Malin Vedøy Uthaug on 5-MeO-DMT | Living Mirrors #108
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Release Date: 03/24/2023
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Graham Harvey is a professor of religious studies at The Open University in the UK. He is a world-renowned scholar on the topics of animism, modern Paganism, and Indigenous religions. His 2005 book, Animism: Respecting the Living World, is a landmark text in this area and he is the author and editor of many other books on this and related topics. Today we discuss the topic of animism. An Animist Manifesto: https://www.animism.org.uk/HarveyAnimism%20flyer.pdf
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info_outlineMalin Vedøy Uthaug is a researcher specialising in altered states of consciousness with a particular focus on 5-MeO-DMT. Her PhD work in Psychopharmacology involved conducting observational studies of Ayahuasca and 5-MeO-DMT use outside of a lab setting. She moved to The Centre for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London after her PhD where she continued her work on 5-MeO-DMT and expanded her research interests to also focus on Holotropic Breathwork. Today, she is co-leading a phase-1 clinical trial on the effects of 5-meO-DMT. She is also an editor for the ‘Journal of Psychedelics Studies’, and a board member for the podcast Psychedelics Today, as well as a co-founder of Norwegian Psychedelic Science. Outside of her research work she also competes as a freediver for her home country of Norway. Today we discuss the science and effects of 5-MeO-DMT.
https://www.drmalinvedoyuthaug.com/