The Bigger Picture • 23rd February 2024 True Detective and the Challenge of Nihilism An exploration of the dialectic between Christianity and Nihilism, as presented through the critically-acclaimed first season of True Detective, which turned ten in February 2024.
Ecstatic Integration • 25th January 2024 Psychedelic therapy & the Metaphysical Menu I examine a proposal in psychedelic-assisted therapy to present a 'menu' of different metaphysical beliefs for clients to ponder in assisting the aftermath of their dosing sessions. Is metaphysical truth an appropriate domain for therapy? Are psychedelics useful as tools of metaphysical illumination? And does presenting a 'menu' encourage the idea that we can 'pick and choose' what's true like philosophical consumers?
BBC • 2nd November 2023 Psilocybin and LSD: What I learnt after experiencing 'psychedelic flashbacks'
Ecstatic Integration • 28th July 2023 'Don't eat the brown acid': the past and present of drug adulteration
Ecstatic Integration • 7th July 2023 'Been smoking too long': musicians' complicated relationship with cannabis
Ecstatic Integration • 23rd June 2023 ‘I can’t stop looking for my symptoms’: The psychology of persistent visuals
The Coming Home Newsletter • 31st March 2023 Should conspiracy-thinking be classified as a risk of psychedelics?
Oxford Psychedelic Society • 16th March 2023 Oxford University Psychedelic Society: To Fathom Hell, or Soar Angelic?