Daniel McQueen - Psychedelic Cannabis: Therapeutic Methods and Unique Blends to Treat Trauma and Transform Consciousness

For Alison

PSYCHEDELIC
CANNABIS

Is a highly reliable botanical psychedelic legally available throughout most of the US? The answer is a resounding yes, and the details of that answer reside in this book. As with many discoveries in this field, it began with McQueens serendipitous discovery of how, with the proper dose, intention, set, and setting, marijuana can produce the same psychedelic effects that occur with classical compounds like DMT and psilocybin. This book provides guidance every step of the way: personal preparation, selection of cannabis strains, methods for getting enough, managing the experience, and integration. Most highly recommended!

RICK STRASSMAN, M.D., AUTHOR OF DMT: THE SPIRIT MOLECULE

Daniel McQueen, the founder of the Center for Medicinal Mindfulness, is a pioneer in the therapeutic uses of cannabis as a psychedelic. Although we dont usually think of the cannabis plant as a transformational psychedelic, Daniel shares information that shows it to be just as profound and therapeutically effective as classical psychedelics, such as psilocybin. Readers will find much wisdom and good information in this book.

DENNIS MCKENNA, PH.D., ETHNOPHARMACOLOGIST, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF MCKENNA ACADEMY, AND COAUTHOR OF THE INVISIBLE LANDSCAPE

Daniel and his much-needed Medicinal Mindfulness program use cannabis to heighten emotional and spiritual healing and awakening to provide an urgently needed user-support system. Cannabis nurtures honesty, insight, peace of mind, and emotional healing, and Psychedelic Cannabis provides expert professional guidance in encouraging these uplifting experiences while high.

JOHN SELBY, AUTHOR OF CANNABIS FOR COUPLES

Note to the Reader

This book is intended as an informational guide and should not be a substitute for professional medical care or therapeutic treatment. Any application of the material set forth in the following pages is at the readers discretion and is his or her sole responsibility. Neither the author nor the publisher can assume any responsibility for physical, psychological, legal, or social consequences resulting from the ingestion of cannabis and/or psychedelic substances or their derivatives. While the publisher and author have used their best efforts in preparing this book, they make no representations or warranties with respect to its accuracy or completeness. In addition, this book contains no legal or medical advice; please consult a licensed professional if appropriate.

Foreword

Stephen Gray

Youve noticed Im sure that we live in extraordinary times of immense and rapid change, a period both exciting and dangerousominous even. Though nobody really knows how the plotline will unfold in the decades to come, there is one thing I feel confident in proclaiming: a widespread and radical consciousness transformation is urgently needed on this beleaguered blue planet if humanity is to come through this era in anything resembling sane and sustainable conditions.

With that principle in mind, the next bold proclamation is that those of us willing to embrace and meet the changes and challengesyou might call this amorphous congregation the (at least aspiring) spiritual warriors of love and intelligencemust be open to all available tools, alone and in syncretic combination, without dogmatic limitations and divisions.

There are a number of plants and semisynthetic and synthetic sub-stances known as psychedelics or entheogens that are arguably the most potent tools available for these urgent times. In appropriate conditions these substances are capable of pulling back the curtain of illusion that has obscured an eternal and unconditioned reality beyond imagining. They can show us where we need to heal and to free ourselves from the bonds of our past, and they can invite us to see and be inspired by a normally cloud-covered but always present divine reality.

Many of us are now aware of the potential of what you might call the major psychedelics. Ayahuasca, psilocybin mushrooms, peyote, LSD, and several others are in this category and are getting increasing attention almost weekly. But there is one humble plant that has until recently never received its due. For reasons not necessary to describe here, this plant has been outlawed, disdained, mocked, and ignored, especially in the past century or so but here and there throughout the long course of history as well.

We are now experiencing an exciting and promising renaissance of understanding and use of our ancient friend and ally, cannabis. But even the majority of those sympathetic to the pleasures and medical potential of the plant are still largely unaware of its remarkable capability as a healing and awakening sacramental medicine when used in optimal conditions.

Daniel McQueen is most definitely aware of this potential, and he has now added his authenticand boldvoice to a still-small but growing brother-/sisterhood of compassionate visionaries intent on correcting this serious misapprehension and missed potential. As you read this book it will become clear very quickly that Daniel is thoroughly qualified for the mission. Ive seen the power of cannabis for this essential healing and awakening work, but Im not sure Ive ever encountered anyone in modern society who has so effectively mastered and articulated the understanding and techniques necessary for people to discover and experience the full capability of the psychedelic (mind and soul manifesting) use of cannabis.

Daniel puts his cards right out on the table in the very first paragraph of the book to set the agenda for all that follows. He says that cannabis might just be the most accessible and effective psychedelic medicine we have available for healing and transformational purposes. A bold claim indeed and certain to be controversial in some circles, but as I suggested above, he clearly has the cattle to go with that big hat.

Psychedelic Cannabis is a straightforward and accessible book with an unambiguous mission. In Daniels words again: Id like to teach you exactly how to turn cannabis into a real psychedelic medicine and how to safely and effectively use it for healing and transformation. No muddled or mixed message there and now that Ive read the book, Im fully confident that he has accomplished that task extraordinarily well.

In as much as Daniel has a rare grasp of the depths of working with cannabis toward healing and awakening, he is also a skillful communicator and educator. The word teach in the above quote is right on the mark. Daniel speaks directly and intimately to the reader and his language is crystal clear. He comes through these pages like your favorite teacher, the one you remember who cares about his students and is determined to give them everything they need to step out into the world on their own. This is not a book of theory and speculation; its an eminently practical guide that has been thoroughly tempered in the crucible of extensive experience. As Daniel says, he has facilitated sessions for thousands of people in individual and group psychotherapy settings and journey experiences with our ancient plant ally as the powerful yet kindly sacrament.