Psychedelics Today - Trip Integration Journal PDF

NAVIGATING PSYCHEDELICS
Trip
Journal
Kyle Buller and Joe Moore

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Navigating Psychedelics Trip Journal
This workbook is meant to be a fun way to keep track of your trips and trip reports. Throughout
this workbook, you will be able to set intentions, track your dosage, and also practice integration
through journaling exercises.
This book is for educational purposes only. Psychedelics Today does not condone or encourage
the use of illegal substances. We do not promise any results of integration based on this book.
Safe Journeys!
“There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is

the sky; there is one spectacle grander than the sky,
that is the interior of the soul.”
● Victor Hugo, Les Miserables
Special thanks to the editors: Tarif Ahmed, Matt Brown, Louise Cottrell, Eve Michell, and Diego Pinzon. Art by Scarlet
Barnett and Abi Cuff.
© Psychedelics Today psychedelicstoday.com 2

Table of Contents
Part One: Basic Safety and Education 4
Risks & Considerations Before Using a Psychedelic 5
Psychedelics Today Coaching Services 6
First Thing First: Drug Safety & Tips 6
If you can afford to ingest, you can afford to test! 8

Classic Tryptamines* 8
Phenethylamines 9
Timeline 9
Part Two: Creating the Space 10

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Preparing for the Journey: Tips & Advice 11
Quick Tips 11
Exploring Your Views 14

The Psychedelic Space 18
Trip Checklist 26
Trip Report 29
Preparation 32
The Psychedelic Experience 37
Coming Down and Reflections 41

Trip Checklist 46
Trip Report 49
Preparation 52
The Psychedelic Experience 56
Coming Down and Reflections 60

Part One: Basic Safety

and Education
“The purpose of education is to empower people to

take control of their own lives.”
● Paulo Freire

Risks & Considerations Before Using a Psychedelic
Psychedelics are known to be generally safe, but there are potential risks and
contraindications.
● Do you have a family history of a serious mental illness such as schizophrenia?
● Recent mental health hospitalizations?
● Recent or current spiritual emergency processes?
● Are you in good health? Mentally and physically?
● Are you on any medications that could potentially cause any adverse reactions?
Psychedelics are known to amplify mental or psychic processes. This suggests that those
suffering from significant mental health issues may want to stay away from the use of
psychedelics. While preliminary research suggests promising outcomes for mental health issues,
such as PTSD and end-of-life anxiety, these studies are conducted in a controlled environment
and conducted under professional supervision to minimize harm and maximize safety.
Please conduct more research based on your problem or situation.
Safety is the number one priority with this journal!

Seeking Professional Support
If for any reason, you experience a mental health crisis after any psychedelic experience, it is
important to seek professional treatment.
Preferably, seek out a professional who understands psychedelic and transpersonal
experiences. Check the MAPS Integration List (https://www.maps.org/resources/psychedelic-
integration-list) or Psychedelic.Support (https://psychedelic.support/) to see if there are any
providers around your area if you wish to seek in-person support.
Psychedelics Today Coaching Services
To learn more about our services please visit our page https://psychedelicstoday.com/services/.
We would love to support and guide you through your integration process.
Online Education
Visit psychedelicstoday.teachable.com to enroll in our online courses.
• Navigating Psychedelics: Lessons on Self-Care & Integration
• 8 Common Psychedelic Mistakes
• Spiritual Emergence or Psychosis
• DMTx Psychonaut Webinar Training
• And More!

First Thing First: Drug Safety & Tips
If someone is going to use a substance, it is best practice to get educated. Basic harm reduction
tips can save lives. When a person understands the potential risks involved, he or can make
safer informed decisions. Please conduct your own research. This book is not meant to provide
an in-depth overview of drug risks and safety.
Dosing and Testing
● Everyone reacts differently to substances. Know your body!
● Dosages in this book are also not recommendations!
● Always remember to start with a lower dose first.
● Dosage information was collected from Erowid.org.
● The tables are for educational purposes only.
● For more information you can visit of these online forums:
o Bluelight.org
o Shroomery.org
o Mycotopia.net
o dmt-nexus.me
o 5-MeO-DMT Hive
o Psychedelics Today FB Group

If you can afford to ingest, you can afford to test!
● Always test your substances! Adulterants can cause serious harm or even lead to
fatalities.
o Testing substances can save lives!
o If you do not know what the substance contains, do not take it.
o You can buy a test kit at DanceSafe
o Be sure to follow the instructions, and also use multiple reagents to help rule out
adulterants. We prefer a panel of DanceSafe’s full panel of tests.
o You can also send an anonymous sample to Energy Control International or
Ecstasydata.org for in-depth testing. Testing drugs this way can seem expensive, but
please keep it as an open option in your toolkit.
o Fentanyl has been reported showing up in other substances.

Doses are highly variable depending on route of administration.
Here is a list of some common substances with their dose, onset, peak, and more. These are
estimated doses. Again, please do your own research and know your body!
Tryptamines
Psilocybin (dried) or
Dose: LSD DMT
Mushrooms (dried)
Microdose 5-10 ug 0.1 - 0.5 g N/A
Threshold 10-20 ug 0.25 - 0.75 g 2 - 5 mg
Light 20-50 ug 0.75 - 1.25 g 10 - 20 mg
Common 75-125 ug 1.25 - 2.5 g 20 - 40 mg
Therapeutic (Strong) 200-300 ug 2.5 - 5 g 40 - 60 mg
Heavy 500 + ug 5g 60 mg +

Phenethylamines
Dose: MDMA 25i-NBOMe Mescaline
Microdose N/A N/A N/A
Threshold .30 mg 50-250 ug 100 mg
Light 40-75 mg 200-600 ug 100-200 mg
Common 75-125 mg 500-800 ug 200-300 mg
Therapeutic (Strong) 150-200 mg 700-1500 ug 300-500 mg
High doses can cause

Heavy 200+ mg serious medical issues 500-700 mg
or death
Timeline
Substance: Onset Peak Effects Total Time
LSD 20-60 minutes 3-6 hours 8-12 hours
Ayahuasca 20-60 minutes 2-4 hours 4-8 hours
Psilocybin 20-60 minutes 2-4 hours 4-7 hours
DMT 15-60 seconds 5-10 minutes 15-60 minutes
MDMA 20-90 minutes 2-3 hours 3-5 hours

Part Two: Creating the Space
“We always have urged people: don’t take LSD unless

you are very well prepared, unless you are
specifically prepared to go out of your mind. Don’t
take it unless you have someone that’s very
experienced with you to guide you through it. And
don’t take it unless you are ready to have your
perspective on yourself and your life radically
changed, because you’re gonna be a different
person, and you should be ready to face this
possibility.”
● Timothy Leary

Preparing for the Journey: Tips & Advice
Set & Setting
Part of the experience is about the set and setting. Along with planning, is there anything special
that you need to make the setting nice and comfortable? Whether you’re at a music festival or in
a personal space, be sure you have what you need to make you feel comfortable!
Quick Tips
● Plan ahead: Where are you going to be? Who are you going to be with? What type of
environment do you want to be in? It is important to think about where you will be and
who you will be with during your experience.
● Tie up loose ends: There is nothing worse than getting caught in a thinking loop of
needing to complete chores, tasks, or other work. Be sure to wrap up any work that might
distract you or make your mind wander. If you or someone in your party has a
particular/unique anxiety, perhaps a specific phobia or OCD, plan ahead and
accommodate how this could play into your experience. Other times, you may be
engaging in this experience with the intent to face difficult thoughts. In these instances,
you won’t be able to tie up the loose ends but rather plan for what your mind may
encounter as you face a troublesome pattern of thinking.
● Make a plan for difficult experiences: You never know when things might take a turn. It
is important to have a plan in case difficulty arises. Do you have a friend to reach out to?
Do you have a designated quiet space? Do you have any self-care practices that might
help? Plan ahead. Tea, incense, pillows and warm blankets can be very useful to have on
hand. So can accessible nourishment. Maybe keep a stock of some easy-to-eat food like
fruits, or light snacks around. Of course, it's always useful to hydrate and keep plenty of
water on hand.

