Ancient-Future Medicine: Psilocybin Mushrooms and Psychedelic Therapy with Jahan Khamsehzadeh

Psilocybin Mushrooms & Psychedelic Therapy — Jahan Khamsehzadeh, PhD on Consciousness, Healing & Ancient-Future Medicine

Discover how psilocybin mushrooms have been used across cultures to spark healing, expand consciousness, and support profound psychological transformation. In this episode of The Future of Wellness, psychedelic researcher Jahan Khamsehzadeh, PhD guides us through two decades of research into psychedelics spanning neuroscience, evolution, psychology, and indigenous traditions.

Jahan shares the story of his own pivotal mystical experience and the scientific foundations that inform his work. We explore why psychedelics were culturally suppressed in the 20th century, why they’re returning through modern clinical research, and how they work on the brain, psyche, and energy system. Jahan discusses the difference between microdosing, ceremonial use, and psychedelic-assisted therapy, offering grounded clarity on a topic that’s both ancient and urgently relevant to our collective wellbeing.

We also look at the intersection of psychology, somatics, and shamanism, and how psilocybin is being used legally today in places like Jamaica. Whether you’re curious, cautious, or already deeply engaged in the psychedelic space, this episode offers a thoughtful, expansive, and accessible doorway into the world of ancient-future medicine.

In this episode, we explore:

• How psilocybin mushrooms have been used for healing across cultures
• Jahan’s personal mystical experience and how it shaped his research
• The neuroscience behind psychedelic therapy and emotional transformation
• Why Western culture suppressed psychedelics — and why they’re returning
• Microdosing vs. ceremonial use vs. clinical psychedelic-assisted therapy
• How psychedelics may support depression, trauma and existential distress
• The role of preparation, intention and integration in psychedelic work
• The evolutionary perspective: psychedelics and the future of human consciousness

About Jahan Khamsehzadeh, PhD

Jahan holds a doctorate from CIIS in the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness program, where his dissertation on psychedelics became The Psilocybin Connection (North Atlantic Books, 2022). With training in Hakomi somatic psychotherapy, Mazatec mushroom traditions, and psychedelic-assisted therapy education, he now serves as a facilitator for legal psilocybin ceremonies with Atman Retreats in Jamaica.

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