“Psilocybin will be legalized in the United States in two to three years”
Psychologist, psychonaut and teacher, Iker Puente will also participate in Fuertedélica, the Psychedelic Conference of Fuerteventura. Around 500 therapists and scientists work in Spain in the field of psychedelics applied to mental health, most of them underground, according to Iker Puente‘s estimates. Iker knows this well, as many of them have trained at the Integrative…
Tantra and MDMA as vehicles to shake off centuries of Western puritanism
Raúl del Pino, author of the book ‘MDMA, Sex and Tantra’, will participate in Fuertedélica as a member of the round table ‘MDMA, from party to couch’, along with Fernando Caudevilla and José Carlos Bouso. Below, and to warm up, an extract from the first chapter of the mentioned book: “Under the effects of ecstasy,…
Hotel, Flights, Transfers: Everything You Need to Know to Happily Arrive at Fuertedélica
On the morning of November 22, the third edition of Fuertedélica begins in Corralejo. It will start with a free round table that will bring together some of the brightest young Spanish researchers in the field of psychedelics. Many of you are asking what you need to do to participate in the conference, stay in…
“There is a danger looming over ayahuasca: spiritual appropriation”
What’s the biggest danger looming over ayahuasca? In 2018, in the wake of the tragic murder of the maestra Olivia Arévalo at the hands of an ayahuasca tourist, the healers of the Shipibo-Konibo ethnic group founded ASOMASHK, an association that brings together more than 150 traditional healers who work in all areas of traditional medicine…
The United States Rejects the Approval of Therapeutic MDMA Use
In a controversial decision, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has decided not to approve the therapeutic use of MDMA for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other psychiatric disorders. This decision represents a significant setback in the field of mental health, limiting the therapeutic options available to millions of people suffering…
“The iboga cults consider themselves the true Christians”
Giorgio Samorini is one of the great scholars, perhaps the last, in the ethnobotanical study of the use of intoxicating plants in living and extinct cultures. Samorini, originally from Bologna (Italy) but residing for years in Mallorca, will attend Fuertedélica 2024 to talk about “The Cults of Iboga,” a fascinating topic on the use of…
“New psychoactive substances are poor substitutes for classics like MDMA”
Fernando Caudevilla, also known as Doctor X, will be speaking at Fuertedélica, the Psychedelic Conference of Fuerteventura, about one of his favorite molecules, MDMA, a substance that is making its way back into psychologists’ offices after reigning on the dance floors for four decades. We talked with Doctor X about MDMA culture, new chemical drugs,…