● Remember to breathe: Breath is the life force. This autonomous function is taken for
granted, but practicing deep breathing techniques can help with navigating the space.
Take a deep breath into the belly, hold, exhale and release. If the experience becomes
overwhelming at any point, try to breathe into the discomfort. You can do this by locating
a point in the body where the discomfort is and take a deep breath into that part of the
body.
● Music: This can be an essential part of the experience. Do you have your playlist set up?
o Consider selecting music that will not be distracting such as something
instrumental or sang in a language foreign to you. This is ideal for self-exploration.
o What vibe will your music bring to your experience? Will the selection be favorable
for all members of your party? Think ahead to how this particular stimulation can
impact those who will join you on this journey.
o Be prepared and able to alter the volume of any selected music – auditory
hallucinations are not out of the realm of possibility and sensitivity to noise is
another common side effect.
o Visit our Music Resource Page for articles and playlists -
https://psychedelicstoday.com/music-resources/
● Sitter: Consider having a sitter with you throughout your journey. Having a sitter can be
extremely helpful and they can provide support if difficult experiences come up. When
thinking about choosing a sitter, think of a friend or someone in your life who you trust
deeply. Some qualities to think about - a good listener that will not talk over you,
compassionate, non-judgmental, ability to navigate crisis empathetically, and someone
who will not try to control your experience. A good sitter will “just be” with you and help if
you need assistance.

o If you don’t have a sitter, you can check out https://chat.tripsit.me for a psychedelic
chatroom and assistance. Be prepared for a hard time typing.
o Sitter Etiquette
▪ Make a contract and talk about consent: Before beginning the session,
make sure the participant and the sitter spend time making a contract and
talking about consent. This contract can go over what may be expected of
both parties, what to do and what not to do, and exploring possible
scenarios. Consent is important! As a sitter, it is important to ask permission
before intervening in any way or before making decisions for the journeyer.
▪ Talk through, not down: An example of this is, “Can you tell me what that
feeling feels like? What is it like if you can go into that feeling instead of
running away from it?” Talking down is more along the lines of, “You’re
tripping really hard, don’t worry.” While encouraging a person that they will
be fine is a good move, try not to talk down the experience. Validation is
important, but do not brush it off as if the emotions they are experiencing is
not a big deal or do not matter.
▪ Be with, not guide: Sometimes sitters want to act as guides and dictate a
person’s experience. Coming from the breathwork world, a sitter is there to
just “be with” the person. We encourage that sitters do not try to practice
energy healing or try to take over a person’s experience. While we may
assume what is going on inside of a person’s psyche, we may not truly know.
If the person you are sitting for asks for these types of interventions, please
feel free to provide them, but try not to intervene because you think you
know what will be “right” for the person.

Exploring Your Views
Take some time to reflect/write about why you are interested in exploring psychedelics. The
preparation phase can be very important for setting yourself or others up for success and to help
minimize any potential risks.
● Why are you interested in psychedelic or plant medicine?
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● What is your intention for using a psychedelic or plant medicine?
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● What is your ideal set and setting, and how can you create that?
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● How will you best prepare for your experience? Do you need to complete work? Do you
need to find a sitter? Do you need to make a plan in case anything becomes
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● Who is your support system to call if something goes wrong or becomes difficult to
process?
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● What do you know about the substance you are interested in and do you know what dose
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The Psychedelic Space
“LSD is a catalyst or amplifier of mental processes. If

properly used, it could become something like the
microscope or telescope of psychiatry.”
● Stanislav Grof

Take some time to reflect on past psychedelic experiences if you have had them. If you are
completely new to this, just think about what you know or what you have learned.
How do you view the psychedelic experience? What are your spiritual, psychological, or
philosophical beliefs about these powerful substances?
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How will your beliefs affect or influence your experience?
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What type of framework do you work with when it comes to psychedelic experiences? Are you
psychologically oriented or shamanic? Or do you do it in a completely recreational setting and
have never thought about framework before?
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Do you have any spiritual beliefs? If so, what do you believe in?
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Does anyone in your party have spiritual beliefs that conflict with or may not complement your
particular beliefs? If so, will these conflicting ideologies present a source of tension during the
experience or are both/all individuals aware of such differences and accepting of the situation?
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Psychedelic Skillsets
What is your psychic map? For example, what is your psychological/spiritual framework? This
may be difficult to convey, but are there patterns to your experience? For example, DMT can
sometimes elicit communication with things that appear as entities. Have you been to this place
before? What is it like? Think about the psychic space that you have traveled to before and
explain what is in there or what it is like.
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Do you have techniques to help you work through difficult emotions? e.g. breathwork/breath
awareness, meditation, movement, etc.?
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Do you have techniques that can help a friend work through their difficult emotions? If so, are
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What is your relationship with the substance or plant? Do you have a relationship? If not, what
does having a relationship to a plant or substance mean to you?
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How can you cultivate a relationship with the substance or plant that you are working with?
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● Write a letter or note to the substance. What would you like to tell it? What would you like
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● Write down a few reminders that will help you navigate the space if things become
difficult. e.g. “Breathe.” “This will pass.” “Surrender to the process.” You may also want to
write these down on sticky notes for easy access.
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Trip Checklist
Health
o Do you have a health issue that may be complicated by psychedelics?

o Do you suffer from any mental health issues?
o Have you been hospitalized for any mental health issues in the past six months?
o Have you or are you currently experiencing a spiritual emergency/emergency?
o Are you in overall good health mentally and physically?
If you answered yes to any of the questions above, besides overall good health, please be
aware of potential risks of psychedelics!
Essentials
o Water o Test kit

o Comfortable and layered o A plan with friends
clothing
o Pure intentions
o Healthy food, snacks, fruit
o Cell phone off, on silent, or
o Important phone numbers airplane mode
o Milligram scale o Other:

o A plan for difficult experiences o

Trip Checklist
Recreational setting
o Glow sticks o Music

o Lip balm o Headphones / Speakers
o Water o Art supplies
o Toys / festival toys o Journal
o Notebook o Musical instruments
o Sunglasses or other fun glasses o Coloring book
o Hula hoops o Gum
o Anti-nausea o Gummy Bears
o Advil o Cigarettes
o Blanket o Cannabis (for legal states)
o Other: o Other:
o o
o o
o o

Self-discovery setting
o Eye shades o Music

o Headphones / speakers o Sitter
o Music playlist o Tissues
o Musical instruments (guitar, o Photos of loved ones
hand drums, singing bowls, etc.)
o Coloring book
o Art supplies
o Candles
o Journal
o Special or meaningful items
o Artwork
o Diffuser and essential oils
o Inspiring books (“Be Here Now”)
o Flowers
o Tea (calming tea or ginger tea)
o Animal / angel / Tarot cards
o Inspiring quotes
o Yoga mat
o Other:
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Shamanic setting
o Palo Santo o Sage

o Incense o Copal
o Feather for smudging o Musical instruments (rattles,
singing bowls, hand drums, flute,
o Tobacco
etc.)
o Rose / Florida water

o Rocks and crystals
o Altar / altar items o Flowers and plants
o Animal totem
o Candles
o Plant medicines (Rape, sapo,
o Prayers tobacco, etc.)
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Trip Report
“I suddenly became strangely inebriated. The

external world became changed as in a dream.
Objects appeared to gain in relief; they assumed
unusual dimensions; and colours became more
glowing. Even self-perception and the sense of time
were changed. When the eyes were closed, coloured
pictures flashed past in a quickly changing
kaleidoscope. After a few hours, the not unpleasant
inebriation, which had been experienced whilst I was
fully conscious, disappeared. What had caused this
condition?”
● Dr. Albert Hofmann: Laboratory Notes (1943)

