PT 586 - Louis Dorian - Psychedelist
Psychedelics Today
Psychedelics Today, LLC
4.6 • 598 Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2025
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Psychedelics Today, Joe Moore sits down with Louis Dorian, the visionary behind Psychedelist, a groundbreaking global platform designed to support the emerging psychedelic movement. Described as a "cyber city" for all things psychedelic, Psychedelist connects individuals with treatment providers, educators, facilitators, legal experts, and even vetted product vendors in an effort to enhance accessibility and safety in this evolving space.
Louis shares his journey into psychedelics, from early rave days to a transformative encounter with high-dose LSD and psilocybin that shaped his worldview. He opens up about the struggles of navigating trauma, loss, and the shortcomings of Western psychiatric care, leading him to develop his own trauma-processing techniques blending meditation, breathwork, and psychedelics.
The conversation also dives deep into the broader implications of drug prohibition, harm reduction, and the role of skill-building in responsible psychedelic use. Whether you're a seeker, a skeptic, or a professional in the field, this episode offers a compelling exploration of the psychedelic landscape and the power of intentional community building.
Resources:
- Visit Psychedelist
- Follow Louis Dorian on Instagram: @psychedelist
- More from Psychedelics Today: Website
Tune in for an eye-opening discussion on the future of psychedelics, regulation, and self-exploration!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | All right. |
| 0:25.2 | Here we are psychedelics today. |
| 0:29.2 | Psychedelist, joined today by Lewis Dorian, who runs psychedelist. |
| 0:34.3 | How are you doing today? |
| 0:35.6 | Great. |
| 0:36.2 | Great to be here, Joe. |
| 0:37.2 | Thanks for having me on the show. |
| 0:38.8 | Excited. Yeah, long time coming. Seems like we have some philosophical alignment. We're going to |
| 0:45.0 | have an interesting and fun conversation. So let's start at the top and share a little bit about |
| 0:51.7 | what is psychedelist. Yeah, you know, I've been honing that idea for a while to say it in the most bite-sized possible way because it's an enormous platform. |
| 1:02.0 | Basically now I've settled on calling it, you know, a global cyber city geared towards all things supportive to this emerging psychedelic movement. |
| 1:11.8 | You know, we've got treatment section that is a broad treatment section. |
| 1:15.6 | We're not just focused on anthogen usage. |
| 1:19.3 | We're focused on mental health as a whole. |
| 1:21.2 | So we have meditation coaches, breath coaches, you know, sound bath healers, rakean energy healers. And of course, we do have those engaged in the use of entheogens and plant medicines, facilitators, guides, trip sitters, shamans, etc. And then up from there, we've got organizational level treatment and guidance facilities, if you will, retreat centers and clinics. So that's the treatment side. On the other side of that, |
| 1:46.0 | we've got a learning center, which some people would call the blog. We're working on expanding that |
| 1:50.3 | much further. That's going to become a bigger and bigger kind of universe there with all types of |
| 1:55.7 | information. We encourage the listers on our site to provide their own content because a lot of them are experts in their field and have an enormous amount of information to share. |
| 2:05.6 | So they're sharing content on video form and in written form. |
| 2:08.6 | And of course, you know, it is an advertising platform. |
| 2:13.6 | It's also community support. It's also informational. |
| 2:16.6 | So those listers are advertising their services on our site. |
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