Horizons: Perspectives on psychedelics
The sixth annual “Horizons: Perspectives on Psychedelics” conference is to be held at Judson Memorial Church on NYU campus in NYC on October 12-14. Horizons focuses on contemporary research into the clinical applications of psychedelics, providing an invaluable forum for experts to share ideas, insights, and to rethink the role of psychedelics in science, medicine, art, culture, and spirituality.
Speakers include medical researchers from NYU, UCLA, Hebrew University and other prestigious institutions, world-renown artists, spiritual scholars, bestselling authors, and other key players.
This year’s presentations include:
- “Ayahuasca and the Biblical Entheogen Theory”, Benny Shanon , Ph.D., Professor of psychology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
- “MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for PTSD Research: Bridging Biology and Psychology",Amy Emerson, Director of Clinical Research, Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic studies
- “Why Psychedelics Matter”, Charles S. Grob, M.D, Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at the UCLA School of Medicine, Director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
- “Seeing with the Eyes Shut: Neural Basis of Enhanced Visual Imagery following Ayahuasca Ingestion", Sidarta Ribeiro, Ph.D., Director, Brain Institute, FederalUniversity of Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil
- “Amazonian Grass Roots Research on Entheogen-based healing of Physical Pathologies”, Roman Hanis, Director of Paititi Institute of Iquitos, Peru
Contact Information:
Neal M. Goldsmith, Ph.D
neal@horizonsnyc.org
(347) 743-1110
For more information, please visit the Conference website.
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