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