The next speaker in the APRU Invited Speaker Series is Dr David Luke.

Title: Psychoactive Plants and Psychic People: Does Psilocybin Really
Cause Psi? 
 
Abstract
The traditional use of psychoactive plants as sacramentals in spiritual
and magical rituals has continued for thousands of years. The use of
these powerful psychoactive substances has long been reported to induce
ostensibly paranormal phenomena such as clairvoyance, telepathy and
precognition, and they have traditionally been used expressly for these
and other psychic effects the world over by the indigenous groups who
use them. The question arises of whether these phenomena are genuine are
not, and the evidence is reviewed here for the first time in decades.
Regardless of the outcome of this review, however, the known chemistry
of these plants can at least teach us something about the neurobiology
of paranormal-like experiences, if not of genuine paranormal phenomena. 

Biography
Dr. David Luke lectures in psychology at several London universities and
is a writer and researcher with a special interest in parapsychology and
altered states of consciousness. He has studied techniques of
consciousness alteration from South America to India, from the
perspective of scientists, shamans and Shivaites. He lives life on the
edge, of Shoreditch.  

Seminars are held on Tuesdays at 6.10 pm in Room 256, Richard Hoggart
Building, Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, London SE14 6NW
(see College web site for directions, maps, etc.). 

All talks are open to staff, students and members of the public.
Attendance is free and there is no need to book in advance. For further
information, contact Prof Chris French (e-mail: [log in to unmask]). 

Best wishes,
Chris

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