Unlocking The Psychedelic Mind with Dr. Chris Timmermann

This 10-week live online course dives into the cutting edge of psychedelic neuroscience with Dr. Chris Timmermann

Also includes 2 optional in-person London Socials to meet your psychedelic community 

About the Course 

This immersive online course dives into the therapeutic effects of psychedelics, the intersection between psychedelics and meditation, and their role in unlocking creativity and flow states. You’ll journey through ancient wisdom traditions and modern scientific frameworks, learning how these tools can support emotional healing, neuroplasticity, and expanded states of awareness. Grounded in neuroscience and rich with philosophical insight, the course offers a deep, critical look at the potential of psychedelics to contribute to mental health, human flourishing, and the future of consciousness itself.

We’ll explore how psychedelics impact brain networks, perception, and the sense of self, and how these changes relate to neuroplasticity, mental health, and personal transformation. From the mechanisms behind ego dissolution to the therapeutic potential of compounds like psilocybin, DMT, and 5-MeO-DMT. Along the way, we’ll connect the dots between ancient practices and contemporary research - from shamanic traditions to fMRI scanners.

Each session blends science, philosophy, and critical discussion. You’ll learn about emerging clinical models, non-ordinary states of consciousness, and the ethical and cultural tensions shaping the psychedelic renaissance.

Highlights

• 10-week deep dive into the neuroscience of psychedelics
• Live online lectures with Dr. Chris Timmermann – pioneering psychedelic neuroscientist
• Cutting-edge insights on psilocybin, DMT, 5-MeO-DMT, and brain function
• Explore key models like REBUS, neural entropy, and psychedelic neuroplasticity
• Weekly sessions blending science, philosophy, and critical discussion
• Engage with ancient wisdom and modern research side by side
• Understand the relationship between psychedelics, consciousness, and healing
• Explore future frontiers: creativity, flow states, and psychedelic apprenticeship
• Two optional in-person socials in London for those participating in the course
• A unique opportunity to learn with an international online learning community
• Certificate of completion available

What You'll Gain 

• A solid understanding of how psychedelics reshape the brain and consciousness.
• Insights into their therapeutic potential for mental health and personal growth.
• A critical perspective on the risks, ethics, and social dimensions of their use.
• Inspiration from the intersections of neuroscience, meditation, and creativity.

Who is This Course For?

This course is for anyone curious about the science, culture, and potential of psychedelics — whether you’re a seasoned psychonaut, a wellness practitioner, a researcher, or simply neuro-curious.

Curriculum:

Module 1: The Many Faces of Psychedelic Neuroscience

Explore how psychedelics are reshaping our understanding of the brain, therapy, and culture. We’ll dive into the foundations of psychedelic neuroscience and how these substances may enhance the brain’s ability to adapt and change - a process known as neuroplasticity.

Lecture 1: Psychedelics at the intersection between neuroscience, therapy, and society

Lecture 2: The basics of psychedelic phenomenology, neuroscience, and neuroplasticity

Module 2: Psychedelics, Consciousness, and Healing

What do psychedelics reveal about the nature of consciousness and the experience of self?
We’ll explore their therapeutic potential across a wide range of therapeutic conditions, and how they seem to alter the very structure of our conscious experience.

Lecture 3: Therapeutic effects of psychedelics

Lecture 4: Psychedelics, the self, and consciousness

Module 3: Models and Minds: The Neuroscience and Phenomenology of Psychedelics

This week explores how psychedelics reshape consciousness from brain to body. We’ll unpack leading models like REBUS, neural entropy, and brain loop disruption — and dive into how lived experience, embodiment, and environment play a role through the lens of psychedelic neurophenomenology.

Lecture 5: Models of psychedelic neuroscience: REBUS, entropy, and brain loops.

Lecture 6: Embodied, extended, and enactive: Psychedelic neurophenomenology.

Module 4:  Into the Depths: DMT, 5-MeO-DMT, and the Edges of Consciousness

What happens to the brain (and the self) in the most intense psychedelic states? Do psychedelics truly reveal the essence of consciousness? We’ll look at cutting-edge research into powerful compounds like DMT and 5-MeO-DMT, and how they intersect with deep meditative states and traditions.

