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Publication Reviving the Nexian

Hey all, I've been sitting on this post for quite a while but finally decided there was no harm in bringing up the idea. The two issues of The Nexian that saw the light of day were some of the most special and well put-together works to come from the psychedelic community in recent history as I see it. However, after the third issue never reached completion, there were murmurs for a few years about attempts to bring it back which never came to fruition. Now it's been about five years since all public discussion of it has fizzled out, which is a huge shame because of how important I think it was - doing something that nobody else was really doing. Of course, there are other magazines like DoubleBlind which have been successful and dedicated to psychedelics, but none that were born from such a collaborative community effort in the same way that the Nexian was intended to be.

I wanted to ask/suggest/volunteer/reignite a conversation regarding any future that The Nexian might have. It's certainly been a very valuable resource to me, and I think in the years since the last issue there's been a rich source of new advancements, stories, and people that could realistically lead to a project like this coming back. We've seen a number of losses in the psychedelic community that have gone largely under the radar since the previous issue, a great deal of advancements in legalization, science, administration, and understanding of these substances, notably DMT, and new figures that have emerged onto the psychedelic scene that weren't present ten years ago. I know there were interviews at the very least planned with Graham Hancock and the Greys for issue 3, and I'm sure there were a good amount of submissions and hard work that never got to be finalized from across the community. I'm not sure how much of that would still be relevant all these years later, nor who might have them anymore as The Nexian website no longer exists to my knowledge, but I think it's good to point out that much of the foundation has seemingly already been laid out, and after all these years that it's been left to simmer it seems like the perfect time to come back to it.

Obviously, this would largely depend on community interest, and I'm not aware of the full history of the Nexian's creation as I had nothing to do with it, but I think it's something very valuable, and is something that I'd certainly be willing to put in a lot of work towards, so I figured I'd put this out there to see if there's any interest in making it happen. 🙂
 
Could be a worthwhile endeavor, especially with the recent surge in recent years with the hype of plants as Medicines.

There's alot of very knowledgeable members around these parts that could lead to some very interesting things for many readers.

It could attract alot of attention now compared to when it first started. Alot of people are opening their eyes to the possibilities of Psychoactive plants in general.
 
Could be a worthwhile endeavor, especially with the recent surge in recent years with the hype of plants as Medicines.
This is what I was thinking. The conversation around plant substances has really opened up in the past few years. It's definitely still niche, but not as niche as it once was.
There's alot of very knowledgeable members around these parts that could lead to some very interesting things for many readers.
Absolutely. I see a lot of posts, discussions, and discoveries that are completely fascinating but only get seen by a few people. I feel that the Nexian could definitely act as a good outlet for these ideas to get some exposure. Thanks for the reply!
 
Great to see the rekindled enthusiasm for this, I really enjoyed the first two magazines and a third would definitely be addition. Maybe we could think about it to maybe bring the three to print and sell them with the proceeds going towards a charity or research, a bit like the toad pamphlet. Anyway I would like to contribute in writing or more on the practical aspects.

For more recent members here the first two editions can be found.

 
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Maybe we could think about it to maybe bring the three to print and sell them with the proceeds going towards a charity or research, a bit like the toad pamphlet. Anyway I would like to contribute in writing or more on the practical aspects.
This is exactly what I was thinking! I'd really like to see it in print, and the proceeds going towards charity is exactly what I had in mind. The sonoran toad pamphlet is a great comparison. I'm not familiar with the magazine printing process nor how much it would cost, but I'd really like to make it happen. Thanks for offering to contribute. Hopefully we can make something of this.
 
What a great idea idea for reviving The Nexian magazine!

To make this work though it has to be turned into a real project and that means that someone must be dedicated to pull that project all the way through.

You have to think about things for this project like:
  • Planning what articles will be in there?
  • Delegation of tasks.
  • Interviews.
  • Research.
  • Art.
  • etc.

So, who is willing to offer their time to fully manage this project to the end?

I will assure you that it will cost A LOT of time and delegation to complete something like this, but that it will also be more than worth it's weight in gold once completed. 😊


Kind regards,

The Traveler


p.s. I still have quite a few hardcopies of The Nexian Issue Two

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What a great idea idea for reviving The Nexian magazine!

To make this work though it has to be turned into a real project and that means that someone must be dedicated to pull that project all the way through.

You have to think about things for this project like:
  • Planning what articles will be in there?
  • Delegation of tasks.
  • Interviews.
  • Research.
  • Art.
  • etc.

So, who is willing to offer their time to fully manage this project to the end?

