Destiny: Paul Austin, The Art of Microdosing Psychedelics

Earth Ancients

Cliff Dunning

Society & Culture, Social Sciences, Science

4.4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Microdosing micro-dosing noun: the practice of taking small amounts of a psychedelic to invoke a positive physiological response with minimal undesirable side effects.From bio-hackers and artists to suburban moms and entrepreneurs, everyone can benefit from microdosing, a practice quickly entering mainstream conversation. But what is microdosing and how is it part of today’s health and wellness regimen?In Mastering Microdosing, expert microdoser Paul F. Austin provides an all-inclusive guide to the practice of microdosing, including protocols, benefits, potential drawbacks, and sourcing. The most comprehensive book of its kind, Paul weaves together research and anecdotes to show the positive impact of psychedelics on general wellbeing, particularly in the daily lives of leaders, creatives, and healers. You’ll learn why microdosing has gained popularity, how to safely and easily obtain psychedelics, and the steps to dialing in your weekly protocol. Whether you’re interested in learning more about this nascent topic or simply refining and mastering your personal use, Mastering Microdosing is a must-have resource for profound and transformative change.

Paul F. Austin is one of the most prominent voices in the world of psychedelics. As the founder of Third Wave, he has educated millions on the importance of safe and effective psychedelic experiences. A pioneer at the intersection of microdosing, personal transformation, and professional success, he has been featured in Forbes, Rolling Stone, and the BBC's Worklife. Paul helps others use microdosing as a tool for professional development and increased self-awareness by treating the use of psychedelics as a skill refined through mentorship and courageous exploration.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Destiny.
0:15.8	Now here's your host, Cliff Dunning.
0:19.3	Well, Silas Simon can be contrasted to any compound. It's different from all other
0:27.3	compounds, including all other psychedelics. Cilocybin is very interesting and should be studied more
0:35.4	deeply because it does things that are quite miraculous
0:40.3	that are very close to the surface.
0:43.3	In other words, ordinary scientific methods of research, I think, could get at some of this.
0:52.3	The first thing that is astonishing about psilocybin is that of all the psychedelics,
1:00.0	well, yes, of all the psychedelics with the possible exception of DMT, which is a whole special case,
1:16.0	psilocybin is the most easily capable of generating visions. And that fascinated me. I took a lot of LSD and I was really hyped for LSD. I had read, I was
1:25.8	waiting. I was fully informed and prepared by the time I got to my first LSD trip, and I was somewhat puzzled by it. It did completely take me apart, and I thought many strange things and had many insights, but I had thought that it would be like the Havlock Ellis description,
1:46.8	the ruined cities dripping with jewels, the vast jungles, the strange machinery, all that.
1:55.6	Uh-uh.
1:56.5	Later, I discovered that by smoking good Bombay black hash on LSD, you can sort of coax
2:03.6	that into existence.
2:05.6	But an easier thing is psilocybin.
2:10.2	Silocybin just causes you to hallucinate furiously.
2:19.2	That's Terrence McKenna in a talk on microdosing psilocybin, which are mushrooms.
2:26.3	And that's now 30 years old, that presentation.
2:30.0	So it's been in our minds to microdose psychedelics, to consider them as a healing agent, a plant medicine, as we've discussed before.
2:42.3	And I actually had the great honor of traveling with Terrence McKenna when we were doing the Whole Life Expo, which was based in San Francisco, and Terry did Austin, Atlanta,
2:55.1	Georgia, Orlando, Toronto. I think we did a seven-city tour with him. And at that time,
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