Season 2, Episode 10: Psychedelics, Serpent Gods, & Machine Elves

In this episode of Haunted Cosmos, Brian and Ben conclude Season Two (sad) by exploring the seemingly endless parallel world that psychedelic drugs open up to you. Is it real? Is it neutral? Why does it seem to sinister?

• Return of the Dragon, Lewis Ungit

• https://archive.org/details/contemporaryrev23unkngoog/page/140/mode/2up?view=theater

• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10083267/

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshmun

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melqart

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygieia

• https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends/tracing-origins-serpent-cult-002393

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asherah

• https://www.psymposia.com/magazine/psychedelic-stories-snake-spirit-ayahuasca/

• https://lifeflow.com.au/meditation-education/psychedelics-and-meditation-a-surprising-connection/

• https://web.archive.org/web/20201112041449/https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/psilocybin-could-help-terminal-patients-face-their-fear-of-death

• https://www.britannica.com/topic/Eleusinian-Mysteries

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N,N-Dimethyltryptamine#Reported_encounters_with_external_entities