“Psychedelics will eventually be incorporated into the healthcare sector… but the system’s pace is glacial”
We analyze the present & future of psychedelic medicine with psychiatrist Juan París Juan París, psychiatrist and psychedelic researcher, attends Fuertedélica as a representative of the Spanish Society of Psychedelic Medicine (SEMPSI), one of the most active forums in the effort to integrate psychedelic substances into the Spanish healthcare system. París is one of the…
“Our research suggests that ayahuasca has an analgesic effect”
Rafael Guimarães dos Santos is a world-renowned expert in scientific research on ayahuasca. A disciple of Jordi Riba at Sant Pau Hospital, Dos Santos leads several cutting-edge investigations with ayahuasca, ibogaine, and ketamine within the Department of Neuroscience and Behavioral Sciences at the University of São Paulo. In this interview, the Brazilian researcher gives us…
“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…
“Ketamine provides a detached and new perspective on oneself”
Estefanía Moreno will be part of the round table “Climbing Out of the Hole: Ketamine and Mental Health,” next Saturday, November 23rd, at Fuertedélica. Moreno is a doctor with training in Psychoneuroimmunology and Transpersonal Psychology, and she conducts ketamine-assisted psychotherapy at Clínica Synaptica, a pioneering center in Catalonia for psychedelic therapy. More than 240 patients…
“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…
Microdosing LSD for the Treatment of Anxiety in Dogs
Lucas Fernández Borkel participated in the first edition of Fuertedélica in 2022. This year, this Philosophy professor returns to Corralejo, this time as a founding member of the Psychedelic Scientific Association, based in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. In this interview, Borkel shares some of the research being conducted by the association, including a pioneering…
“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,…