Before ingesting, be sure to ask yourself these questions:
● Did you test your substance?
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● Is the substance pure or are there any other adulterants?
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● What dose are you taking or what are the doses that you normally take?
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● Who can you call if things become overwhelming? Make a list of emergency contacts.
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● Are you on any medication or experiencing a health issue that may cause complications?
e.g. antidepressants (SSRIs), cardiovascular issues, etc.?
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Preparation
“Know what [drug] you’re using, decide just why

you’re using it, and you can have a rich experience.”
● Sasha Shulgin
Set and Setting
Date and Time
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What is your planned setting?
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Do you have a sitter?
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What is your current mindset?
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Finish this statement: This time in my life…
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What is your intention for this journey?
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What is one thing you would like to learn?
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Set and Setting (continued)
What is your mantra for this session (if you use mantra)?
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Substance and Dose Information
Substance
or plant
Tested?
Yes or No
Dose
Time
consumed
Expected
comedown
time
Do you have a
booster dose
set aside?
If yes, when do
you plan to
take this?
What did you

eat today and
at what time?
If you are
drinking
ayahuasca or
another plant
medicine that
requires a
special diet /
dieta, did you
partake? If yes,
what have you
been eating?

The Psychedelic Experience
“If the door of perception were cleansed everything

would appear to a man as it is, infinte.”
● William Blake

Use this space to create or jot down notes on your experience. Remember, you have ingested
a substance, you will be ok!
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“It's a very salutary thing to realize that the rather

dull universe in which most of us spend most of our
time is not the only universe there is. I think it's
healthy that people should have this experience.”
● Aldous Huxley
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The Mandala
Use this space to visually express your experience. You can create within the mandala
(circle), outside, or both! Feel free to use stick figures, colors, or express your experience in
whatever way feels best. Perhaps try this a few times per experience.

Coming Down and Reflections
“How long will this last, this delicious feeling of being

alive, of having penetrated the veil which hides
beauty and the wonders of celestial vistas? It doesn’t
matter, as there can be nothing but gratitude for
even a glimpse of what exists for those who can
become open to it.”
● Sasha Shulgin

● How are you feeling in the present moment?
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● What does your body feel like?
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● Are you still feeling the effects? If so, what are they?
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● Describe any thought processes, epiphanies, visions or visuals that you had during the
experience:
o Visual Experience
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o Mental Experience
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● What is one thing you have learned from this?
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● How intense was this experience?
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● How would you rate this experience? If you are familiar with Shulgin’s rating scale, feel
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Trip Checklist
Health

Essentials
o Water o Test kit

clothing
o Pure intentions


Trip Checklist

o Hula hoops o Gum
o Other: o Other:
o o
o o
o o


o Coloring book
o Art supplies
o Candles
o Journal
o Artwork
o Flowers
o Inspiring quotes
o Yoga mat
o Other:
o Other:
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Shamanic setting
o Palo Santo o Sage

o Incense o Copal
o Tobacco
etc.)

o Animal totem
o Candles

o Other: o
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Trip Report
“In the kind of world we have today tranformation of

humanity might well be our only real hope for
survival.”
● Stanislav Grof

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Preparation
“Use them with care, and use them with respect as

to the transformations they can achieve, and you
have an extraordinary research tool.”
● Sasha Shulgin
Set and Setting
Date and Time
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Substance
or plant
Tested?
Yes or No
Dose
Time
consumed
Expected
comedown
time
Do you have a
booster dose
set aside?
If yes, when do
you plan to
take this?
What did you

eat today and
at what time?
If you are
drinking
ayahuasca or
another plant
medicine that
requires a
special diet /
dieta, did you
partake? If yes,
what have you
been eating?

“Coming to terms with the fear of death is conducive

to healing, positive personality transformation, and
consciousness evolution.”
● Stanislav Grof

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“The only way to make sense out of change is to

lunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.”
● Alan Watts
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The Mandala

“Nobody stopped thinking about those psychedelic

experiences. Once you’ve been to some of those
places, you think, ‘How can I get back there again but
make it a little easier on myself?’”
● Jerry Garcia: Rolling Stone, November 1989

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Trip Checklist
Health

Essentials
o Water o Test kit

clothing
o Pure intentions


Trip Checklist

o Hula hoops o Gum
o Other: o Other:
o o
o o
o o


o Coloring book
o Art supplies
o Candles
o Journal
o Artwork
o Flowers
o Inspiring quotes
o Yoga mat
o Other:
o Other:
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Shamanic setting
o Palo Santo o Sage

o Incense o Copal
o Tobacco
etc.)

o Animal totem
o Candles

o Other: o
o o
o o
o o
o o

Trip Report
“Part of what psychedelics do is they de-consition

you from cultural values. This is what makes it such a
political hot potato. Since all culture is a kind of con
game, the most dangerous candy you can hand out
is one which causes people to start questioning the
rules of the game.”
● Terence McKenna

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“Whether drugs lead to illumination or degradation

depends on the spirit in which one takes them.”
● George Andrews
Set and Setting
Date and Time
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comedown
time
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booster dose
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you plan to
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eat today and
at what time?
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drinking
ayahuasca or
another plant
medicine that
requires a
special diet /
dieta, did you
partake? If yes,
what have you
been eating?

“Who is to say what is real and what is not? ‘Real’ is a

distinction of a naïve mind...’”
● Terence McKenna

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“The world amazed me, in that I saw it as I had when

I was a child. I had forgotten the beauty and the
magic and the knowingness of it and me.”
● Sasha Shulgin
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The Mandala

“It was a day that will remain blazingly clear in my

memory, and one which unquestionably confirmed
the entire direction of my life. I understand that our
entire universe is contained in the mind and the
spirit. We may not choose to find access to it, we
may even deny its existence, but it is indeed there
inside us, and there are chemicals that can catalyze
its availability.”
● Sasha Shulgin

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NAVIGATING PSYCHEDELICS
Integration
Journal
Planting Seeds of
Change and Growth

Integration Workbook Kyle Buller and Joe Moore

PLANTING SEEDS FOR GROWTH AND CHANGE
Introduction
By Kyle Buller
So, you had a psychedelic experience. Now what?
Learning to integrate a psychedelic experience takes time and effort. It does not magically
happen overnight. This workbook will guide you through an integration process and provide
some tools and techniques to work through your experience. The integration process is very
personal, so not everything in this book will resonate with you, and that is perfectly fine. The
most important part of the process is to stick with it and trust it.
What does that mean? Psychedelics tend to bring emotional and psychic content to the surface.
Dr. Stanislav Grof describes psychedelics as, “non-specific amplifiers of mental/psychic
processes,” suggesting that the psyche processes the most highly charged emotion within the
body and mind. This content may have been repressed for months or years. Some of the
content can seem insignificant or extremely profound. Whatever it is, the energy of that content
is beginning to move throughout the body and mind. It is common to experience shifts in
emotions after a psychedelic experience. It is also common to be more open and aware of “stuff”
emerging from within and from the external world. I mean “stuff” by emotional or psychic
energy. We become more aware of what is going on around us and internally.

