Theochemistry: Chemical Mediators of the Unknown
Join OPS for a talk with Aidan Hurst, for an exploration into strange and unusual psychoactive substances like DMT, Salvia, and highly-potent cannabinoids. There are compounds that induce downward-shifts in pitch perception to dream-inducing giraffe bone beverages. Aidan will take the audience on a safari through some of his own psychoactive inventions that probe the boundaries of the chemistry of our consciousness.

About Aidan: He has invented a handful of novel psychedelic substances, and is currently investigating a 200-year old mystery surrounding a dream-inducing caterpillar. He is hoping to use the outcome of this study to explore the neurochemistry of dreaming.

This talk will be accessible to scientists and non-scientists alike.
Date: 19 November 2024, 19:30 (Tuesday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Venue: Hertford College, Catte Street OX1 3BW
Venue Details: Barring Room
Speaker: Aidan Hurst (University of Oxford)
Organising department: Department of Psychiatry
Organiser: Sylvana Vilca-Melendez (University of Oxford)
Host: Sylvana Vilca-Melendez (University of Oxford)
Part of: Oxford Psychedelic Society Talks
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/psychedelics-for-nature-connectedness-tickets-1039106895697?aff=ebdsshcopyurl&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=organizer-profi
Cost: £3.96
Audience: Public
Editor: Sylvana Vilca-Melendez