Alex Criddle
@alexcriddle.com
MA in Philosophy: philosophy of mind, mental illness, psychedelics, mysticism, occult, mormon history, birds, permaculture, interconnectedness. Plant guy!
Co-producer of EntheoMagus
Co-producer of EntheoMagus
I've never understood the claim by some that all psilocybin mushrooms are interchangeable experience-wise and the only thing that matters is just the amount of psilocybin. That has never been my experience.
March 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I've never understood the claim by some that all psilocybin mushrooms are interchangeable experience-wise and the only thing that matters is just the amount of psilocybin. That has never been my experience.
I put out a call for papers on the Mormon experience of psychedelics recently and the response has been both incredible and depressing. So many active members have reached out, which is incredible, but nearly all of them wish to stay anonymous because it might tank their credibility.
January 24, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I put out a call for papers on the Mormon experience of psychedelics recently and the response has been both incredible and depressing. So many active members have reached out, which is incredible, but nearly all of them wish to stay anonymous because it might tank their credibility.
The mice that have been scurrying through the walls for months have now started squeaking to each other.
Cooperation is imminent. My cat's downfall is being plotted. They know she murdered one of them.
They are coming.
Cooperation is imminent. My cat's downfall is being plotted. They know she murdered one of them.
They are coming.
December 16, 2024 at 7:19 PM
The mice that have been scurrying through the walls for months have now started squeaking to each other.
Cooperation is imminent. My cat's downfall is being plotted. They know she murdered one of them.
They are coming.
Cooperation is imminent. My cat's downfall is being plotted. They know she murdered one of them.
They are coming.
I've never had the apparently common dream of having teeth fall out. But ever since my cat got her teeth removed over a month ago I have a near daily nightmare of her or my other cat's teeth falling out or not healing after surgery.
Guess that's where my priorities lie!
Guess that's where my priorities lie!
December 15, 2024 at 9:41 PM
I've never had the apparently common dream of having teeth fall out. But ever since my cat got her teeth removed over a month ago I have a near daily nightmare of her or my other cat's teeth falling out or not healing after surgery.
Guess that's where my priorities lie!
Guess that's where my priorities lie!
Found this neat abstract (yay paywalls): psychedelics are the next big aid for dementia.
What I'm hearing is do drugs until the day you die!
www.ibroneuroscience.org/article/S030...
What I'm hearing is do drugs until the day you die!
www.ibroneuroscience.org/article/S030...
The immunomodulatory effects of psychedelics in Alzheimer’s disease-related dementia
Dementia is an umbrella term for chronic and acquired loss of cognitive abilities
due to a wide range of diseases and brain injuries. This disorder causes gradual and
slow diminishing of memory, inabi...
www.ibroneuroscience.org
December 2, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Found this neat abstract (yay paywalls): psychedelics are the next big aid for dementia.
What I'm hearing is do drugs until the day you die!
www.ibroneuroscience.org/article/S030...
What I'm hearing is do drugs until the day you die!
www.ibroneuroscience.org/article/S030...
My wife got a bunch of free multicultural picture books from a conference she went to. Picture books have gotten incredibly good. I'm stoked to eventually get to read these to kids!
November 26, 2024 at 9:56 PM
My wife got a bunch of free multicultural picture books from a conference she went to. Picture books have gotten incredibly good. I'm stoked to eventually get to read these to kids!
The Good Place is my ultimate comfort show. It's seriously one of the best shows ever written.
November 18, 2024 at 12:44 AM
The Good Place is my ultimate comfort show. It's seriously one of the best shows ever written.
Today's harvest! Let the dehydrating and canning recommence!
October 17, 2024 at 1:04 AM
Today's harvest! Let the dehydrating and canning recommence!
I wonder if there's been any data collected on integrating a protective ritual into a psychedelic trip and its effect on the outcomes.
I'd assume there'd be a reduction in adverse challenging experiences across the board. There has been in my workings with people.
I'd assume there'd be a reduction in adverse challenging experiences across the board. There has been in my workings with people.
October 13, 2024 at 10:32 PM
I wonder if there's been any data collected on integrating a protective ritual into a psychedelic trip and its effect on the outcomes.
I'd assume there'd be a reduction in adverse challenging experiences across the board. There has been in my workings with people.
I'd assume there'd be a reduction in adverse challenging experiences across the board. There has been in my workings with people.