The energy and the shifts that begin to occur is the “process.” Whatever that means to you, stick
with it. Feel it. Express it. And ride it out. This is a kind of birthing experience. New parts of you
are beginning to emerge, old parts letting go and dying. The process can be painful and
challenging but being able to work through the difficulty can foster transformation.
If the emotional content becomes too overwhelming at times, it is important to seek
professional help. Sometimes the content that emerges has a hard time being contained in our
normal life and needs a container to be processed in. It is important to understand this because
people can tend to not seek professional help when they need it. As much as we recommend
“sticking with the process,” also realize that this may consist of seeking help elsewhere.
What is Psychedelic Integration?
The psychedelic community has not clearly defined the meaning of “psychedelic integration.”
Each person or community has their own way of viewing and interpreting what integration is.
Rightfully so, this process is extremely personal and should be loosely defined. Let’s explore
what the etymology of integration means.
The etymology of the word integration comes from Latin word integrare, which means “make
whole” or to “begin again.” Integration also comes from the French word intégration, which
describes the, “act of bringing together the parts of a whole” (Etymologyonline). The etymology
suggests that the meaning of the word integrate is, "put together parts or elements and combine
them into a whole" (Etymologonline).
Integration, therefore, is about creating wholeness in one’s life. Dan Siegel (2011) defines
integration as the process of linking differentiated parts into a functional whole. But what does
creating wholeness really suggest or mean? From Siegel’s (2011) perspective wholeness derives
from healthy living, which he defines as, “integration of energy and information within the

nervous system and between people” (p. 8). The way that I look at this definition is about taking
one’s experience and all the information and learning how to embody the information to
continue to be part of functioning whole (community and people). We are, afterall, social
organisms that functions “individually” within a whole system. We all need each other to survive
and maintain health. As Louis Cozolino (2014) mentions, the human brain has evolved as a social
organ to be in relationship with others.
Siegel (2011) speaks of integration in terms of interpersonal neurobiology and the mechanism of
the brain. His definitions also encompass integrating trauma, but it seems relevant for the
integration of psychedelic experiences. Siegel (2011) describes integration as the ability to flow
between rigidity and chaos. In the middle of these two extremes is harmony. Siegel (2011) goes
on to say, “Without the movement toward integration, the entire system moves away from
complexity – away from harmony – and into rigidity” (p. 66). When thinking about integrating the
psychedelic experience, isn’t this what we are trying to accomplish? Our rigid personality
structures and beliefs are challenged through the chaos of a psychedelic experience. This chaos
and novelty creates a disruption in one’s life. The psychedelic can foster insight and
transformation, but it comes at the price of loosening the rigid structures that we typically live by
that provide safety and security. Learning how to embrace some of the chaos and move away
from the rigidity seems to be the key. Integration is about finding the middle ground.
What does integration mean to me?
After suffering a near-death experience at a young age, I felt so confused about how to make
sense of my life. With my reality completely shattered, I sank deep into an existential crisis. I had
no guidance from elders in my community and was left to put the puzzles pieces back together
alone. It was a very long process. My integration of this experience really began with my first

psychedelic experience and then with diving into the psychedelic literature. The pioneers of this
realm, Stanislav Grof, Rick Stassman, Terence McKenna, and Ram Dass became my framework
and teachers, even though I did not know them personally. Their books inspired me and helped
me put some context to what I had experienced. Learning about the clinical application of
psychedelics as well as the indigenous shamanic use was extremely beneficial.
It wasn’t until I met my teacher who taught me about shamanism that I started to learn about
integration. When I told him about my near-death experience, he just said, “It’s a shame. If you
lived in a traditional culture, the elders would have stepped in and taught you what you needed
to learn - how to navigate your experience and give you tools to work with the experience.
Unfortunately, we do not live in that type of culture anymore and you had to do all that work
yourself.” Western culture lacks a framework to navigate powerful experiences, but we are
slowly starting to put one together as the science behind psychedelic experiences and other
holotropic states of consciousness begin to be examined. Indigenous cultures have a framework
that has lasted for thousands of years that were passed down through their oral tradition.
Holotropic states of consciousness are still somewhat new to the modern Western culture, and it
is our job as a community to help create a framework to work with.

Weaving Wholeness
During a journey session, I brought the question, “Why do plant medicines exist? Why use them?
And how can we use them properly?” I got the following message, “Our lives are like the life of a
spider. We spin our realities into being through language and culture. As we spin our webs and
create a reality of our own, nature ultimately begins to tear holes in the web (our lives). As each
tear and hole is formed, we move away from the center (wholeness) and we become
fragmented. Our narrative contains holes, old trauma and wounds, that we are afraid to address
or repair. We become comfortable where we have moved to on our web. After neglecting these

holes and tears, we forget that there is even a center from which we originated. We become so
numb to this idea that it is difficult to even remember. Plant medicines remind us of where we
come from and who we are. Many of us suffer from an amnesia and because of this, we need
someone else or an external force to tell us our story and who we are. This is where plant
medicines come into play. These medicines remind us that there is a center to our being and
that we have been living on the outskirts of who we are. Plant medicines are not necessary for
this remembering, but they are extremely helpful. When we remember, we can get to work to
repair the holes and tears around us, eventually returning to the center.”
Integration is about creating wholeness. Spinning and weaving our being back together again,
fixing the holes and tears in our narrative. This takes work. Plant medicines and psychedelics
simply just remind us and show us our potential. Even though many of us in the psychedelic
community like to believe these powerful substances are magical bullets or panaceas,
unfortunately they do not always work for everyone. It is our job to spin our reality back into
existence. We are the weavers of wholeness. It is our job to create it and patch up the holes.
How to Use this Book
This is a 7-week integration workbook. This book will guide you through a process of reflection
and action through self-care practices, journeying and writing prompts, psycho-education, and
more. While this journal can be used in a linear fashion, you may also use each exercise
individually.
The first week is about developing and cultivating self-care practices to stay grounded
throughout the practice. While this may seem pretty basic, it is surprising that so many of us get
stuck in the same habits and routines. It is important to learn how to break these habits from

time to time in order to grow in a new direction. Growing is never easy. It comes with a lot of
pain and challenges, but it is important to stick with the process.
Some of the activities in this book are metaphorical and work with the imaginal realm.
Psychedelic substances seem open us up to the imaginal world, so it only makes sense to work
with this type of subtle energy. What is the imaginal? Mary Harrell states that, “the imaginal
realm is a subtle world, which exists in a field between matter and mind.” One can work with
these subtle energies by engaging in journaling exercises, tracking dreams, and paying attention
to archetypal messages or images in one’s life. I see integration as a process of soul work and
soul making. In the psychedelic space, it is common to gain deep insights into some of our most
difficult issues. While these insights are wonderful, they can often be confusing - leaving us with
a feeling of not knowing how to work with the experience. While the idea of “soul work” or “soul
making” may seem odd to some, think of it as a process of creating wholeness. The word Psyche
originally means soul in Greek. I see this process as getting in touch with your self. It is about
developing a relationship with the self. While some may have a spiritual experience when
developing relationship, soul does not necessarily need to be spiritual. I see soul as the driving
creative archetypal force that dwells in each and every one of us. Psychedelics open you up to
the possibilities of the soul’s expression and potential. It is your job to continue to nourish this
process.
For more context, here is a short introduction to the work of the archetypal psychologist, James
Hillman. This short introduction is on the concept of serving the soul and psyche.
Serving Soul and Psyche
What is Psyche? What is Soul? According to Jung, psyche is the “totality of all psychic processes,
the intentional subjectivity of this totality being the ‘self’” (Hillman, 1999, p. 51). Hillman (1977)
describes soul as the imaginal. Soul is fantasy. It is the driving creative force that one feels deep

