Documentary
THE SPIRIT MOLECULE weaves an account of Dr. Rick Strassman's groundbreaking DMT research through a multifaceted approach to this intriguing hallucinogen found in the human brain and hundreds of plants, including the sacred Amazonian brew, ayahuasca. Utilizing interviews with a variety of experts to explain their thoughts and experiences with DMT, and ayahuasca, within their respective fields, and discussions with Strassman’s research volunteers, brings to life the awesome effects of this compound, and introduces us to far-reaching theories regarding its role in human consciousness.
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The Shaman & Ayahuasca: Journeys to Sacred Realms
The Reality of Truth
Pacific Vibrations
Shamans of the Amazon
High Landz
Manifesting the Mind: Footprints of the Shaman
Hofmann's Potion: The Pioneers of LSD
The Source Family
Better Living Through Chemistry
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
The Substance: Albert Hofmann's LSD
John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office
Case Study: LSD
Time Is Art: Synchronicity and the Collective Dream
The Psychedelic Experience
Beyond LSD
Salvia Divinorum: A Western Approach
Orange Sunshine
My Psychedelic Love Story
The Way of the Psychonaut
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The Shaman & Ayahuasca: Journeys to Sacred Realms
IMDB 4 | Jan , 2010
Filmed in the jungles of Peru, shaman Don Jose Campos introduces the practices and benefits of Ayahuasca, the psychoactive plant brew that has been used for healing and visionary journeys by Amazonian shamans for at least a thousand years.The Reality of Truth
IMDB 4.3 | Jul , 2016
In this documentary, "Zappy" Zapolin interviews spiritual gurus, celebrities, and people of various faiths about the relationship between spirituality, religion, and psychedelics—in their beliefs and in their experiences.Pacific Vibrations
IMDB 3.3 | Jan , 1970
Psychedelic surfer documentary. Also see http://encyclopediaofsurfing.com/entries/drugs-and-surfingShamans of the Amazon
IMDB 6 | Jan , 2001
SHAMANS OF THE AMAZON is a personal account of filmmaker Dean Jefferys as he returns to the Amazon with his partner and one year old daughter. They journey deep into the Ecuadorian rainforest to learn about and experience the ancient ayahuasca healing ceremony. The film brings to the viewer an intimate and fascinating look at the shamans of the Amazon, and the life that is threatened by ecological destruction.High Landz
IMDB 0 | May , 2026
High up in the Northern California mountains there is a place, where not too many get to visit. Its called - The Emerald Triangle, real mecca of Americas cannabis game. Follow a ukrainian journalist Luka on a journey that explores lifes of real growers and hustlers and the dangers that come with it.Manifesting the Mind: Footprints of the Shaman
IMDB 7 | Jan , 2009
In these interviews, Dennis McKenna, Alex Grey, Rick Strassman, and other champions of psychedelics share their views on the value of psychedelic medicine, and its neglect in Western society.Hofmann's Potion: The Pioneers of LSD
IMDB 5.6 | Sep , 2002
Long before Timothy Leary urged a generation to "tune in, turn on and drop out," lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD, was being used by researchers trying to understand the human mind. This documentary is a fascinating look at the story of "acid" before it hit the streets. Featuring interviews with many LSD pioneers, Hofmann's Potion is much more than a simple chronicle of the drug's early days. With thoughtful interviews, beautiful music and stunning cinematography, it is an invitation to look at LSD, and our world, with a more open, compassionate mind.The Source Family
IMDB 6 | May , 2013
A feature documentary film set in Hollywood, examining a radical experiment in '70s utopian living. The Source Family were the darlings of the Sunset Strip until their communal living, outsider ideals and spiritual leader Father Yod's 13 wives became an issue with local authorities. They fled to Hawaii, leading to their dramatic demise.Better Living Through Chemistry
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2021
