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Tripping for spiritualism and science

Getting high in the name of religion or creativity has been practised for centuries. Now it seems hallucinogenics could help treat mental illnesses too.

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A history of mindfulness

Matt Drage questions how an ancient religious practice became a secular cure for stress.

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The cures and demons of sleep paralysis

Discover the murky past of sleep paralysis, the terrifying disorder once associated with demonic possession

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Inhaling happiness and gasping for a high

The rapid, short-lived high we get from whippets, reefers and vapes can be accompanied by long-term health consequences. The search is on for safer ways to get stoned.

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  • NCUACS : National Cataloguing Unit for the Archives of Contemporary Scientists under the guidance of the Royal Society's National Committee for the History of Science, Medicine and Technology : with compliments.
  • The new royal Encyclopaedia Londinensis; or, complete, modern and universal dictionary of arts and sciences ... / [Edited] By G.S. Howard ... The mathematical ... and geographical parts, &c. revised by J. Bettesworth ... The historical ... departments, inspected by H. Boswell ... The philosophical, critical ... theological, musical, and other scientific subjects, revised ... by F. Stonehouse ... and others.
  • A black man holds a condom between his thumb and finger representing an advertisement for an exhibition on The Art of AIDS Education at Hartnett Gallery, University of Rochester, Massachusetts between April 6 - 20, 1992. Colour lithograph, 1992.
  • University College: Dr. W. Bynum in the chair.
  • University College: Dr. W. Bynum in the chair.
  • University College: Dr. W. Bynum in the chair.
  • Centaurus.
  • H.I.V./AIDS education at the Institute of Education, University of London.
  • H.I.V./AIDS education at the Institute of Education, University of London.
  • H.I.V./AIDS education at the Institute of Education, University of London.
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