their bones but cannot convey into words. Soul is a feeling. Soul is the watery dreams that flood
our consciousness during the night. Soul is life.
When soul emerges from the depths of our being, it can sometimes be uncontrollable, leaving
one to assume that it needs to be fixed or treated, and suppressed to live in accordance to
reality. Psyche and soul want to be expressed, though. It wants to be voiced. It wants to be
painted. It wants to be played. Soul wants the world to know who and what it is.
Hillman (1977) argues that the psyche and the soul does not need treatment, but rather it needs
to be served, “Psychotherapy, in accordance with the root meaning of the words ‘psyche’ and
‘therapy’ means to ‘serve soul,’ not to treat it” (p. 74). How does one serve soul? How does one
tend to soul? Hillman (1977) suggests, “letting it rule; it leads, we follow” (p. 74).
How do you allow yourself to follow what the psychedelic experience is trying to teach you?

Integration and Growth
“Integration might be the principle underlying health at all levels of our experience, from the
microcosm of our inner word to our interpersonal relationships and life in our communities.”
Dan Siegel – Mindsight
Take a moment and think about the concept of integration and what it means to you.
What does integration mean to you?
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Let’s identify some areas in your life that may seem out of balance.

Take some time to reflect how each one of these realms is in balance or out of balance in your
life at this current moment. Also, describe how you would like to change certain aspects in each
area.
Body, Mind, and Spirit
The body, mind, and spirit can be split into three different categories, but science is starting to
realize that everything is connected. The body informs the mind, the mind informs the body, and
the balanced state between those two affects the way we perceive the world around us and
interact with it, which we will call spirit. Instead of labeling this realm as the emotional realm, this
will be referred to as the mind-body realm. Emotions live both in the mind and the body.
Describe how you perceive the body, mind, and spirit connection. Write about a time you felt
this connect was in balance and out of balance.
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Physical
The physical realm consists of taking care of your body. Are you eating healthy or exercising
regularly? Are you attending regular doctor visits? How can you begin to take care of your body
in a new way?
Describe your physical life. Tell a story about it.
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Environmental
What is your physical environment like? Do you need to change scenery? Our environment can
have a large impact on our health and wellness. Are you living in a community that supports
you? How can you create community?
Describe your environment. How does it influence your life? Tell a story about it.
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Spiritual Life
Do you have a spiritual practice? Developing a sense of spirituality can help bring meaning to
life. How can you develop a spiritual practice? What calls to you? What are your beliefs?
Describe your spiritual life. Tell a story about it.
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Lifestyle
What is your work/life balance like? Are you creating enough time for fun and hobbies? Are you
in search of a new career shift? Do you need to focus on having more fun and stop working so
hard? Are you spending enough quality time with friends and family?
Describe your lifestyle. Tell a story about it.
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Mental & Intellect
Are there new intellectual pursuits that you may be interested in? Go back to school? Take a
course? How do you mentally challenge yourself?
Describe your mental life. Tell a story about it.
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Relationships
One of the biggest parts of integration is developing and cultivating healthy relationships that
support growth. How can you work on your relationships? Which relationships do you want to
work on? Which ones are healthy and which ones are not healthy? How can you cultivate and
foster new healthy relationships?
Describe your relationships. Tell a story about it.
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Week One
The psychedelic experience is like a journey
to space. There is a lot of preparation before
the experience. The come-up anxiety of the
substance is like sitting the cockpit of a
spaceship, blasting off the Earth. When we
reach the peak and blast into space, we can
become overwhelmed by all of the beauty
and chaos. In the chaos, we acquire insights
and lessons. These quick glimpses of
insights are like seeds that we gather on our journey. They are little chunks of cosmic wisdom
that we would not normally be able to perceive in the physical reality of Earth. Then we come
back down to the Earth after the experience and are sometimes blown away by the magnitude
of what just happened. We return to Earth with these little seeds or chunks of insights/wisdom
and have no idea what to do with them.
It is our job to bring these seeds back home to plant, nourish, and take care of. This is the first
part of the integration phase. This is the process of moving towards wholeness.
When we come home (back to our bodies) it is important to get grounded. After a life-changing
psychedelic experience, it is easy to be unsure what to do or how to work with the experience.
First thing first, just get grounded. If you used our Trip Journal, hopefully you documented the
experience. If you haven’t, go back and write up a trip report. It does not have to be a recent trip.
It could be something that you want to work on. It is just important to write it down.

Self-Care & Grounding
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience.

We are spiritual beings having a human experience.
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Self-care is a crucial part to integrating not just a psychedelic experience, but any experience.
Looking at the Pierre Teilhard de Chardin quote above, the emphasis is on the human
experience. We have a body. We need to care for this vehicle that carries us. Much of what self-
care is about is developing healthy skills and habits to care for the brain and the body.

There are different realms of self-care that we can look at
Realms of Self-Care
Physical
Taking care of your body and physical vehicle. Self-care in this realm consists of exercise,
movement, healthy eating habits, and anything else that keeps the body healthy.
Psychological & Mental
While this could describe the emotional realm, this realm focused on the brain and intellectual
pursuits. This can consist of reading, writing, learning a new trade or pursuing a degree. How
does one keep the mind sharp and learn new things? Strengthening neural pathways is crucial
for healthy brain development.
Spiritual
Do you have a spiritual practice of some sort? Do you meditate or pray? Do you go to church or
temple? Developing a healthy spiritual or religious life can be important for psychedelic
integration. As Lenny Gibson once said, spirituality consists of developing a relationship with the

world. It is your relationship to the world around you. How do you cultivate that and engage with
it?
Emotional
While emotions are usually thought to be of the psychological and mental realm, our emotions
come from our whole body. While we might process thoughts and feelings in the mind or the
brain, the body itself is constantly processing emotional information. In the somatic psychology
world, emotion can be stored in the body and manifest into psychological issues, so it is
important to realize that the emotional realm consists of both body and mind. How does one
care for emotions? Therapy? Massage? Taking a vacation? Setting boundaries? Engaging in
personal development work?
Professional
Work-life balance is crucial. Since most people identify their life with their work, it is important to
incorporate professional self-care into this. How can you develop a healthy work-life balance? If
work is becoming too stressful, what will you do? How can you set professional boundaries to
avoid burnout? Others feel that changes in professions or careers are needed to maintain a
healthy life. It is important to keep the work/play life balanced!

