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Brian Pace
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PhD Evolutionary Ecologist
Lecturer: Psychedelic Studies, Plants & Fungi
Politics and Ecology Editor: Psymposia
Bread for all, and Roses, too
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This photo reminded me that a thinly veiled Esalen Institute was a minor plot item in Season 2 of True Detective.
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Photo of text reading: Form following function, True Detective’s Panticapeum is both more cynical and ominous. [Esalen is] Introduced as the last place of work of a missing woman (bad sign), the horizon surrounding it is a suffocating white haze as opposed to the pristine blue Mad Men uniformly associates with California. David Morse’s Eliot Bezzerides is swiftly established as hypocrite-in-residence, pompously name-dropping Ginsberg while his daughter, Rachel McAdams’s Antigone, stands in front of a sign that says, “Thank you for supporting the longevity of the Dharma through a monetary donation.” And while his indifference to his other daughter Athena’s career choice of internet pornography is presented as a major piece of evidence for his moral failings, I am far, far more disturbed by his casual reference to “the goddess of love” when
December 4, 2024 at 12:38 PM
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Pleased to share new work on how hype works to mythologize, market, and institutionalize psychedelic-assisted therapy (P-AT) to fit a neoliberal medical paradigm that prioritizes profit above all else. In collaboration with James Davies and @neselsd.bsky.social. 1/

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September 27, 2023 at 2:16 AM