I will assure you that it will cost A LOT of time and delegation to complete something like this, but that it will also be more than worth it's weight in gold once completed. 😊


Kind regards,

The Traveler


p.s. I still have quite a few hardcopies of The Nexian Issue Two

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Uhm, any chance I can cop one of those hardcover copies? I'll pay good coin for it :LOL: I want issue 1 too, but I assume you don't have that?
 
Uhm, any chance I can cop one of those hardcover copies? I'll pay good coin for it :LOL: I want issue 1 too, but I assume you don't have that?
Issue one was never made into a hardcopy on scale I think?

Issue two was made a hardcopy independently by me and @SnozzleBerry, I have both of those versions and they look amazingly alike, really good glossy paper quality was used.


Kind regards,

The Traveler
 
  • Planning what articles will be in there?
  • Delegation of tasks.
  • Interviews.
  • Research.
  • Art.
  • etc.
So, who is willing to offer their time to fully manage this project to the end?
I had no idea there were any physical copies of The Nexian, very cool!

More importantly though, I'd absolutely be willing to manage the project if that's an option, or at least be heavily involved. I've already got a number of ideas regarding articles and interviews that I believe would be realistically viable, and I should definitely have the time to put into it. I do quite a bit of writing, peer review, and editing already, so that wouldn't be an issue for me. I'm so glad about the response to this! I'd need some more info on what's already been gathered (if anything, although I assume there is) for Issue 3 in order to assess where we need to go from here and create an outline for what this could look like.
 
I had no idea there were any physical copies of The Nexian, very cool!
Some were sold at psychedelic conferences. IIRC we just gave them to someone to sell them at the book stand and afterwards we got the money for what was sold. I recall that at one conference it did actually sell pretty well.


More importantly though, I'd absolutely be willing to manage the project if that's an option, or at least be heavily involved. I've already got a number of ideas regarding articles and interviews that I believe would be realistically viable, and I should definitely have the time to put into it. I do quite a bit of writing, peer review, and editing already, so that wouldn't be an issue for me. I'm so glad about the response to this! I'd need some more info on what's already been gathered (if anything, although I assume there is) for Issue 3 in order to assess where we need to go from here and create an outline for what this could look like.
Awesome, I gladly take your offer for managing this!

'The Nexian e-zine' subforum has been moved up one level so it is now directly under the 'Research' node on the forum (and there you can also find everything that was already done publicly for Issue Three):



Let's from now on use that subforum as the workspace for Issue Three!


Kind regards,

The Traveler
 
I'm a pretty good proofreader too.

@FlagellaStink keep me in mind as you get your plans together :) if there are more voices than my own, I think an article on being a parent and a psychonaut both would be a cool idea
I could probably contribute to a Parent/Psychonaut (The Parental Psychonaut? The Psychonautic Parent? Entheogenic Parenting?) article if someone was willing to interview me.
 
Could be a good time in the Psychedelic/Plant Medicine community for someone or community to step-up and get the ball rolling.

One doest needs need to look further than Vancouver BC Canada and the recent boom in mushroom 🍄 dispensaries. Dana Larson runs a Grey area store front that sells Mushrooms. Believe he also sells other botanicals that are technically illegal as well (Coca Tea).
There are at least another 3 actual store fronts selling Mushrooms as well.

Even the decriminalization or lack of enforcement of mushroomsn in Colorado (?) Speaks volumes about what's to come in the near future.

There are very few qualitie Magazines especially pertaining to DMT and Plant Medicine/Psychedelics .

The quality of Information contained here at the Nexus , the interesting and gifted members available for articles in a magazine would lead for some exceptional content for a magazine focusing on these topics.

This information might not be available to other such Magazines that will inevitably start up and try and enter a market that is indeed growing in leaps and bounds; with a public audience that is enormous.

I've been a member since 2016 and have just started reading the 1st vol. And for its time is very well put together, very professional, entertaining and full of information.

As an enthusiast of these kind of things , I would put money on it that in our current time of the Psychedelic resurgence alot of people would definitely read, purchase and benefit from what could be offered from a well put together magazine .

Maybe a good start would be to start a Collaborative DMT Project Magazine section started, see who's all interested in participating in such a project, do some brainstorming for ideas for an issue 3, and appoint members interested to participate certain rolls to make it flow smoothly..

Could start off with a digital issue 3 and gage the response to the project.

If the goal is to evenly sell this Magazine in hardcopy
 
Oh this is so exciting! I'd be happy to contribute in any way I can to this project as well. My personal psychedelic experiences are probably not magazine-worthy compared to all of yours, but I am, as Transform said above, a pretty good proof reader and could perhaps help with editing and pre-release.

And if more articles are needed, I could try my hand at writing up a short one about the importance of the psychedelic experience in today's dynamic and ever so stressful daily life.
 
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