Director: Maartje Nevejan
Country: Switzerland, the Netherlands
Year: 2022

What happens when you administer psilocybin to experienced Zen meditators? To understand how psychedelics reveal the nature of consciousness, psychiatrist Franz Vollenweider and Zen master Vanja Palmers guide experienced meditators—who have never used psychedelics before—through a ground-breaking scientific experiment on the majestic Mount Rigi in Switzerland. Descending the Mountain takes viewers on a journey of mystical revelations, experienced through meditation and psilocybin.

Read a review of the film from Tricycle’s Spring 2022 issue.

This film will be available to stream until 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, December 30, 2022. 

descending the mountain
descending the mountain
descending the mountain

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