The Experiment and the Institution: La Chorrera and the Weyburn Trials

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• The Experiment at the End of the World Editorial draft
• The Word That Changed Everything Editorial draft
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• Al Hubbard and the Mystery Captain Editorial draft
• How a Psychiatric Hospital Should Look Editorial draft
• The Parting of Ways: Huxley, Leary, and the Decision Editorial draft
• What Dennis McKenna Believes Editorial draft
• The Mathematics of Novelty Editorial draft
• After McKenna: The Entity Research Editorial draft
• Oo-koo-he: The Drug They Were Looking For Editorial draft
• Set and Setting: How Huxley and Osmond Built the Clinical Framework Editorial draft
• LSD at the End of Life: From Island to the Clinic Editorial draft
• The Epistemology of the Unverifiable: What McKenna's Uncertainty Teaches Editorial draft
• The Long Road to Clinical Approval: From Weyburn to synthetic psilocybin Editorial draft
• Psychedelics and End-of-Life Care: A Policy Lag Editorial draft
• What We Call Them: Vocabulary, Policy, and the Framing of Psychedelic Drugs Editorial draft
• DMT and the Law: The Spirit Molecule's Legal Status Editorial draft
• After 2012: The Psychedelic Movement Without a Prophecy Editorial draft
• The Entity Contact Problem and Legal Philosophy Editorial draft
• Why the Letters Matter More Than the Books Editorial draft
• Humphry Osmond's Underrated Legacy Editorial draft
• The Couplet That Won: Notes on Psychedelic Editorial draft
• Try to Be a Little Kinder Editorial draft
• Laura's Words at the End Editorial draft
• La Chorrera: What Actually Happened Editorial draft
• The Machine Elves: A Phenomenological Report Editorial draft
• The Timewave Was Wrong and Still Interesting Editorial draft
• The Brothers McKenna: A Study in Contrasts Editorial draft
• The Virtue of Honest Uncertainty Editorial draft
• Set and Setting: The Clinical Evidence for Osmond's Framework Editorial draft
• McKenna's Machine Elves: What the Research Has Found Editorial draft
• Passage: The Naming Couplets Editorial draft
• Passage: The First Description of Machine Elves Editorial draft
• Island and Its Limits: Huxley's Utopia Evaluated Editorial draft
• Rick Strassman's DMT Trials: The First Controlled Research Editorial draft
• The Ayahuasca Churches: From Brazil to the Supreme Court Editorial draft
• Psychedelic Science 2025: The Field Comes Back Together Editorial draft
• Scheduling Endogenous Compounds: The DMT Paradox Editorial draft
• The Vocabulary of a New World Editorial draft

Reading list for this book

• Reading list: Moksha: Letters of Huxley & Osmond Reading list
• Reading list: True Hallucinations Reading list

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Science annotations on this book

• The La Chorrera experiment produced a novel pharmacological state by combining mushroom tryptamines with... Science annotation
• Set and setting, the mindset and environment of the person taking a psychedelic, are primary determinants of... Science annotation

Then vs. Now comparisons on this book

• The Pineal Gland as DMT Source: Was Strassman Right? Then vs. Now comparison
• The Psychedelic Word: Osmond's Coinage in 2025 Then vs. Now comparison
• LSD as Alcoholism Treatment: Hoffer-Osmond Results Then vs. Now comparison
• LSD Assisted Dying: Huxley's Death Then vs. Now comparison
• The Vision of Peaceful Death: Moksha Then vs. Now comparison
• Psilocybin and Human Evolution: McKenna's Core Claim Then vs. Now comparison
• DMT Entities: The Consistency Problem Then vs. Now comparison
• Timewave Zero: The 2012 Prediction Then vs. Now comparison
• The La Chorrera Experiment: What Actually Happened Then vs. Now comparison
• The Clinical Model: Huxley and Osmond's Framework vs. Current Practice Then vs. Now comparison
• Osmond's Psychiatric Hospital Design: Sociopetal Space in 2026 Then vs. Now comparison
• The Psychedelic Research Network: Huxley and Osmond's Informal Institution Then vs. Now comparison
• The Integration Problem: What Huxley Got Right That the Clinic Is Still Solving Then vs. Now comparison
• Huxley's Political Prediction: Would Leary's Approach Produce Backlash? Then vs. Now comparison
• The Naming of the Experience: What Word Won and What Was Lost Then vs. Now comparison
• The Entity Research Program: From Anecdote to Survey Science Then vs. Now comparison
• Dennis McKenna's Scientific Career: What La Chorrera Built Then vs. Now comparison
• The Endogenous DMT Confirmation: Is the Spirit Molecule Really There? Then vs. Now comparison
• Psychedelic Science After McKenna: Does the Field Engage His Questions? Then vs. Now comparison
• The Rhetorical Legacy: What McKenna's Voice Did to the Movement Then vs. Now comparison

Claims from this book

• December 21, 2012 would be a singularity of maximum novelty, the Timewave Zero endpoint Claim
• Set and setting (mindset and environment) are primary determinants of psychedelic outcomes Claim
• The machine elves McKenna described are consistently encountered by DMT users across cultures Claim
• A guided psychedelic session can produce lasting change in personality traits, specifically increases in... Claim
• The physical setting of a psychedelic session should be aesthetically comfortable and carefully prepared Claim
• LSD-assisted psychotherapy can achieve lasting sobriety in alcoholism at rates exceeding other available... Claim
• DMT entities are consistently reported across cultures, suggesting they are not purely culturally constructed Claim
• The La Chorrera experiment of 1971 produced a genuine philosophical breakthrough Claim
• High-dose psilocybin produces experiences indistinguishable from near-death experiences Claim

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