Psychedelic Overground People

Founder

Samuel Douglas is a PhD-qualified philosopher with 17 years of teaching and research experience in professional ethics, philosophy of language, education, and critical thinking at the University of Newcastle.

Behind the scenes of his studies and academic work, Samuel has been involved with plant medicine and psychedelic communities in Australia for close to 30 years. His passion for writing and advocacy in this area led to his involvement with the Australian Psychedelic Society. Samuel has sat on this charity’s executive committee since 2019, including a year as Vice-President and 2 years as President (2012 - 2023).

This time as a non-profit organisation leader has allowed him to gain experience in management, utilising transformational and creative leadership techniques.

When COVID reduced his university work in 2020, Samuel sought to professionalise his writing and editing activities, specialising in accurate and engaging long-form psychedelic content.

In late 2021, he founded Psychedelic Overground to provide psychedelic-themed content, consultancy, advisory, and editing services to a broader range of organisations and publications.

Samuel has also been involved with international efforts to make psychedelic spaces safer, helping found the Ethical Psychedelic International Community (EPIC) in 2022.