Clayton IckesDo Psychedelics Make Us More Peaceful?Since their introduction into the modern western world psychedelics have been associated with a relatively narrow spectrum of specific…Sep 15, 2023Sep 15, 2023
Clayton IckesBath Salts: An Experiential Drug EducationThe brutal process of indoctrination known colloquially as “Public Education” that I endured as a child taught me to “Just Say No”. The…Dec 16, 2022Dec 16, 2022
Clayton IckesManual LaborIt can really only be described as some kind of pathological impulse to turn a wrench. It worked its way into my head and there was nothing…Dec 16, 2022Dec 16, 2022
Clayton IckesDetours to KrishnaA few years ago in the midst of what could only be aptly described as a spiritual emergence (or psychotic episode, depending on how limited…Dec 16, 2022Dec 16, 2022
Clayton IckesThe Horny CelibateIn the before times (the only acceptable way to describe the pre-COVID world) there was a weekly event called “The Cuddle and Dance…Dec 16, 2022Dec 16, 2022
Clayton IckesBeauty & PretaFloating like a hungry ghost through the spaces between connections. A full-bodied longing, impossible to ignore, which comes up like the…Dec 16, 2022Dec 16, 2022
Clayton IckesAlcowho?Drug users are everywhere by a different name. Normal high-functioning people are blind to the natural label fitting their own consumption…Dec 16, 2022Dec 16, 2022
Clayton IckesDoing Drugs at WorkFor the last couple of months, I’ve been talking to coworkers about microdosing Psilocybin and sitting in a ceremony with Ayahuasca and…Dec 13, 2022Dec 13, 2022
Clayton IckesOn Playing ArtistI need some kind of proximally delusional self-bestowed honorarium if I’m going to cope with this world. A title granted to one of those…Dec 13, 2022Dec 13, 2022