In the 1970s, Dr. Alexander “Sasha” Shulgin significantly contributed to the development and psychopharmaceutical use of MDMA: a catalyst to personal doors entombed or unknown. His widow, co-author, and research partner, Ann—alongside friends, family, and colleagues—gives a guided tour of their life and laboratory, reflecting on how risks and revelations opened a world of compound enlightenment. Stippled with spirituality, sadness, and skepticism, the Shulgins’ chemical love story examines the power of psychedelic psychotherapy, sacred alchemy, and challenging the path of misunderstood resistance.Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
IMDB 6.6 | May , 2020
Celebrities recall their most mind-bending trips via animations, reenactments and more in this comedic documentary exploring the story of psychedelics.The Substance: Albert Hofmann's LSD
IMDB 6.9 | Nov , 2011
By coincidence rather than by design, the Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann makes a sensational discovery in the spring of 1943. He realizes that he is dealing with a powerful molecule that will have an impact that reaches far beyond the scientific world. THE SUBSTANCE is an investigation into our troubled relationship with LSD, told from its beginnings to today.John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office
IMDB 7.5 | Jan , 2025
The daring experimenter Dr. John C. Lilly dedicated his life to radical self-investigation and unlocking the mysteries of consciousness and communication. “My body is my laboratory” was the motto, and his research on the language of dolphins and whales – as well as psychedelics and sensory deprivation – assured his own cult status in 20th-century pop culture as the basis for Ken Russel’s Altered States and Mike Nichols’s The Day of the Dolphin. Directors Michael Almareyda and Courtney Stephens, along with narrator Chloë Sevigny, explore the life of a determined scientist and his experiments into the psychonautical unknown.Case Study: LSD
IMDB 5.4 | Dec , 1969
A young girl relates what happened during her first LSD trip, when – among other things – her food began talking to her.Time Is Art: Synchronicity and the Collective Dream
IMDB 0 | Nov , 2015
"Time is Art" is ultimately the story of an artist's search for inspiration in a money-driven society that shuns creativity, and of the human search for meaning in a seemingly meaningless world.The Psychedelic Experience
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1965
Experimental movie, where a man comes home and experiences LSD. His kaleidoscopic visions follow, with readings inspired by the Tibethan Book of the Dead.Beyond LSD
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1967
Educational film for parents to discuss LSD with their children.Salvia Divinorum: A Western Approach
IMDB 0 | Jul , 2022
Salvia Divinorum is an often misunderstood and powerful psychedelic plant used by the Mazatec shamans in southern Mexico for centuries. This entheogen's mysteries are thoroughly explored, by Director Erin Wyche, from an American view point.Orange Sunshine
IMDB 6.6 | Mar , 2016
The never-before-told story of the Brotherhood of Eternal Love – a spiritual group of surfers and hippies in Southern California that became the largest suppliers of psychedelic drugs in the world during the 1960s and early 1970s. Bonded by their dreams to fight social injustice and spread peace, this unlikely band of free-spirited idealists quickly transformed into a drug-smuggling empire and at the same time inadvertently invented the modern illegal drug trade. At the head of the Brotherhood, and the heart of this story, is the anti-capitalistic husband and wife team, who made it their mission to change the world through LSD.My Psychedelic Love Story
IMDB 6 | Oct , 2020
An examination of the notorious high priest of LSD Timothy Leary through the eyes of his famed lover Joanna Harcourt-Smith.The Way of the Psychonaut
IMDB 6.5 | Oct , 2020
The Way of the Psychonaut explores the life and work of Stanislav Grof, Czech-born psychiatrist and psychedelic psychotherapy pioneer. Stan’s quest for knowledge and insights into the healing power of non-ordinary states of consciousness, influenced the discipline of psychology and profoundly changed many individual lives. One of those transformed by Stan is filmmaker Susan Hess Logeais. The documentary utilizes Susan’s personal existential crisis as a gateway to Grof’s impact, from the micro to the macro.