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Controversies

Ethics: for readers, writers and practitioners

The rules this atlas holds itself to, stated so they can be checked.

Modern

Editorial commitments

Local names first. Traditions on their own terms before comparison. Evidence grades on every claim. Restricted ceremonial knowledge withheld. Colonial sources read critically and identified as such. Modern movements labelled modern.

What this site is not

Not medical advice, not a how-to for altered states, not a directory of practitioners, not a source of dosing or sourcing information, and not a substitute for material published by communities about themselves.

If you are in crisis

Ritual and psychoactive practice are not appropriate responses to acute mental health crisis. Contact local emergency services or a crisis line.

Linked entries

One of 28 entries in the knowledge map. Evidence grades above describe the kind of claim being made, not its certainty on a single scale.