MUSHROOMS AND THE MIND

Once dismissed as dangerous counterculture, psychedelic drugs are now being seriously explored as treatments for trauma, depression and addiction.

Psychedelic mushrooms and plant medicines such as ayahuasca have long been used to alter consciousness and pursue spiritual insight. In recent years, however, they have entered the mainstream, reshaping conversations around mental health, creativity, work, wellbeing and what constitutes a meaningful life.

DocumentarianBruce Parry, filmmaker Cosmo Feilding-Mellen and neuroscientist Grace Blest-Hopley explore this extraordinary shift. Are psychedelics transforming how we understand and treat the mind, or are ancient practices being repackaged as another fashionable route to self-improvement?