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Psilocybin Practitioner Methods with Dr. Robert Weitzel
Description
In this week’s practitioner episode, Dr. Robert Weitzel explains how he legally guides people on psilocybin journies. Dr. Weitzel is a board-certified psychiatrist who left medicine to train with the Native American Church as a medicine-person. Upon completing his training, he has gone on to regularly lead tribal-style ceremonies in peyote and psilocybin. Dr. Weitzel organized and directs the Beyond Institute, which aims to help seekers have a mystical and spiritual experience using high dose psilocybin.
Dr. Weitzel starts off by explaining the legality of psilocybin. In Utah, where he practices, psilocybin and certain other psychedelics are legally permitted in a religious context. As ordained by the Native American Church, it under this umbrella of religious freedom that Dr. Weitzel leads his ceremonies.
Dr. Weitzel explains the many reasons people come to him for treatment. While his ultimate goal is to lead people on a spiritual journey, Dr. Weitzel has helped many people who suffer from conditions ranging from PTSD and depression to chronic migraines and Tourette syndrome.
Dr. Weitzel goes on to explain what a ceremony that he leads looks like. While it will vary from person to person, there are protocols in place to ensure that everyone has a safe yet deep and meaningful experience. He then goes on to describe the effects that his clients can expect.
In this episode:
- The manners in which psilocybin is legal in parts of the United States
- The healing that comes from entering a different reality under the guided use of psychedelics
- The conditions that Dr. Weitzel uses psilocybin to treat
- What takes place in a psilocybin ceremony
- The form in which psilocybin is delivered and its common effects.
Quotes:
“The one thing that is most likely to cause a positive outcome is the experience of a full mystical or spiritual experience.” [5:59]
“It has been extremely gratifying to see how people with deep trauma can really heal.” [10:43]
“By and large, people come out of this experience very grateful that they got to go beyond. And that’s the best part of this work.” [26:44]
Links:
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Dr. Weitzel on 60 Minutes (Dr. Weitzel was exonerated of all charges)
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