The Science of Woo—Asterisk

A conversation about neuroscience, meditation, and the many paths to insight.

The Science of Woo—Asterisk A conversation about neuroscience, meditation, and the many paths to insight. Jake Eaton: I’m speaking to you for the Weird Issue, and I thought a good place to start was with the Berkeley Alembic, which you, a neuroscientist and meditation practitioner, co-founded. The Alembic hosts events on “meditation, embodiment, scientific inquiry, psychedelic exploration, and visionary culture.” In the past few months, that’s included sessions on, for example, botanical medicine for psychedelic integration, an immersive VR experience focused on death, and a divination class —

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