“Take care of the body,

and the spirit will take care of itself.”
Identifying Self-Care Practices
For each realm, identify at least five self-care practices that you can implement. While you may
only practice a few, it is important to identify what you like or what works for you. Having
options and backup plans is important. Also, pick practices that you can become lost in for
hours. A self-care practice should be fun, not a task.
For example, going for a walk is a great physical self-care practice, but what if you develop a
walking self-care practice outside daily and the weather is not nice? How will you supplement
that practice for another? It is easy to make excuses to get out of not doing the work! Let’s try to
hold ourselves accountable.
Also, if you fall off of practicing self-care, it is important to not beat yourself up over it. Part of
self-care is also practicing self-love and acceptance. We are, in fact human, and life sometimes
get in the way. The negative self-talk can be detrimental to one’s emotional well-being.
Physical

● Exercise daily and regularly ● Get outside in nature
● Eat healthy ● Taking a bath or cold shower
● Doctor checkups and visits ● Walk, run, swim, play sports, or physical
hobbies
● Get massages
● Sexual life / needs: with your partner or

● Acupuncture
with self
● Dance and move
● Get enough sleep
● Sing
● Take vacations
● Get outside in nature
● Plan day trips
● Make time away from telephone
and technology
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4.
Psychological & Mental

● Exercise daily and regularly ● Expand your horizons and explore
something new
● Personal therapy
● Live music, workshops, sporting events,

● Read a book
museums, nature hikes, something that
● Decrease stress in your life
you would not normally do
● Cut out toxic energy
● Stay curious and open to your
● Make changes in your schedule
experience
or routine
● Setting boundaries on different areas in
● Pay attention to your inner world
your life
● Attend to those feelings, emotions,

● Just say “no”
dreams, or visions you may be
● Self-reflection and meditation
experiencing
● Yoga
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2.
3.
4.
Emotional

● Spend time with friends and loved ones ● Spend time with children
● Limit time with toxic people and ● Breathwork
situations ● Yoga
● Reach out to someone important in ● Meditation

your life for a talk
● Allow yourself to be vulnerable and to
● Stay connected with nourishing / take healthy risks
supporting relationships
● Set boundaries and limits
● Affirmations, self-love, praise, and
● Turn off the cell phone and social
positive self-talk
media
● Spa night (paint nails, facial, hot bath)
● Therapy
● Aromatherapy
● Healthy food
● Reading favorite books
● Comfort food
● Create space to process emotions
● Somatic — get in touch with your body
(allowing yourself to cry)
● Laugh! Or learn to laugh a little more ☺
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Spiritual

● Meditation ● Identify what is meaningful to you
● Self-reflection ● Pray
● Astrology ● Sing
● Continue to work with the plants ● Stay open to new experiences
● Spend time with nature ● Volunteer and contribute to your
community
● Find and connect with a spiritual
mentor or community ● Find a cause to back up
● Be open to inspiration ● Read inspirational literature
● Be aware of nonmaterial aspects in ● Listen to inspirational talks and music
your life ● Aromatherapy
● Try at times not to be in charge or the ● Sage / smudge

expert
● Dream work
● Ask questions and be open to not
● Trust the process
knowing
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Workplace & Professional

● Take a break during the workday (e.g., ● Take advantage of time off / sick time
lunch) ● Identify nourishing projects or work
● Connect with co-workers that are exciting, fun, and energizing
● Set limits with colleagues and clients (if ● Make quiet time to complete tasks
you can do so respectfully) ● Balance your caseload
● Can you negotiate for your needs? (pay ● Arrange your workspace so it is
raise, benefits, time off) comfortable and comforting
● Supervision and consultation with your ● Develop a peer support group

employer
● Attend a training or workshop
● Organize and prioritize your tasks /
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projects
● Network with others
● Can you say no to projects or work?
(e.g. taking on new projects outside of
work)
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Why stress the importance of a daily practice and self-care?

Exploring Neuroplasticity
This is really about creating new neural pathways and neural connections. When we start to
strengthen and create new neural pathways/connections, the brain can change and grow
because of neuroplasticity. Siegel (2011) suggests:
Careful focus of attention amplifies neuroplasticity by stimulating the release of
neurochemicals that enhance the structural growth of synaptic linkages among the
activated neurons….In sum, experience creates the repeated neural firing that can lead to
gene expression, protein production, and changes in both the genetic regulation of
neurons and the structural connections in the brain. (p. 42)
When engaging in self-care practices that are different than the normal routine, it helps to
stimulate the brain and to create change. Developing new habits is not easy. If it were easy,
there probably wouldn’t be a huge selection of self-help guides. A research study conducted by
Lally, van Jaarsveld, Potts, and Wardle (2010) found that it took an average of 66 days to create a
new habit, but the range was from anywhere between 18 to 254 days. Practice makes perfect, as
they say. As Dan Siegel (2011) highlights, “Neurons that fire together wire together,” meaning
that the more one practices or engages in the process, the stronger the neural connections
become.
One of the key practical lessons of modern neuroscience is that the power to direct our attention
has within it the power to shape our brain’s firing patterns, as well as the power to shape the
architecture of the brain itself.
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Action Steps
“If we get stuck in one pattern or the other, we are limiting our potential.”
— Dan Siegel, Mindsight
Taking action to care for yourself is important. Without a healthy vessel, our experience here is
limited. It is important to work with the body over the next few days after a psychedelic
experience to help become grounded.
So, let’s explore some self-care and what self-care means to you!
Journal Prompts
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For the next week -- practice either once or twice a day depending what the self-care tip is.
If you need some motivation, how can you reward yourself for practicing a self-care practice
each day?
If I practice for a week, I will reward myself with:
If I practice for two weeks, I will:
If I practice for three weeks, I will:
Weekly Recaps

Come back to this section after a week to reflect on your experience. Hopefully you were able to
find the motivation to continue your practice of staying grounded.
Journal Prompts
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As you continue this integration path, try not to become too rigid. If things are not working, try
shifting your perspective and try something new. This is really just an experiment to get you to
figure out what works for you and what doesn’t work.

Photo by Neslihan Gunaydin
Week Two
Planting Seeds and Intentions
Getting grounded and practicing self-care is one of the first steps towards integrating a
psychedelic experience. As you find your way back to your body and feel a sense of being
grounded, we can then move towards some of the real work.
For this section, think back to a recent or significant psychedelic experience that you are
continuing to process. As you think about the experience, let’s refer to the metaphor of the
psychedelic experience being a trip to space and collecting little seeds of cosmic wisdom.

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We will use the metaphor of a garden to work through the process. Gardens represent work,
patience, determination, constant effort, reward and celebration. If anyone has ever planted a
garden, you may know or remember that it was not as easy as it sounded. “Just plant things and
it will grow.” Not exactly. There are so many variables to a garden - weather, soil consistency, soil
contaminants and pH levels, bugs and insects, knowing which crops do best in what location and
what type of soil, and the list goes on.
A Meditation
I invite you to close your eyes and begin to turn inward. Take three deep breaths into the belly.
Simply pay attention to how you’re feeling. What feelings are you experiencing? What is your
body feeling like? Are you aware of any particular feelings or sensations?
As you begin to become more aware of this internal space, I invite you to think about or
remember the psychedelic experience that holds the most charge. Whatever comes to mind
first. As this experience comes to the forefront, begin to ask yourself these questions:
Where are you? Who are you with? What did you take?
What does your body feel like?
What emotions are you experiencing?

What is a message that you received during this experience?
Why is this experience sticking out for you?
As you remember this experience, stay present with your body and breath. Remember to
breathe. Slow, long, deep breaths.
Explore this experience for a few minutes.
As you find your way back into this psychedelic state, what do you notice?
I invite you to imagine that you are floating in a cosmic sea of potential.
Everything that has or will exist is alive in this space.
Each potential is a seed.
Reach out and grab a seed.
As you grasp it, pull it into your chest and place it against your heart.
Feel the energy of it.
What is it telling you? What does it represent?
How does it relate to your psychedelic experience?
I invite you to sit with these feelings for a few minutes.
Take a deep breath and just be aware of any feelings.
I invite you to place the seed in your pocket or keep it in your hand.
Bring this seed back with you as you slowly return to your body.

