Overview: Infinite Perception: The Power of Psychedelics for Global Transformation is an anthology of voices from the front line of the Psychedelic Renaissance, co-edited by journalist Ocean Malandra and neuroscientist and Harvard researcher Natalie Dyer, PhD.

Verdict: After being culturally dormant for decades, a new mainstream global psychedelic revolution is upon us. This pioneering anthology takes the reader on a renewed journey through the cultural, social, and personally transformative power of psychedelics.

Thus, here in Infinite Perception: The Role of Psychedelics in Global Transformation by authors Ocean Malandra and Natalie Dyer, PhD., we quickly discover unique perspectives from indigenous healers to scientists, anthropologists, artists, and activists.

From this multidimensional exploration, the reader will gain a comprehensive new understanding of psychedelics and their impact that’s not found in other books. Which kind of makes this new prose a rather stunning, quite brilliant new anthology of timeless wisdom for these changing times we all are constantly facing.

Humankind is now facing major existential threats. The emergence of global consciousness is absolutely required to solve these threats.

So what is Global Consciousness, I hear you ask? Well, “We are all connected” is a phrase that we all tend to hear a lot in movies, on our small screens, even see it in the written word and, perhaps even, have it said to us in our daily lives. It gets tossed around a lot, but what does it really mean? We are all connected. But how?

Well, biologically, human beings are all a part of the same species. That connects us. We all live similar experiences in our lifetimes, though by no means are our experiences identical. But what about metaphysically? Have you ever thought about the concept of there being something intangible that exists out there that connects us all together?

I’m talking about a global or collective consciousness, if you will. You probably already know that the Monroe Institute’s basic tenant is “you are more than your physical body.” What I’m talking about is slightly adjacent to that.

It’s a topic that has come up time and time again throughout history. Though first brought up by Emile Durkheim in 1893 as an idea of societal morality and understood behaviors, the idea evolved over the last hundred years to be thought of more as an intangible force of energy that connects all living beings together.

It was explored further by South African zoologist Lyall Watson with his colleague Lawrence Blair in the 1970s using Japanese macaque monkeys and later in human beings by Professor Daryl Bem. Many of these scientists were impressed enough with their findings to believe in a global consciousness.

In fact, in 1998, the Global Consciousness Project (GCP), an experiment to try and physically prove this metaphysical topic, came about to detect this unseen force (though trying to prove through physical means that something intangible is real is much harder than it sounds and has since been very controversial).

So, needless to say, if you’ve wondered about this topic before, you are not alone. In fact, you may be onto something. And so here in this new book, we learn that first,you must harmonize with the universe, and as we progress, then learn more about how psychedelics can foster emergence and therein positively contribute to individual, societal, and cultural transformations.

In conclusion, this volume includes contributions and interviews from prominent voices such as Dennis Mckenna of the Mckenna Academy, Rick Doblin of MAPS, Zoe Helene of Cosmic Sister, and Rick Strassman of the Spirit Molecule, as well as indigenous shamans from the Amazon rainforest to the Arctic Circle.

About the Authors:
Ocean Malandra is a widely published freelance environmental journalist and travel writer that divides his time between Northern California and South America. His work has appeared in over 30 different media outlets including Vice, Lonely Planet, USA Today, Mongabay, Earth Island Journal, High Times Magazine, Parabola Magazine and Paste Magazine, where he wrote the environmental column EarthRx. He is also the author of the Moon Travel Guide series to Colombia. He lives in Eureka, CA.

Dr. Natalie L. Dyer, PhD, is a Research Scientist with Connor Whole Health at University Hospitals, President of the Center for Reiki Research, and serves on the board of the Scientific and Medical Network. She has published many scientific papers and book chapters on postmaterialist science, psychedelics, and the therapeutic effects of integrative medicine practices, including yoga, acupuncture, mindfulness, and energy medicine, and is co-editor of the book Expanding Science: Visions of a Postmaterialist Paradigm. She lives on the east coast of Canada.

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