Description:

Mystery and Beauty are biological epi-phenomena that intertwine to produce intellectual and spiritual aesthetics. The mystery and beauty of what I have termed "psychedelic rationalism" will be discussed using the lens of gender. This is a new way of thinking about women's participation and contributions to psychedelic culture, and introduces the idea of a blended rationalist paradigm of psychedelic knowledge. Far from essentialist assumptions that men are from Mars and women are from Venus, this talk will discuss the sociology of male/female cooperation, knowledge, experience, and community-building in psychedelic circles. What emerges is a new paradigm for understanding inner-action/interaction.