Journal Prompt
Now that you have returned from your journey, how will you care for the seeds that you brought
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Planting Seeds
“In this earth, in this soil, in this pure field let’s not plant any seed other than seeds of
compassion and love.” - Rumi
Now that you have returned, it is time to start planting seeds in your garden. These “seeds” are
your intentions for the rest of this book. These “seeds” represent your goals, and things to work
on.
Take a moment and think about what integration means to you. As you nourish these seeds of
change within you, what are you trying to manifest?

Example
1. What type of message did you get from the meditation or from your psychedelic
experience?
During my psychedelic vision, I got a message to reconnect with the earth and spend more time
in nature. I also got a message to continue to listen to my innervoice and to not be afraid to be
myself.
2. What are you trying to integrate? What type of experience are you working with?
Part of the vision that I experienced consisted of two worlds - one was covered in cities,
garbage, disease, and famine. The other was a world based in nature, or more like a culture
that embraces nature. I sometimes feel like I want to move out to the woods and get away from
the city…...
3. What types of seeds are you planting? (could be a nice flower that you like or goals).
I’d like to plant sunflower seeds because of how beautiful they are, and they represent “moving
towards wholeness.” I’d like to spend more time in nature throughout the week to help me
become grounded. I also want to start creating more. My inner voice keeps telling me to show
up and do the work, and not to be afraid of showing up.
4. How will you care for these seeds over the next few days or weeks? (Action plan)
I can start by taking small steps. I would like to spend at least one hour outside everyday. I will
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Making a Plan

Break down small actionable goals or steps that you can perform each week. Think about the
bigger picture/goal and break it down.
What is your overall goal? To eat clean? To exercise? To develop healthy relationships?
Name one BIG goal - something that resonates with your integration process or overall
psychedelic vision.
Then think about a project that you can achieve and work towards.
Make one BIG Goal, one realistic/lifestyle goal, and then think of a creative project that you can
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Week Four
Watering Your Seeds with Dreams and Interpretation

This week will consist of watering the seeds and providing it with sunlight. Water, being the
unconscious and sunlight, representing fire and action. This week will focus on dreams and also
implementing some small actions that you stated.
Dreams
One way to water the “seeds” that we planted is to pay attention to dreams. Some people say
that they do not dream. That is ok. If you are one of those people, I encourage you to make an
intention before going to bed at night to remember a feeling from your slumber. If you can
remember a feeling, write it down. Continue to write down any feelings or dreams that you may
have over the week.
Dreams are watery by nature. Freud believed that “dreams are the royal road to the
unconscious.” While it seems that tracking dreams or emotions during sleep may seem odd or
maybe worthless, it is always surprising how much rich content can come out of the experience.
This is also one process that can help us get in touch with the psyche and unconscious. Dreams
can be a window to the soul. For example, dreams can inform us about our emotional state and
different things that are going on. I awoke from a dream about being angry at a person in my life
and began venting about it to someone. Ironically, during the day I ended up having a
conversation with a family member about this and the conversation unlocked a bunch of
missing pieces to the story I was telling myself. While dreams may be subtle, they can often
inform us about a lot of things that are going on.
Also, working with dreams was an integral part of Hippocratic medicine. According to my
philosophy and breathwork teacher, Lenny Gibson, the word therapist derives from Greek and
has associations with dreams:

The word “therapist” comes directly from Greek, where it designates a temple attendant role
was to wait on people who came to lie at a temple in order to experience healing dreams, which
were an integral part of Hippocratic medicine.
Use these dreams as a window into the unconscious and examine how this process begins to
manifest over time. This process is subtle at times, so it is important to continue to stay
engaged, even if it seems like there is no progress.
Night Time Practice
Before going to sleep each night, create a ritual of meditating and setting an intention. This can
be as simple as sitting down for five minutes, turning inward, and quieting the mind. Each night,
write down or say an intention before going to sleep to help to cultivate awareness in the dream
world. You can also ask a question for guidance or insight.
Plants and Dreams
If you are currently working with any plant medicine, or if you have a plant that speaks to you,
you may ask this plant for insights or guidance. If you have been working with ayahuasca, for
example, and you happen to have a piece of the bark, place the plant under your pillow at night.
If you are working with any herbs, use one that is calling out to you. When I first learned about
this practice, I was working with the plant Mullein. I had a piece of mullein leaf under my pillow
while I slept.
Night 1

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This Time in My Life
Finish the sentence below without thinking too much. It can be metaphorical or literal or both.
Answer it from the heart.
This time in my life…
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Week Five
Embodiment: Cultivating Awareness and Relationship

One of the key practical lessons of modern neuroscience is that the power to direct our attention has
within it the power to shape our brain’s firing patterns, as well as the power to shape the architecture of
the brain itself.
– Dan Siegel
As the seeds begin to sprout and grow, so are you. Things are shifting. Are you noticing it?
This week will focus on cultivating personal awareness, relationship, and embodiment.
Looking back to last week, is there anything that continues to stick out for you from your
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Integration is about embodiment. Integration is also about relationship. To be able to embody
insight, we need to cultivate awareness of the insight and be able to develop a relationship
between the insight and reality. This week will focus on developing somatic awareness.
Action Steps

Dedicate 10-20 minutes each day this week to either meditate, take a slow walk in nature or
meditate in nature.
Meditation: Close your eyes and turn inward. Take three deep breaths into the belly, hold, and
exhale.
This meditation is about developing body awareness.
How does your body feel in the moment?
How does it feel after it took in those three deep breaths?
As you inhale, pay attention to the feeling of the air rushing up your nostrils or in through your
mouth. Feel the sensation. Feel the air fill your body.
Where are you bringing the air?
Are you taking shallow inhales that only touch the top of your chest?
Or are you taking deep breaths that fill your chest and abdomen.
Imagine each breath as a ball of white light entering into the body.
You have the ability to control where this light goes.
You can bring it down into the soles of your feet
Or you can bring it into top of your head/crown.
As you pay attention to the inhale, focus on a part of your body that you would like to bring this
ball of light.
Breathe into that space.
How does it feel?
What happens when you hold it?

What does it feel like when you release it?
Scan your body and just simple pay attention to how it feels.
If you sense any discomfort, return to your breath.
Take a deep breath into that region of the body and guide the ball of light there.
Continue to stick with the breath and the body until you feel ready to come back.
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Let’s come back to Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s quote:
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings
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Psychedelics dissolve boundaries between the physical and the spiritual. Many people report
feeling more open after a psychedelic experience. People also can report feeling connected with
the universe and something much bigger than this life. When we travel deep into the
psychedelic void, the body seems to disappear and all is left is psyche, soul, or spirit. Integration
is about getting back in touch with the body and developing a relationship with the world
around us.
It is easy to want to stay in the psychedelic space. It is blissful and that feeling of pure
consciousness is like nothing else. But in reality, this… this life is the trip! In pure consciousness,

nothing matters. To come back to this reality is strange. It is easy to feel all of sudden out of
place and not too sure what to do. This is integration - embodying the experience and living it -
walking the walk.
Look back to your dream connections and your integration intention, are things manifesting in
the way you want so far?
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One aspect of embodiment and integration is the ability to cultivate discernment. Often, actions
and thoughts are based off of impulse. What we believe to be true or what we want may not
actually be the thing that we should be working on or moving towards.
Throughout the week, try to develop a relationship to your body and gut. The stomach is often
referred to as the “second brain” as it can inform our brain for decision-making.
Each day this week, write down a question or action step that you need help with or want clarity
for. After writing down this desire, close your eyes, tune inward, and take seven deep breaths
into the belly. As you tune into your body and the intention, begin to focus on your body. What is
it telling you? Do you feel anxious when you think about this particular thing? Does it make you
excited? Just pay attention to the body’s messages.
Example
Intention/Question #1
Looking back at my dream and intention, I am feeling the need to use my voice more and get out
there in the world.
Body
When I think about putting myself out there in the world more, I feel anxious. My stomach
begins to knot and my throat feels like it wants to close up. It makes me nervous. It feels like

there is a fear there that is blocking me from doing anything. It’s not telling me not to do it, but
the fear that comes up is stopping me. I’d like to work with this fear and overcome it.
Action Step
Write a blog post or create an Instagram story to share a vulnerability.
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Weekly Recap
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Week Six
Gratitude, Growth, and Change
Taking action is important. To develop new patterns and to create change, we must engage in
the process. As Hanson and Mendius (2009) mention in their book, Buddha’s Brain, “Small
positive actions every day will add up to large changes over time, as you gradually build new
neural structures. To keep at it you need to be on your own side” (p. 19).
For this week, keep a free flow journal tracking gratitude, action steps, and other notes.

