Dr Simon Ruffell is an engaging and experienced speaker who discusses wide-ranging topics including science, spirituality, ethics, and mental health.
A selection of podcasts, interviews, talks, and articles featuring Dr Ruffell are linked below.
As featured in:
Podcasts
Plant spirit teachers: learning from the elder plants
Ayahuasca research
The language of nature
The rise of ayahuasca in mental health treatment
Rediscovering psychedelics (with Amanda Fielding and Dr Ben Sessa)
The science and philosophy of ayahuasca
Ayahuasca, epigenetics, mental health and the healing of trauma
The pearls of our sanity
Talks & Interviews
The benefits of plant-based medicine
Ayahuasca, entities, and Shipibo science
Should psychedelics be used in medicine?
Ayahuasca: from the jungle to the lab
Set, setting and transcultural psychiatry
Ayahuasca (with Professor David Nutt)
How does psychedelic-assisted therapy differ in clinical and retreat settings? (with Dr Ros Watts)
Ayahuasca, psilocybin and the Peruvian Amazon
Modulatory effects of ayahuasca on personality structure (with Nige Netzband)
Articles
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First-ever study looks at ayahuasca’s impact on DNA expression
June 2023
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Can psychedelic plants treat mental health conditions? New study on ayahuasca assesses its impact on war veterans with PTSD
May 2023
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Ayahuasca: are we appropriating or “drawing inspiration” from Ayahuasca’s complex healing legacy?
March 2023
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Veterans’ psychedelic trip to Peru banished the demons of war
November 2022
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Psychedelics and the default mode network
February 2022
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Ayahuasca, magic mushrooms and psychiatry: an interview with Dr. Simon Ruffell
January 2021