New post up on my substack! It's all about datura, my latest rabbit hole.
It's long been used as a medicine for various ailments despite the current negative sentiment towards it.
Next up will be a post looking at the magical and ritual uses of it!
alexcriddle.substack.com/p/on-the-med...
It's long been used as a medicine for various ailments despite the current negative sentiment towards it.
Next up will be a post looking at the magical and ritual uses of it!
alexcriddle.substack.com/p/on-the-med...
September 18, 2024 at 5:45 PM
New post up on my substack! It's all about datura, my latest rabbit hole.
It's long been used as a medicine for various ailments despite the current negative sentiment towards it.
Next up will be a post looking at the magical and ritual uses of it!
alexcriddle.substack.com/p/on-the-med...
It's long been used as a medicine for various ailments despite the current negative sentiment towards it.
Next up will be a post looking at the magical and ritual uses of it!
alexcriddle.substack.com/p/on-the-med...
Thinking through the connection between psychomagic and ancient psychoactive magic.
Psychoactives played 2 roles: getting into the psychomagic headspace and being a sympathetic type connection.
Psychoactives played 2 roles: getting into the psychomagic headspace and being a sympathetic type connection.
August 19, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Thinking through the connection between psychomagic and ancient psychoactive magic.
Psychoactives played 2 roles: getting into the psychomagic headspace and being a sympathetic type connection.
Psychoactives played 2 roles: getting into the psychomagic headspace and being a sympathetic type connection.
We've got another showing coming up very soon! This showing is at an incredible Utah local shop: Cat & Cauldron.
July 27th at 2 PM with a Q&A afterwards.
Tickets can be purchased here: seerstonedproductions.com/tickets
July 27th at 2 PM with a Q&A afterwards.
Tickets can be purchased here: seerstonedproductions.com/tickets
July 3, 2024 at 10:35 PM
We've got another showing coming up very soon! This showing is at an incredible Utah local shop: Cat & Cauldron.
July 27th at 2 PM with a Q&A afterwards.
Tickets can be purchased here: seerstonedproductions.com/tickets
July 27th at 2 PM with a Q&A afterwards.
Tickets can be purchased here: seerstonedproductions.com/tickets
"Magic and science represent needs of the imagination, and the transition from a society dominated by magic to a predominantly scientific society is explicable primarily by a change in the imaginary. . . Nowadays, if we can boast of having at our disposal scientific knowledge. . .
January 2, 2024 at 9:01 PM
"Magic and science represent needs of the imagination, and the transition from a society dominated by magic to a predominantly scientific society is explicable primarily by a change in the imaginary. . . Nowadays, if we can boast of having at our disposal scientific knowledge. . .
If Christians take seriously the idea that Jesus experienced everything each human has experienced then Jesus is the most experienced psychonaut ever to live! Think about that!
November 29, 2023 at 9:30 PM
If Christians take seriously the idea that Jesus experienced everything each human has experienced then Jesus is the most experienced psychonaut ever to live! Think about that!
New substack post is up: "The Interconnected Self" in which I outline how we are connected to everything around us.
The cities we live in provide a framework for how we live our lives and help shape who we are.
https://alexcriddle.substack.com/p/the-interconnected-self
The cities we live in provide a framework for how we live our lives and help shape who we are.
https://alexcriddle.substack.com/p/the-interconnected-self
July 15, 2023 at 6:46 PM
New substack post is up: "The Interconnected Self" in which I outline how we are connected to everything around us.
The cities we live in provide a framework for how we live our lives and help shape who we are.
https://alexcriddle.substack.com/p/the-interconnected-self
The cities we live in provide a framework for how we live our lives and help shape who we are.
https://alexcriddle.substack.com/p/the-interconnected-self
There are more ways of being in the world, experiences to be had, and ideas to be considered than you or I could ever dream of learning about in a hundred or thousand lifetimes.
All that possibility is open to us-all we have to do is be curious about other worldviews and other people's experiences.
All that possibility is open to us-all we have to do is be curious about other worldviews and other people's experiences.
May 30, 2023 at 8:23 PM
There are more ways of being in the world, experiences to be had, and ideas to be considered than you or I could ever dream of learning about in a hundred or thousand lifetimes.
All that possibility is open to us-all we have to do is be curious about other worldviews and other people's experiences.
All that possibility is open to us-all we have to do is be curious about other worldviews and other people's experiences.
