic Fungi (2019) — Louie Schwartzberg
The Wisdom of Trauma (2021) — Gabor Maté
The Mind, Explained (Netflix, 2019-2021)
A Glitch in the Matrix (2021) — Consciousness and simulation theory
Bernardo Kastrup on Consciousness — Essentia Foundation lectures
Joe Dispenza — The Science of Becoming Supernatural (YouTube series)
🌍 External Research & Networks
Open Foundation — Europe’s psychedelic science & policy hub: open-foundation.org
Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research — hopkinspsychedelic.org
Imperial College Centre for Psychedelic Research — imperial.ac.uk
Breaking Convention — biennial conference exploring consciousness and culture: breakingconvention.co.uk
Knowledge is the bridge between faith and direct experience. The more we understand the mechanisms of mind and matter, the more reverence we can bring to the mystery itself.
Vine of the Soul Retreats — where evidence meets experience, and curiosity becomes a spiritual practice.
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