Caspar Montgomery

BA, MSc

Trained in philosophy and neuroscience, Caspar works at the intersection between psychedelics, cognitive science and mental health.

He set up the University of York’s Psychedelic Society before moving to Germany in 2021 to study a master’s at the Berlin School of Mind & Brain. He has since published research applying the Free Energy Principle to the Gaia Hypothesis, on the interaction between hallucinations and music in altered states, and on the “psychedelic confluence” between dominant science and Indigenous knowledge.

Caspar has been a research assistant for us on retreats in Peru, and also assist with our courses, podcast, and digital communications.

He lives in Bristol, doing his best to collectively grieve a dying world and prepare for what comes next, and volunteers with PsyCare UK providing welfare and psychedelic harm reduction at music festivals. He’s big into spoken word poetry, drumming, and contemplating the absurdity of existence.