Lecture 7: The neuroscience DMT and 5-MeO-DMT and the deconstruction of consciousness

Lecture 8: The intersection between psychedelics and meditation

Module 5 - New Frontiers: Creativity, Flow, and the Future

How might psychedelics unlock creative insight or enhance performance? We’ll close by exploring emerging applications - from enhancing creativity and flow states to reimagining the future of psychedelic neuroscience and its role in human flourishing.

Lecture 9: Psychedelics, creativity, and flow states

Lecture 10: Psychedelic apprenticeship and the future of psychedelic neuroscience

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the course, participants will be able to: 

• Explain the core principles of psychedelic neuroscience, including neuroplasticity, brain network modulation, and models like REBUS and neural entropy.
• Describe how psychedelics affect perception, cognition, and the experience of self, and connect these changes to broader theories of consciousness.
• Identify the therapeutic potential and risks associated with compounds like psilocybin, DMT, and 5-MeO-DMT, including their emerging clinical applications.
• Critically assess the ethical, cultural, and social dimensions of psychedelic use in both clinical and traditional contexts.
• Compare and contrast ancient and modern frameworks for working with non-ordinary states, including shamanic practices and meditation-based insights.
• Articulate how psychedelics may enhance creativity, support emotional healing, and alter patterns of thought and behavior.
• Engage in informed discussion about the future of psychedelic research and its potential contributions to mental health, neuroscience, and human flourishing.
• Integrate philosophical and phenomenological perspectives to better understand the subjective dimensions of psychedelic experiences.

Your Teacher

Dr. Chris Timmermann is a neuroscientist exploring with over 12 years of experience in psychedelics and consciousness science. He obtained his PhD in Neuropsychopharmacology at Imperial College London, where he led the world’s first brain imaging studies of DMT - one of the most powerful psychedelics known. Until 2025, he headed the DMT Research Group at Imperial College London, conducting pioneering work on both DMT and 5-MeO-DMT, and contributing to their clinical development for depression.

He is now based at University College London (UCL), where he co-directs the UCL Centre for Consciousness Research. His research spans from psychedelics and breathwork to meditation and other non-ordinary states, with a focus on their therapeutic potential and their power to illuminate the nature of the consciousness.

Chris has published over 60 peer-reviewed papers, with his work featured in The New York Times, BBC, CBC, WIRED, and The Guardian. He also designs and teaches university-level courses on psychedelic science.

In 2022, he founded the ECOH Foundation - a non-profit in Latin America dedicated to public education and research on psychedelics, science, and mind.

Schedule 

Each online lesson takes place on Zoom and is 2 hours. Approximately 1 hour 15 mins of Lecture & 45 minutes of Questions & Discussions. 

We strongly encourage attendance for each module. However, recordings will be provided of each module if you cannot attend live. 

10-Week Course 

Part 1

Week 1 / Lecture 1: 27th January 7pm-9pm

Week 2 / Lecture 2: 3rd February 7pm-9pm

Week 3 / Lecture 3: 10th February 7pm-9pm

1 Week Break February 16-22

Part 2

Week 4 / Lecture 4: 24th February 7pm-9pm

Week 5 / Lecture 5: 3rd March 7pm-9pm

Week 6 / Lecture 6: 10th March 7pm-9pm

Week 7 / Lecture 7: 17th March 7pm-9pm

Week 8 / Lecture 8: 24th March 7pm-9pm

Week 9 / Lecture 9: 31st March: 7pm-9pm

Week 10 / Lecture 10: 7th April: 7pm-9pm

Your Organiser 

Callum is the Marketing & Community Manager for The Psychedelic Society and a life-long learner in the exploration of consciousness and the mystical arts. He has completed a MSc in Medical Anthropology at University College London where he specialised in research on the phenomenology of consciousness, psychedelics and the therapeutic and healing arts across the world. 

Callum is a Trauma-Informed Body-Worker and Somatic Therapist whose training includes Somatic Muscle Release, Somatic Alignment,  Myofascial Release, Advanced Deep tissue Massage, Breathwork and the Shamanic arts. Callum is passionate about the innate wisdom and intelligence of the body to both find equanimity and balance but also explore ecstatic and altered states of consciousness. He is a passionate advocate of somatic and psychedelic experiences that are grounded in transpersonal philosophy and psychology. These are the experiences that cultivate the experience and wisdom to remember and embody deeper connection with ourselves, others, nature and the beyond. Follow Callum on Instagram at @calibraid 

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