Should You Be Taking Psychedelics? The Benefits, the Risks, and the Science. | Jay Michaelson

Featuring a meditation teacher, author, professor, and dedicated experimenter with these molecules. Jay Michaelson is a journalist, meditation teacher, rabbi, and professor of religious studies whose work for the last several years has been focused on psychedelics, meditation, and spirituality. Jay is a field scholar at Emory University's Center for Psychedelics and Spirituality, and a fellow at Harvard Law School's project on Psychedelic Use, Law, and Spiritual Experience. He is currently a visiting professor at Harvard Law School, teaching courses on psychedelics, law, and religion. In this episode we talk about: • Everything you should know about psychedelics if you're wondering whether to give them a try • What the research shows thus far • The differences among various compounds • The overlap between meditation and psychedelics • The difference between spirituality and healing • The dizzying question of whether these medicines have a separate consciousness • And more Related Episodes: Psychedelics and Meditation | Michael Pollan - by DB - Dan Harris What to do About Eco-Anxiety | Jay Michaelson Follow Dan on social: Instagram, TikTok Subscribe to our YouTube Channel Our favorite playlists on: Anxiety, Sleep, Relationships, Most Popular Episodes Additional Resources: Both/And with Jay Michaelson A special guided meditation from Jay to accompany this episode • Two free upcoming events: Emory Science on Spiritual Health Conference • (free, online) Harvard Symposium on Psychedelics in Monotheistic Traditions (which Jay co-chairing)