Psilocybin, Psychedelic Research & How Psychedelics Offer Religious Experiences - with Bill Richards - Episode #62

William A. Richards (Bill), author of Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics and Religious Experiences, is Director of Therapy at Sunstone Therapies, currently focused on psilocybin-assisted therapy in palliative care. He also is a psychologist at the Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research, where he and his colleagues have been pursuing research with psilocybin since 1999, and teaches at the California Institute of Integral Studies. His graduate degrees encompass the psychology of religion, theology, comparative religion and clinical psychology. His involvement with psychedelic research originated at the University of Göttingen in 1963. From 1967 to 1977, he pursued research with LSD, DPT, MDA and psilocybin at the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center.

In today's episode we talk all about Bill's work and experience in the field of psychedelics. We discuss:

• where Bill's interest in psychedelics began and how he got started in the research field
• the dual passions which drove Bill's work in this area
• what Bill has witness in the field in the decades of his involvement
• how Bill dealt with the banning of all research into psychedelics
• Bill's current role at Sunstone Therapies and the remarkable results possible utilizing psilocybin in palliative care settings
• what Bill sees as the future for psychedelic therapy, research and healing work

Buy Bill's book, Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics and Religious Experiences.

Find Sunstone Therapies at sunstonetherapies.com