Accelerate
inward

A print magazine for the consciousness frontier: the science, the practice, the psychedelics, the neurotech, and the people shaping all of it.

Issue 01 is in the works. 1,000 numbered copies, every story also free online. We're looking for sponsors, writers, artists, and friends.

The why

My life's mission is to help evolve humanity's consciousness so we can flourish physically, relationally, and spiritually. I believe it's the core mission we're all here to serve.

We're at an inflection point in consciousness science, one that could shape the next few hundred years of human flourishing. We already have timeless spiritual wisdom. Now we're also discovering, and democratizing, technologies that could develop consciousness faster and at scale: psychedelic medicine, neurotech, new meditation techniques, and more.

And yet our systems are in disarray. Now is the time to build the infrastructure for what's coming: bring the smartest voices together to transcend and include, and make sure this wisdom is translated faithfully for the mainstream.

— Noah Edelman

Transcend and include.

Animation by Madison Richmond

Why now

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Every age has its technology. Ours is turning inward, and consciousness is becoming a real field, with money, public attention, and regulation moving at once.

60.5M

US adults meditated in 2022, nearly as many as saw a mental health professional.

Scientific Reports
2.2x

Growth in hallucinogen use among 19 to 30 year olds, from 4.4% in 2014 to 9.7% in 2024.

Monitoring the Future
7x

Growth in private neurotech funding, from $0.7B in 2022 to $4.8B in 2025.

Neurotech Futures
2027

Psilocybin is under fast-track FDA review, with a launch possible in the first half of 2027.

Clinical Trials Arena
$50M

Committed by Texas to ibogaine research, the largest state-funded psychedelic research program in US history.

KUT
$30M

From Templeton to test rival theories of consciousness against each other, head to head.

Templeton World Charity Foundation

The idea

Animation by Madison Richmond

No media company treats consciousness as a serious frontier yet, bringing the science, theory, contemplative practice, psychedelics, and neurotech into one place, written by people who actually practice and understand it.

So we're starting with a beautiful print magazine (yes, a magazine, in 2026). It will capture the current state of the field and the people shaping it, and help us learn whether this deserves to become something bigger. Issue 01 is a 3 to 5 month experiment, and every piece will also run free on Substack.

It will bring together the sharpest theorists, researchers, teachers, and journalists in the space, held to a rigorous editorial standard.

Issue 01

  • Cover storyA field map of who's working on what across contemplative science, psychedelic medicine, neurotech, and consciousness research.
  • Features4 to 6 reported pieces. Think: the science of jhanas, an investigation of 5-MeO-DMT, ultrasound built for the mind, and the AI consciousness question.
  • InterviewsConversations with researchers, teachers, and builders.
  • SpotlightsCompanies and nonprofits worth knowing. Editorial picks only, never paid placement.
  • Art and poetryOriginal visual art, photo essays, and poems that show what the writing can only describe.
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Contemplative science

  • Bliss on demand: jhana went from monastic rarity to a retreat you can book.
  • When consciousness stops: cessation events, now studied in the lab.
  • Can you measure awakening? The studies tracking enlightenment over years.
  • The dark night: meditation's adverse effects, and who helps.
  • Tukdam: meditators whose bodies reportedly stay fresh for days after death.

Psychedelics

  • 5-MeO-DMT: the toad, the retreats, the trials, the risks.
  • After the trip: integration, the industry's missing layer.
  • Is the trip necessary? The race for non-hallucinogenic psychedelics.
  • The first approval: who gets psilocybin, at what cost, with whom in the room.
  • The entities: why DMT users describe meeting the same beings.

Neurotech and AI

  • Ultrasound for the mind: tFUS startups targeting states of mind.
  • Enlightenment in a headset? Why tech shortcuts keep almost working.
  • Engineering dreams: lucid-dreaming technology.
  • Is anyone home? The researchers taking AI welfare seriously.
  • What language models taught me about no-self.

Consciousness science

  • The theory war: rival theories tested head to head.
  • Someone is in there: hidden consciousness in unresponsive patients.
  • Who else is conscious? Insects, fish, and octopuses.

The edges

  • Is telepathy real? Decades of experiments, and the replication fights.
  • Synchronicity: meaningful coincidence meets pattern-seeking.
  • Near-death experiences and terminal lucidity.
  • The Stargate files: the government's remote-viewing program.
  • Children who remember past lives.

Indigenous knowledge

  • Who owns ayahuasca? Benefit-sharing as the industry arrives.
  • Saving peyote: a sacrament under pressure.
  • Iboga's homeland: Gabon, Bwiti, and Western demand.
  • Dreaming as knowledge across traditions.
  • In their words: healers and knowledge holders, on their own terms.

Who's behind it

Noah Edelman

Editor, and the business side

Co-founded The Neuron, an AI media company that grew to 500K+ subscribers, 60M views, and 7 figures in revenue in two years before selling to TechnologyAdvice in 2025. Ten years of meditation practice (Vipassana, Mahamudra, Dzogchen). Has led meditation, yoga, and men's work events, and angel invests across AI and consciousness.

noahdovedelman.com

Madison Richmond

Creative director

I founded the Consciousness Residency, an ongoing residency bringing together researchers, builders, and practitioners to explore the frontiers of consciousness through real-world experiments and experiences. I’m an ecosystem builder in the consciousness space, and previously led brand, growth, and creative for Polymarket and other tech startups.

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