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The world's psychedelic and consciousness research, in one open library

Search an ever-growing collection of studies on the mind and its altered states, each summarized in plain language.

28,616 articles and counting

The whole field, free to everyone

28,413 articles, aggregated and summarized from 14 research sources. No paywall, no gatekeeping.

Last updated about 8 hours ago

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Ask the literature a question

The Research Synthesis Tool reads across the library and answers your question with the evidence behind it: where studies converge, where they conflict, and what remains unknown.

  • A direct answer with a stated confidence level, never a wall of links
  • Every claim traced to the specific studies supporting it
  • Convergence, conflicts, and open gaps called out separately
  • Results cached and shareable, refreshed as new research lands
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What you can do

One library, and the instruments to work it

Search a living library

Tens of thousands of articles from eleven sources, spanning psychedelics, meditation, philosophy of mind, and the humanities, each summarized with study design, sample size, and key finding.

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Start from a topic

Curated pages for every major compound, condition, practice, and tradition: the evidence at a glance, common study designs, and active clinical trials in one place.

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Follow the frontier

Save a search or follow a topic and new matching articles arrive in a Monday digest. No feeds to check, no noise on quiet weeks.

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Track clinical trials

Recruitment status, phase, enrollment, and sponsors for the field's trials, refreshed daily from ClinicalTrials.gov.

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Weigh the evidence

Citation counts, peer-review markers, and a Most Cited sort separate landmark findings from the long tail.

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Discuss it with people who read it

Forums, comments, and voting with researchers, practitioners, and explorers making sense of the same literature.

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What is Mindscape Collective?

Whether you're a clinician, a researcher, or a curious explorer, Mindscape Collective gives you direct access to the research, and a community making sense of it together.

Vision

We advance knowledge and build community around consciousness exploration, its therapeutic and cultural value, and cooperation for a better future.

Mission

A non-profit using technology to create equitable, user-friendly engagement with research on psychedelics, meditation, dreaming, and consciousness.

Our values

Community connected
Designed with community input, always prioritizing engagement, feedback, and support.
Curious and evolving
Promoting exploration with continued growth and iteration, in sync with this dynamic field.
Equitable and transparent
Accessibility for everyone, with honest and open business and technology processes.
Technology driven
Comprehensive data sources and modern web technology to democratize access to research.

The team

The minds behind Mindscape Collective

Mike Elliott

Mike Elliott

Founder & Executive Director

Mike has a long history of consciousness exploration and study through dreams, meditation, psychedelics, and other altered states. He has a BA in Psychology and has been an engineer, organizational leader, consultant, and instructor in the software industry for over 15 years.

Most recently, Mike has worked as a Director of Engineering at Dutchie, the industry-leading software platform for cannabis dispensary operations, and ezCater, the largest catering technology company. He's in the MA program in Psychedelics and Consciousness Studies at the University of Ottawa, graduating in 2026. He spends his time outdoors, coding, gaming, learning, and exploring the mind and the world.

See his personal website at elliotec.com

Josie Kins

Josie Kins

Board Member & Director of Product Design

Josie is a prominent researcher, writer, community leader, YouTuber, and content creator within the online psychedelic subculture. She currently works as the Phenomenologist & AI Performance Specialist at Mindstate Design Labs.

Josie founded PsychonautWiki and The Subjective Effect Index, growing these sites into leading sources of formal documentation, phenomenology, classification, and taxonomy of altered states of consciousness, with over a million monthly visitors.

See her personal website at josiekins.xyz

Steve Urquhart

Steve Urquhart

Board Member

With his wife Sara, Steve founded The Divine Assembly, a DIY religion of spiritual autonomy. To promote safe and sincere worship, Steve has taught thousands of people to grow their own sacred mushrooms. His law practice focuses on entheogenic religions. He served in the Utah Legislature for 16 years, and taught health policy at the University of Utah medical school for 5 years.

See TDA's website at thedivineassembly.org

Ru Alyce

Ru Alyce

Board Member

Ru is a seasoned business builder, strategist and producer with 15+ years of experience working at the intersection of innovation, community, and commerce. She specializes in crafting immersive experiences that integrate physical and digital elements. She is deeply passionate about the transformative power of collective experiences, within the realms of art and alternative healing.

Currently, she is focused on creating physical and digital spaces that foster healing through self exploration and community connection, utilizing a variety of ancient and emerging wellness technologies. A few of her past clients include: City of Hope Medical Center, The Shed Cultural Center, Universal Parks & Resorts, Netflix, Apple, Google, and The Empire State Realty Trust.

See her LinkedIn here

Evan Hatch

Evan Hatch

Board Member

Evan Hatch is Managing Director at Center for Emergence, a nonprofit researching the intersection of spirituality and therapeutics. Center for Emergence sponsors clinical research at institutions such as the Harvard Neurospirituality Lab and Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Evan is the founder and CEO of Worlds and an angel investor with 8+ years experience in Venture Capital

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