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DESCENDING THE MOUNTAIN

AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

Directed by Maartje Nevejan
The Netherlands | 2021 | 78 mins
Unclassified M | Tues 17 Jan 2023 | 7:30pm

What happens when you administer psilocybin to experienced zen meditators? A neuroscientist and a zen master carry out a ground-breaking double-blind experiment on a majestic mountain in Switzerland. 

Under the supervision of psychiatrist Franz Vollenweider and Zen master Vanja Palmers a group of Zen meditators – who have never used any psychedelic substances before – are given psilocybin on the last day of a 5-day retreat. Half the group receives a placebo. 

Their goal: to examine the nature of consciousness through meditation and psilocybin. Can psilocybin create a revolution in improving mental health and strengthen our connection with our environment?

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A very special documentary that shows how
we can connect not with nature,
but as nature, to the rest of nature.

Parool 

 

Impressive and intellectually and
spiritually tantalizing.

NRC

Screening at A&I Hall, 3 Station Street Bangalow 

 

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