I’m looking for participants for my dissertation study “Do Psych3delics Catalyse Synchronicity”. Completely anonymous and will take around 10-15 minutes to complete - Help advance research into psych3delics, consciousness and meaning making. 🪐🍄⚡️
Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes
@petersjostedth.bsky.social
Philosopher of Mind and Metaphysics. PhD. Lecturer at the University of Exeter. Co-Director of Breaking Convention. Psychədəlix Research｜Process Philosophy Neo-Spinozism｜Exo Mind Theory www.philosopher.eu ᛏ
Nietzsche: ‘Moral values have hitherto been the highest values ... . If we remove moral values from that position then we change all values: it overturns the principle of the existing order of rank...’ (N: 10[89])
Probably the most famous psychedelic researcher in the world, and Robin Carhart-Harris.
The Exeter Psychedelic Summer School 2026 was a surprisingly powerful gathering last week. Two days involved Dreamshadow holotropic breathwork, the other two days featured talks, workshops, woodland encounters, student panels, etc. Thank you fellow organisers, facilitators, and all participants.
Presenting the cover of my forthcoming book – The Psychedelics Manual: Metaphysics and Meaning. Published by Bloomsbury; painting by Arthur Lanyon (‘NN’).
ESALEN, California: Center for Theory and Research conference
Lovely to receive the new book of Arthur Lanyon’s art currently exhibited at Anima Mundi Gallery in St Ives. I’m happy to have written the Introduction to the book, a book/exhibition which includes the painting ‘NN’ (see third pic) which is to feature as the cover of my own forthcoming book.
My keynote talk for PsychedelX2026, Friday: ‘Derealization and Negative Ontology’ – a new stream of research within metaphysics and psychedelic research for me.
I’d like to express solidarity with colleagues of mine at Exeter, especially in the humanities but also elsewhere, who have been unforgivably targeted by the university managerial class.
A statement from Exeter UCU branch @ucu.org.uk - please share far and wide.
‘Spinoza’s philosophy has this sort of healthy-mindedness* woven into the heart of it, and this has been one secret of its fascination.’ – William James *’a constitutional incapacity for prolonged suffering … tendency to see things optimistically…’
If you are involved in any psychedelic research, please consider completing this short, anonymous questionnaire from an Exeter student studying individuals’ metaphysical beliefs. Bit.ly/4di4758
Happy to be Day 1 Keynote Speaker for the PsychedelX 2026 conference.
On the new Exeter Psych#delic Interdisciplinary Centre (EPIC): www.drugscience.org.uk/exeter-psych...
EPIC - Exeter Psychedelic Interdisciplinary Centre
The University of Exeter's newly launched Psychedelic Interdisciplinary Centre (EPIC) is asking a question the field has largely avoided: what if psychedelics are not only medical tools, but cultural,...
drugscience.org.uk
Discussed altered states of consciousness research with Prince Edward at Phytome.
'On Altered Reality' – Here's the preprint of my somewhat critical Commentary on an article by Borkel, et al. on using epistemological approaches to the detriment of Metaphysics in psychedelic therapy – forthcoming Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology: philpapers.org/rec/SJSOAR
Consciousness Club – Informal, friendly in-person reading group for discussing texts on consciousness from multidisciplinary perspectives, University of Exeter. Enrol:
‘Should the NHS really use magic mushrooms to treat mental health?’: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Should the NHS really use magic mushrooms to treat mental health?
Many clinical trials to test the use of psychedelic medicines for conditions such as depression have been underway since 2022 - with surprising results
bbc.co.uk
A frosty winter’s morning on campus at Exeter:
‘Visions of Pantheism’ by Prof. em. Brian Morris is now released free online, almost three decades after it was written: philosopher.eu/visions-of-pantheism The paper was originally presented as a talk to the Anthropology Society at SOAS in 1998, but never published.
Popped over to Switzerland to give a class at ETH Zurich – enjoyed too the rain, snow, sights, history, and hospitality.🇨🇭
‘Being a philosopher, that is, hating “the lie in the soul” more than anything else…’ – Leo Strauss, 1941
In this episode of the Mind-Body Solution Podcast, Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes and Matthew Segall join Dr. Tevin Naidu to discuss the Mind-at-Large Project, a three-year, multidisciplinary initiative exploring consciousness and its role in reality Watch now: youtu.be/QjX6lauhsAo
