About Sam
I’m a freelance writer, blogger, and author based in London, UK. I write a blog at samwoolfe.com as a space to explore and share ideas that I find thought-provoking or worth digging into. I’m especially drawn to complex topics that invite multiple perspectives, and I try to approach them with a sense of balance, openness, and curiosity.
My main areas of focus as a writer are psychedelics, mental health, and psychology. That said, this blog reflects a much broader range of interests, including art, ethics, religion, philosophy, spirituality, science, society and culture, and travel.
When I’m not writing, you’ll probably find me walking—either in nature or around London—drumming (I play djembe, handpan, cajon, and darbuka), or watching films.
This collection of essays delves into some of the strangest and most profound aspects of the psychedelic experience, such as seeing the self as an illusion, feelings of deep insight, the sublime (fear mixed with wonder), encounters with DMT entities, déjà vu, and existential joy.
Drawing on research and theories from a variety of disciplines, Sam Woolfe reflects on the ways that altered states may inform our understanding of consciousness, the self, and reality. Particular attention is paid to the philosophy of psychedelics, with the aim of clarifying altered states through the lenses of metaphysics, philosophy of mind, epistemology, aesthetics, existentialism, and Buddhism.