Day 1
Small positive actions every day will add up to large changes over time, as you gradually build
new neural structures. To keep at it you need to be on your own side.
Hanson and Mendius
Date:
What are you grateful for today?
What is one positive thing that happened today or one positive thing you are looking forward to
today?
Things to do today:
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Day 2
Action Step: Find an old journal from the past and read a few pages. Reflect on where you were
and where you are now. How much have you grown?
Date:
today?
Things to do today:
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Day 3
"No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and
confident acknowledge this help with gratitude."
Alfred North Whitehead
Date:
today?
Things to do today:
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"Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well."
Voltaire
Date:
today?
Things to do today:
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Day 5
I don't have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness - it's right in front of me if I'm
paying attention and practicing gratitude.

Brené Brown
Date:
today?
Things to do today:
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The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Date:
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Things to do today:
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Day 7
We can't change anything until we get some fresh ideas,

until we begin to see things differently.
James Hillman

Date:
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Things to do today:
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Weeks Seven and Eight

Flowering your Intentions
Integration, and much of life, is like a flower or
plant. As we grow, we grow towards a
potential. Some plants and trees produce
flowers and others produce flowers and fruits.
Both are gifts to the world. The bees pollinate
flowers and use the sweet nectars of the
flowers to produce honey. Fruits and
vegetables are eaten by many animals and
humans. The integration process is much like
this. We spend time growing, changing, letting
go, and finally flowering and fruiting all before
letting go again. This is the opportunity to
share our gifts and sweet fruits of labor with
the world.

What are you trying to share with the world? What are some of the gifts that you want to share?
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Looking back at your 12-week goal calendar, how are you doing?
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What have you accomplished?
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What type of gifts have you been sharing with the world so far?
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If you have not been achieving or working towards your goals, what has been stopping you?
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How can you make some adjustments? Did you set your expectations too high? Have your
priorities shifted at all or have changed direction?
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If your priorities have shifted or changed direction, why? What is causing the shift?
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If you have not spent any time working on your creative project, think about what you would like
to work on or create.
Part of integration is about making lifestyle changes and developing a relationship with one’s
self. Another part is expressive and creative. Going back to the concept of psyche and soul, the
creative energy wants to flow. The left brain wants to see some concrete accomplishments and
actions while the right part of the brain wants to express the language of the soul.
Think about creating a poem, art piece, mandala, music, podcast, a paper, article, or research
paper. Whatever the psyche is asking for you to do.
For the next two weeks, work on this project. This is the flower blooming into reality.

Add Creative Project calendar to map out this project.
Example: Create photo album of the past year
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3
Brainstorm theme Find phtos and one’s to print Print photos
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7

Free Journal / Note Space
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Week Nine
Moving Past Integration
Integration is a continuous process. It does not simply just end. It is always unfolding in subtle
and mysterious ways. It is important to stay open, stay curious, and also stay engaged in the

process. The psychedelic experience shows us a new way of seeing and being in the world. The
trick of integration is now re-adjusting to the world with these new sets of beliefs and thoughts.
How do we move past the integration phase and just be? How do we begin to thrive in our
community and environment with these new sets of skills and mindset?
What are some things that you learned about yourself over the past few weeks?
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What type of reminders can you can you give yourself if you start to feel like you are moving off
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Are there ways to get involved in your community, if you are not already involved?
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Closing
While this workbook can continue going on with journal entries and prompts, the real work is
out in the world. The world needs you. The world needs your psychedelic visions and gifts. We
hope that you move this work forward in your life someway. It can be extremely meaningful.
We hope that you have taken enough initiative to finish the creative integration project. We
would love to see what you have come up with and would love to learn about your integration
process. If you feel called to do so, email your projects to us at
psychedelicstodayemail@gmail.com

Integration Resources
• Psychedelics Today – Integration Coaching Services
(https://psychedelicstoday.com/services/coaching/)
• Navigating Psychedelics: Lessons on Self-Care & Integration (Online Course)
(psychedelicstoday.teachable.com\p\navigatingpsychedelic)
• MAPS: Psychedelic Integration List - An online directory of integration professionals
(https://maps.org/resources/psychedelic-integration-list)
• Psychedelic.Support – An online directory of integration professionals
(https://psychedelic.support)
• Psychedelic Program at the Center for Optimal Living
(https://www.psychedelicprogram.com/)

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Cozolino, L. (2014) The neuroscience of human relationships: Attachment and the developing social
brain, 2nd ed. New York: WW Norton & Company.
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NAVIGATING PSYCHEDELICS

Kyle Buller and Joe Moore

through journaling exercises.

“There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is

● Victor Hugo, Les Miserables

Barnett and Abi Cuff.

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First Thing First: Drug Safety & Tips 6

If you can afford to ingest, you can afford to test! 8

Part Two: Creating the Space 10

Exploring Your Views 14

The Psychedelic Experience 37

Coming Down and Reflections 41

The Psychedelic Experience 56

Coming Down and Reflections 60

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Part One: Basic Safety

“The purpose of education is to empower people to

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Risks & Considerations Before Using a Psychedelic

● Do you have a family history of a serious mental illness such as schizophrenia?

● Recent mental health hospitalizations?

● Recent or current spiritual emergency processes?

● Are you in good health? Mentally and physically?

Please conduct more research based on your problem or situation.

Safety is the number one priority with this journal!

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Seeking Professional Support

important to seek professional treatment.

Preferably, seek out a professional who understands psychedelic and transpersonal

experiences. Check the MAPS Integration List (https://www.maps.org/resources/psychedelic-

integration-list) or Psychedelic.Support (https://psychedelic.support/) to see if there are any

providers around your area if you wish to seek in-person support.

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Visit psychedelicstoday.teachable.com to enroll in our online courses.

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First Thing First: Drug Safety & Tips

an in-depth overview of drug risks and safety.

Dosing and Testing

● Everyone reacts differently to substances. Know your body!

● Dosages in this book are also not recommendations!

● Always remember to start with a lower dose first.

● Dosage information was collected from Erowid.org.

● The tables are for educational purposes only.

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o Testing substances can save lives!

o You can buy a test kit at DanceSafe

adulterants. We prefer a panel of DanceSafe’s full panel of tests.

o You can also send an anonymous sample to Energy Control International or

please keep it as an open option in your toolkit.

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Doses are highly variable depending on route of administration.

Microdose 5-10 ug 0.1 - 0.5 g N/A

Threshold 10-20 ug 0.25 - 0.75 g 2 - 5 mg

Light 20-50 ug 0.75 - 1.25 g 10 - 20 mg