Download Neal M. Goldsmith, Ph.D. is a psychotherapist specializing in psychospiritual development. He is a popular speaker on drug policy reform, spiritual maturation, and the emergence of an integral society (a six-minute clip of his talk on the “Fusion of Spirit and Science” may be found at: http://vimeo.com/7517009) and an author, most recently of Psychedelic Healing: The Promise of Entheogens for Psychotherapy and Spiritual Development. Dr. Goldsmith has curated dozens of successful conferences and cross-disciplinary “meetings of minds” for corporations as well as the psychedelic community, including the Horizons and MAPS Psychedelic Science conferences. He is a founder of several discussion salons on integral philosophy, governance, media, postmodern science, healing, and the future of society. Trained in humanistic, transpersonal, and eastern traditions, Dr. Goldsmith maintains a (non-psychedelic) psychotherapy practice in New York and Sag Harbor, NY, and may be reached via his Web site: http://www.nealgoldsmith.com/psychedelics. Topics Discussed What Neal's practice looks like How Neal works with people who use psychedelics Self with a small "s" Aligning with one's Deeper self Creating health Sensory deprivation Maturity - long term vs short term Human history Use of sacred technology to align with long term good Psychedelic vs Psycholytic Approaches - Psychedelytic (combined) Maturation and rites of passage How do we transition to adulthood now? How one can become involved with the field Getting good grades, bringing good grants with you MAPS Erowid staff write ups Future research with adept Buddhist monks World religious leaders - research We have to be mature with this process. Comissions Meetings with leaders How to reintroduce back into society 279 chems from Shulgin to research - Chemical Modeling Autism research -UCLA - Alicia Danforth Influences Asagioli - Psychosynthesis Sándor Ferenczi - Love Oriented A.H. Almaas - Diamond Approach Allan Ajaya, Phd - Psychotherapy East and West: A Unifying Paradigm Stuart A. Kauffman - The Origins of Order: Self-Organization and Selection in Evolution Jonathan Ott - Pharmacotheon: Entheogenic Drugs, Their Plant Sources, and History Rupert Sheldrake - The Rebirth of Nature: The Greening of Science and God Links Neal's website Neals's Book - Psychedelic Healing – The Promise of Entheogens for Psychotherapy and Spiritual Development Twitter https://vimeo.com/16260822