A Take on the Psychedelic Renaissance

Journalist Erica Rex lends her perspective on psychedelic healing and its risks in next 2 issues

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A year ago, journalist Erica Rex graciously handed the reins of this newsletter over to me. While I do some research for upcoming issues, she will use the next two newsletter issues to release excerpts from her forthcoming book, which includes her personal experiences with the psychedelic renaissance. As a subject in one of the first psychedelic clinical trials, she lends an important perspective.

We are moving to a monthly format this year, so she will post the first issue next week, and the second issue in February. I hope you enjoy reading her work as much as I did. Her bio is below.

Erica Rex writes about science, environment, mental health, climate, and the forces shaping all of them. She’s written for The New York Times, Scientific American, The Times (UK) among many other publications, and is the recipient of a National Magazine Award. She was a subject in one of the first clinical trials using psilocybin to treat cancer related depression in 2012. Her book-in-progress traces the story of psychedelics through the lens of her quest to heal from childhood trauma. Ms. Rex’s unique perspective shows how psychedelic medicine can provide a pathway out of trauma, a light at the end of a very long tunnel, but it is not without risks.