I was feeling spontaneous and adventurous with the prospect of psychedelics. That was Step One into working with them incorrectly. I was led into traumatic dramatic territory — not what I signed up for and not possible to erase. Simultaneously, Covid came to town, along with isolation, peri-menopause and empty nesting. As the medicine dictated, it was time to end The Highly as a cannabis blog that communicated mostly through Instagram. For the next year, I turned off social media, hunkered down and planned and plotted for my next psychedelic journey (GASP!) to override the last one — it was the only way. This time, I would leave nothing to chance. It would be done in ceremonial fashion, in my home in East Hampton, NY with an immaculate set and setting. It was when choosing my crystals, I realized there had to be a better way. Picking up the batan from the Tantric Art movement from the 60’s, I added a special batch of crystals into the equation and onto the walls. AHHHH, this felt right — and indeed it was . What began for me, was suddenly for “we,” and here we are.

I celebrate the power of psychedelics as a spirit medicine and also share in the responsibility of acknowledging they can cause harm when the full spectrum of the medicine is not considered. This is my contribution to the ultimate set and setting.

To be continued….

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The Psychedelic Diaries of Nina Fern 💙