Contemplations: On the Psychedelic Experience

Austrialian produced documentary on the wonders and benefits of the psychedelic experience on those who have tried them. A psychedelic experience (known colloquially as a trip) is a temporary altered state of consciousness induced by the consumption of a psychedelic substance (most commonly LSD, mescaline, psilocybin mushrooms, or DMT). This film is recommended by anyone who wishes to expand their knowledge of these substances and to learn more about their many healing qualities. For anyone who has ever wondered about these mind altering substances this is a film well worth watching. Detailed accounts of personal experiences give insight and knowledge of these little-understood drugs.

Thank you, Julian and the team for putting this well-thought-through documentary on the journey of a psychedelic experience and what impactful benefits it can potentially have for someone's overall wellbeing!

The diversity of the people on the screen shared some very troubling and touching histories and in my view, anything that can improve (and sometimes drastically) someone's time on this earth, the better!

Sometimes it's just not possible to see the forest through the trees and that can cause a lot of (and somewhat chronic) negative emotions and moods and lead to poorer health outcomes.

Highly recommended!

It's not often that I rate a film this highly, but Contemplations deserves to be seen, more accurately, experienced, not only for its mesmerizingly spectacular, wholly immersive visuals -- a tapestry unlike anything you may have seen before, running parallel and in complete harmony to this documentary's expert interviews and opinions -- but also to be applauded for its sensitive and balanced approach to what is perhaps one of civilizations least talked about but rapidly evolving movements, the psychedelic underground, here focused on Australia's psychedelic experience, but with implications worldwide. A cautionary tale, masterfully displayed.

A very iconic and unique Australian documentary featuring a cross section of some of the mainplayers in the Australian Psychedelic underground.

This is a both a journey into the psyche and an introduction to the felt experience of psychedelics. Refreshingly, it is more focused on the spiritual, transpersonal, paradigm shattering, esoteric aspects of psychedelics - rather than the current mainstream rhetoric around the trauma healing aspects of these uncanny plant medicines.

Add to this a well crafted, visual feast of special effects and articulate commentary and you have a unique and special documentary - well worth a watch.

Well done Julian Palmer and team.

I've just only started to dabble in the plant medicines and compounds mentioned in this film. The people interviewed in the film come from all walks of life and give an open and unbiased view on their experiences.

Julian Palmer is much more than an interviewer, he has lived the life of a facilitator, plant tea brewer and individual experimenter for the last twenty plus years. This film covers the frightening, the heavenly and everything in between. There are cautionary tales, and first hand accounts of meeting gods. These are brought to life by the excellent animations, this is an impressive feat all by itself because just articulating the experience is hard enough, let alone reproducing it for others to understand.

If you are interested in the effects of ayahuasca, magic mushrooms or LSD, then this a great place to start. There really isn't another documentary like it!