From the MAPS Bulletin 2025: Vol 35

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Front Cover:
“When I Change the Way I Look At Life, Life Begins to Change”
by InkTally
Back - the thoughts we hold onto 30 x 40cm
Back Cover:
“The Thoughts We Hold Onto Create Our Reality”
by InkTally
Music at MAPS: Connecting Our Community Inside and OutKevin Cranford, Jr., Sia Henry, J.D., and Devon Phillips
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born: An Excerpt from Black Psychedelic RevolutionNicholas Powers, Ph.D.
From Hope to Disillusionment: A Black Therapist’s Exit from Psychedelic Clinical TrialsCandace Oglesby-Adepoju, LCPC
Roots to Fruit: A Black Psychedelic LiberationPamela Roundtree
Tuning In: Experiencing Music in Psychedelic StatesSteven J. Gelberg
Ketamine States: A Journey Through the MindPhil Wolfson, M.D., and Mark Braunstein, D.O.
The Psychedelic Revolution Will Not be StandardizedSara Gael, MA, LPC
Joseph McCowan, Psy.D
Radical Adventure: An Inquiry Into Psychedelic PsychotherapyAndrew Feldmár
Seeking Real-World Voices: The Global Ibogaine Patient SurveyAlan K. Davis, Ph.D., and Stacey Armstrong, Ph.D.
Dispelling Myths: Prohibition-Related Harms & Safer Psychedelic UsePhilippe Lucas, Ph.D.
Let’s Get That On Paper: Psychedelic Publishing with MAPS and Synergetic PressDeborah Parrish Snyder and Betty Aldworth
Introducing Porta Sophia’s Chemical Structure Search ToolJeremy Rolquin
The Acid Queen: The Psychedelic Life and Counterculture Rebellion of Rosemary Woodruff Leary (An Excerpt)Susannah Cahalan
My Journey to Psychedelic FatherhoodDennis Walker
The Psychedelic DJ: A Practical Guide to Therapeutic Music Curation and Psilocybin-Assisted TherapyMatt Xavier
Guided by the Golden Eagle: The Story of MAPS ItaliaMichèle Anne Barocchi, Ph.D.
Modern Psychedelics: The Handbook of Mindful Exploration (An Excerpt)Joe Dolce
The Living Legacy of Sasha ShulginWendy Tucker
Some people struggle after psychedelics. A new study wants to help.Roman Palitsky, Zainab Salako, Joshua Lipson, Deanna Kaplan
Escaping the Mental Health Silo: Transdiagnostic Potential of Psychedelic MedicinesCourt Wing
Crunching the Numbers on Psychedelic Therapies: Cost, Coverage, and AccessElliot Marseille, DrPH, MPP
The Indigenous Medicine Conservation Fund at PS2025Tanya Kammonen, ND
Dancing Psychedelics: Between Ecstasy and WorldmakingAna Flecha, Ph.D.
Nine Months into Trump’s Second Term, Psychedelic Reform Hangs in the BalanceMattha Busby
Beyond the Clinical Trials: A Culturally Grounded Research Approach to Understanding Black Learners and Our Psychedelic Training ProgramsDr. Deidra Somerville, MSW, Carsten Fisher, MS, Courtney Watson, M. Ed, LMFT, Ayize Jama-Everett M.Div, M.A., M.FA
Psychedelic Lived Experiences: The Missing Expertise in Psychedelic CarePedram Dara
Psychedelic Science Meets Global Health at PS2025Ismail Lourido Ali, Veronica Magar, and Grace Cepe
The Wild Cure: Nature Healing, and PsychedelicsMichael Makhinson
Learning to Live and Die Well: Why I Started the Survivorship CollectiveAnne Hamilton, J.D., MA
About InkTally’s ArtworkNatalie Muir
From the Desk of Rick Doblin, Ph.D.Rick Doblin, Ph.D.
In Conversation with Betty and IsmailBetty Aldworth and Ismail Lourido Ali


Chief Editor: Bia Labate, Ph.D.
Managing Editor: Grace Cepe
Designer: Katherine Kinsey