<p>Featuring a meditation teacher, author, professor, and dedicated experimenter with these molecules.</p><p><br></p><p>Jay Michaelson is a journalist, meditation teacher, rabbi, and professor of religious studies whose work for the last several years has been focused on psychedelics, meditation, and spirituality.</p><p>Jay is a field scholar at Emory University’s Center for Psychedelics and Spirituality, and a fellow at Harvard Law School’s project on Psychedelic Use, Law, and Spiritual Experience. He is currently a visiting professor at Harvard Law School, teaching courses on psychedelics, law, and religion.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>In this episode we talk about:</strong></p><ul><li>Everything you should know about psychedelics if you’re wondering whether to give them a try</li><li>What the research shows thus far</li><li>The differences among various compounds</li><li>The overlap between meditation and psychedelics</li><li>The difference between spirituality and healing</li><li>The dizzying question of whether these medicines have a separate consciousness </li><li>And more</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Related Episodes:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.danharris.com/p/psychedelics-and-meditation-michael-08f" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Psychedelics and Meditation | Michael Pollan </a></li><li><a href="https://www.danharris.com/p/what-to-do-about-eco-anxiety-jay-9f3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">What to do About Eco-Anxiety | Jay Michaelson</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Sign up for Dan’s newsletter </strong><a href="http://www.danharris.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a></p><p><strong>Follow Dan on social: </strong><a href="https://bit.ly/3tGigG5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Instagram</strong></a><strong>, </strong><a href="https://bit.ly/3FOA84J" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>TikTok</strong></a></p><p><strong>Ten Percent Happier online </strong><a href="https://bit.ly/46TZglY" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>bookstore</strong></a></p><p><strong>Subscribe to our </strong><a href="https://bit.ly/3FybRzD" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>YouTube Channel</strong></a></p><p><strong>Our favorite playlists on: </strong><a href="https://spoti.fi/3Qa8kMT" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Anxiety</strong></a><strong>, </strong><a href="https://spoti.fi/3MjtMxF" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Sleep</strong></a><strong>, </strong><a href="https://spoti.fi/3QvyA5J" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Relationships</strong></a><strong>, </strong><a href="https://spoti.fi/3QxZASc" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Most Popular Episodes</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Full Shownotes: </strong><a href="https://meditatehappier.com/podcast/tph/jay-michaelson-912" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://meditatehappier.com/podcast/tph/jay-michaelson-912</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Additional Resources:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://jaymichaelson.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Both/And with Jay Michaelson</a></li><li><a href="https://www.danharris.com/s/meditations" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A special guided meditation from Jay to accompany this episode </a></li><li>Two free upcoming events:</li><li><a href="https://psychedelics.emory.edu/events/sos-twenty-five.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Emory Science on Spiritual Health Conference</a> (free, online) </li><li><a href="https://pjil.law.harvard.edu/annualconferences/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Harvard Symposium on Psychedelics in Monotheistic Traditions (which Jay co-chairing)</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>