Support Voiceclub on Patreon @ https://www.patreon.com/voiceclubWatch this episode @ https://youtu.be/H9pZOquAAyw---This is a conversation about the relationship between psychedelic experience, mental health, society, the prominent role of the mystical experience in positive outcomes, and more - charted through the lens of one of the field's leading research scientists, Dr. Matthew Johnson. ---This is the first in a series of conversations which took place at Beyond Psychedelics in Prague, June 2018. The aim of the conference can be stated as follows:‘To provide a platform for global cooperation among people with a professional interest in psychedelics. We aspire to facilitate the exchange of both scientific knowledge and real practical experience – at a global level and across a variety of disciplines, thus creating new synergies.’Voiceclub is not affiliated with Beyond Psychedelics.Conversation Waypoints @ https://www.voiceclub.com/e14-psychedelics-consciousness-and-change-with-dr-matthew-johnsonAbout the guests:Dr. Matthew W. JohnsonMatthew W. Johnson, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, is a leading expert on the effects of psychedelics. He is an experimental psychologist with expertise on psychoactive drugs and the psychology of addiction and risk behavior. Matt has received >8 million US dollars in research funding as principal investigator from the US National Institutes of Health and non-profit foundations. For 20 years he has conducted academic research in psychopharmacology and addictions, and for 14 years he has conducted human research with psychedelics.Matthew Johnson at Johns Hopkins: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/profiles/results/directory/profile/0800020/matthew-johnsonMatthew Johnson on Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Matthew_Johnson14Melissa WarnerMelissa is co-founder of The Australian Psychedelic Society and board member of PRISM (Psychedelic Research in Science and Medicine). She is a commentator on the science and philosophy of psychedelic substances on radio, print and online. Melissa holds a BSc in Neuroscience with a minor in computer programming. She is an avid meditator, yogi, performance artist, bio-hacker, and futurist. Her intellectual focus is currently the development of tools and frameworks to facilitate creative output, personal healing, and self-actualization. A survivor of complex PTSD, she lives as a case study for the efficacy of psychedelics as therapeutic tools. Melissa on Twitter: https://twitter.com/neuronymph_PRISM: https://www.prism.org.au/The Australian Psychedelic Society: https://www.facebook.com/AustralianPsychedelicSociety/---Support----Support Voiceclub on Patreon @ https://www.patreon.com/voiceclubLeave a review on Apple Podcasts @ https://www.itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/voice…d1271039497?mt=2Or, share this content somewhere worthwhile.Follow Voiceclub on Twitter @ https://twitter.com/voiceclub_Follow Voiceclub on Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/voiceclub.podcast/Tim Adalin @ www.instagram.com/tim_adalin/Subscribeon Stitcher @ www.stitcher.com/podcast/voiceclubon Apple Podcasts @ itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/voice…d1271039497?mt=2RSS @ feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundclo…083/sounds.rssTo the Voiceclub mailing list for exclusive contentSubscribe to the podcast:on Stitcher @ https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/voiceclubon Apple Podcasts @ https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/voiceclub/id1271039497?mt=2RSS @ http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:242880083/sounds.rssSocial: facebook.com/voiceclub.podcast/twitter.com/voiceclub_---Music: Ours Samplus - Spell On You www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4ypU_3e_3E