World Futures
February 17, 2024
Azul Delgrasso
4 citations
5-MeO-DMT, a psychedelic compound used for centuries by Indigenous Peoples in the Amazon, Caribbean, and Northern Mexico for ceremonial and nature-connected practices, is now being studied for treating depression, anxiety, and PTSD. This paper examines the limited historical writings and accounts of the compound's origins and original use, placing those accounts in their historical and cultural contexts.
World Futures
April 29, 2026
Azul Delgrasso, Jay Monger
Leadership emerges less from positional authority than from attunement—an embodied capacity to sense self, others, and context. This article argues that well-designed relational containers, such as the Way of Council and men's work, combined with low-dose (psycholytic) 5-MeO-DMT sessions, can deepen empathy, coherence, and collective intelligence in complex, transdisciplinary settings. Using facilitator narrative, reflective inquiry, and two composite vignettes, the authors show how these practices support ethical self-reflection, dialogic sense making, and responsible action. They emphasize that carefully held low-dose sessions may amplify intersubjective resonance and relational learning when grounded in consent, safety, and cultural humility.