I just watched the most hilarious interaction between a couple of quail (Lulu & Skip). They come around every so often and I was out in my little front yard with my cats. The quail come running around the corner, see my cats, stop, and immediately start screaming at each other.
May 6, 2023 at 12:25 AM
I just watched the most hilarious interaction between a couple of quail (Lulu & Skip). They come around every so often and I was out in my little front yard with my cats. The quail come running around the corner, see my cats, stop, and immediately start screaming at each other.
What are the best things people have read about the idea of grit/tenacity/resolve? Historical examples, psychological literature, spiritual, any thing touching on the topic. I'm also curious how people view developing grit or go about it themselves!
April 22, 2023 at 7:44 PM
What are the best things people have read about the idea of grit/tenacity/resolve? Historical examples, psychological literature, spiritual, any thing touching on the topic. I'm also curious how people view developing grit or go about it themselves!
I wrote another thing about Mormonism and psychedelics:
"Psychedelics as a Means of Revelation in Early and Contemporary Mormonism"
https://alexcriddle.substack.com/p/psychedelics-as-a-means-of-revelation
"Psychedelics as a Means of Revelation in Early and Contemporary Mormonism"
https://alexcriddle.substack.com/p/psychedelics-as-a-means-of-revelation
April 21, 2023 at 11:45 PM
I wrote another thing about Mormonism and psychedelics:
"Psychedelics as a Means of Revelation in Early and Contemporary Mormonism"
https://alexcriddle.substack.com/p/psychedelics-as-a-means-of-revelation
"Psychedelics as a Means of Revelation in Early and Contemporary Mormonism"
https://alexcriddle.substack.com/p/psychedelics-as-a-means-of-revelation
First post from Android app!!!! Wahoo!!! 😀
April 19, 2023 at 7:42 PM
First post from Android app!!!! Wahoo!!! 😀
I'm at least 20x more likely to read a book if I can get my hands on a physical copy of it than an ebook. I love ebooks for reference and to be able to search terms quickly but being able to physically read and feel the book makes me dive in deeper and pay closer attention.
April 17, 2023 at 7:54 PM
I'm at least 20x more likely to read a book if I can get my hands on a physical copy of it than an ebook. I love ebooks for reference and to be able to search terms quickly but being able to physically read and feel the book makes me dive in deeper and pay closer attention.
So uh, how do we get invite codes to invite interesting friends to join? Is there a you get 1 code per 4 days you are on the site or something like that?
April 13, 2023 at 8:56 PM
So uh, how do we get invite codes to invite interesting friends to join? Is there a you get 1 code per 4 days you are on the site or something like that?
Btw I love that Jonny uses the term "co-creations" here. I think it gets lost on many (myself included sometimes) that there is a central human component to the art AI generates. Everything that has been generated thus far is a co-creative venture *between* human and AI.
Here are a few more mid-journey co-creations:
#1 mapping the three 'lenses' of polyvagal theory (dorsal, sympathetic and ventral)
#1 mapping the three 'lenses' of polyvagal theory (dorsal, sympathetic and ventral)
April 13, 2023 at 8:47 PM
Btw I love that Jonny uses the term "co-creations" here. I think it gets lost on many (myself included sometimes) that there is a central human component to the art AI generates. Everything that has been generated thus far is a co-creative venture *between* human and AI.
I like this idea. Here goes:
I'm Alex! I call myself a philosopher because to me it seems synonymous with curiosity and trying to make sense of the world. Philosophy informs a lot of my thinking and has shaped me quite a bit.
I'm Alex! I call myself a philosopher because to me it seems synonymous with curiosity and trying to make sense of the world. Philosophy informs a lot of my thinking and has shaped me quite a bit.
Yes please can we meme intro threads into existence, I wanna know who everyone is
April 12, 2023 at 1:27 AM
I like this idea. Here goes:
I'm Alex! I call myself a philosopher because to me it seems synonymous with curiosity and trying to make sense of the world. Philosophy informs a lot of my thinking and has shaped me quite a bit.
I'm Alex! I call myself a philosopher because to me it seems synonymous with curiosity and trying to make sense of the world. Philosophy informs a lot of my thinking and has shaped me quite a bit.
Can we make this the motto of Bluesky? Petition to make Visa the mascot?
focus your time and energy on what you want to see more of
April 10, 2023 at 10:58 PM
Can we make this the motto of Bluesky? Petition to make Visa the mascot?