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Mycologist Paul Stamets at the Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Global Summit #trauma #psychedelic

9 Oct 2023 · 1 min

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Transcript excerpt of Paul Stamets speaking at a psychedelic-assisted therapy summit about the future potential of applying genomics to develop preferred or customized psilocybin mushroom strains for specific therapeutic intentions (e.g., psychomotor skills, depression). He links this approach to individualized medicine and notes continuity with indigenous practices that match strains to intentions.

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Will eventually have preferred strains, best strains for certain applications. Maybe a better strain for psychomotor skills, maybe a better strain for depression. We're not there yet. But the genomics that are being applied now to psilocybin, I think is the key in the door for opening up a whole new field of us being able to use customized individualized medicine, being able to have physicians, psychiatrists, even shamans, religious practitioners saying this strain is the most useful for the intention that we have sought. And this, by the way, is also very much rooted in indigenous traditions. What is your intention? Why do you want to have this experience?