WHY PSYCHEDELICS?

Plant medicine, carefully stewarded by many different Indigenous lineages, has now made the jump to the mainstream. According to the Rand Corporation, some 8 million Americans tried psilocybin in 2023, to say nothing of other consciousness-expanding substances.

These experiences are often life changing, and have profound ontological ramifications. In underground circles of scientists and philosophers, a whisper is turning into a rumble: What if Indigenous and animist traditions have it right? What if the Earth is sentient?

Younger brother is starting to wake up.

Some of these trips happen beyond the realm of gender, or even form. Yet when they do take form, many people aren’t meeting God, but the Goddess. This is a shocking discovery for many Westerners who haven’t had a conscious relationship with her for a few thousand years. Yet despite the systematic erasure of her temples and names, she has never left us. And now, she is bursting through the collective unconscious again.

Materialism is out. We need new forms of media to respond.

WHY PRINT?

We’re not sure about you, but we are completely digitally fatigued. We simply do not want to click that link. But we do want to bring back that giddy feeling we used to get running to the mailbox to receive our favorite magazine.

We also want to put our money where our mouth is when it comes to matter and Mother. All material objects come from the Earth. To change our relationship with her means we must change our relationship with stuff, right down to the wood pulp our pages are printed on.

And we want to make a conscious choice to zig to the zag of AI. With three distinct paper stocks, gold metallic Pantone inks, and meticulous printing, this is an extremely high-production – but not precious! – magazine, meant to be touched as much as read.

WHY US?

Cassady Rosenblum, Founder and Editor in Chief

Cassady Rosenblum is a writer and editor whose work has appeared in the New York Times and Rolling Stone. Originally from West Virginia, she now lives in Taos, New Mexico, home of the Red Willow People. The first time she met the goddess, she looked an awful lot like Erykah Badu.

Ekin Balcıoğlu, Creative Director and Project Manager

Ekin Balcıoğlu is a Turkish ceramicist and painter who also lives in Taos, New Mexico. She is the editor in chief and cofounder of the award-winning Hamam Magazine, a celebration of bathing culture in print. A practicing Tibetan Buddhist, she is responsible for all our Tantric content.

Studio Cem Eskinazi, Graphic Design

Studio Cem Eskinazi is an award-winning design studio working across identity, editorial, print, and exhibition design, with a strong foundation in research and typography. Recent clients include the Istanbul Design Biennial, Verso, SALT Istanbul, and Cannupa Hanska Luger. Cem Eskinazi is an associate professor at the Rhode Island School of Design and ELISAVA in Barcelona.