Pavel Dmitriyev

Pavel Dmitriyev (born March 10, 1979, Tashkent, the Uzbek SSR) is a prophet and the founder of the global religion Mycomysticism. He is also a philanthropist, popularizer of the therapeutic use of entheogens, president of the American Academy of Hypnosis as well as the American Academy of Business, and founder of the Immortality Research Institute Inc. Known as the “King of Healers,” Dmitriyev is a hypnotherapist who works with celebrities, the author of the “Hypno-Coaching” training course, and an expert in restoring health in patients with incurable diseases. He has been healing and teaching for more than 20 years.
In November 2023, Dmitriyev officially registered the religion of Mycomysticism in Florida, which involves the ritual use of psilocybin mushrooms and other entheogens for healing from severe diseases, including terminal illnesses.
==Early life and education==
Pavel Dmitriyev was born on March 10, 1979, in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, to parents Mikhail Dmitriyev, an engineer, and Natalya Dmitriyeva, a criminal lawyer. One of his father's four inventions, which were patented, was demonstrated at the Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy in Tashkent. Both of Dmitriyev's grandfathers were military officers and died in the line of duty.
In 1995, Pavel Dmitriyev’s family was attacked by criminal gangs. This incident forced them to emigrate to the United States on December 15 of that same year. Their first place of residence was in Brooklyn, New York.
In 1998, Dmitriyev was hospitalized with an abdominal hernia, caused by his interest in power sports. Under anesthesia, Dmitriyev claimed to have encountered supernatural forces for the first time, which sparked his further interest in psychology, hypnosis, neurolinguistic programming, psychonautics, and altered states of consciousness.
In 1999, he first experimented with psilocybin mushrooms. This experience deepened his interest in entheogens and Native American ritual practices involving plant-based hallucinogens.
==Career==
In 2003, Dmitriyev moved from New York to Miami and started several businesses specializing in real estate and development. The experience later allowed him to provide business consulting services to elite immigrants from the CIS.
In 2004, he completed training with Richard Bandler, a co-developer of neurolinguistic programming, and received an NLP practitioner's diploma.
In 2005, he studied clinical hypnosis with Gerald Kein, a student of Dave Elman. After completing the training, he inaugurated a private practice focused on helping individuals overcome nicotine addiction through hypnotherapy. This same year, Dmitriyev established the American Academy of Hypnosis and started teaching hypnotherapy in Russian.
By 2008, Dmitriyev had earned much recognition as a prominent hypnotherapist in the United States, catering exclusively to an elite clientele including Hollywood actors, American politicians, and prominent business figures.
In 2010, Dmitriyev published Miami in Russian: A Guide to South Florida and launched a consulting business to assist affluent individuals with the immigration process to the United States. The publication of Business and Immigration in the USA further solidified his expertise in this domain.
In 2019, Dmitriyev introduced the "Hypno-Coaching" training program, which gained popularity across the post-Soviet region.
In 2020, Dmitriyev ventured to Ecuador to explore indigenous Amazonian traditions and shamanic medicine. Subsequently, he established retreat centers where graduates of the American Academy of Hypnosis could partake ayahuasca, mushrooms and other teacher-plants in authentic sacred ceremonies.
In 2022 Dmitriyev established the Immortality Research Institute Inc., dedicated to life extension.
In 2023, he launched a reality show called Nasha Sekta—a show about psychedelic enlightenment and treatment with entheogens.
===The American Academy of Hypnosis===
The core of the community formed by Dmitriyev are alumni of the “Hypno-Coaching”, the key offering of The American Academy of Hypnosis. This program provides comprehensive training in hypnotherapy, regression techniques, and holistic therapy, as well as business management and marketing. The result of the course should be a successful practice of hypnotherapist and a monthly income of $10,000. On his YouTube channel, Dmitriyev posts thousands of successful alumni’s reviews.
Dmitriyev points out that the basis for success lies in addressing and healing subconscious barriers and destructive attitudes which stem from childhood trauma and engrained post-Soviet cultural influences. The introductory part of the “Hypno-Coaching” program is always distributed free of charge.
Dmitriyev claims that program's inception was inspired by a sacred mushroom ceremony in April 2019, which provided Dmitriyev with insights into curriculum development and marketing strategies. In less than a year, this course brought him his first million dollars.
As of the beginning of 2024, the American Academy of Hypnosis boasts more than 300,000 graduates who have collectively earned $50,000,000.
===Immortality Research Institute, Inc.===
In 2023, Dmitriyev established the Immortality Research Institute Inc., dedicated to investigating the therapeutic potential of psychoactive teacher-plants. A unique treatment method for life-threatening diseases (including various forms of cancer) combines elements of shamanic psychedelic ceremonies, exorcism, hypnotherapy, and German New Medicine.
The Immortality Research Institute Inc. collaborates with George Einstein, a renowned professor of medicine and biophysics, a relative of Albert Einstein. Einstein documents therapeutic procedures for patients from test groups (up to 50 people) to later present his observations to the scientific community.
Dmitriyev has been referred to in the media as the "gray eminence of the psychedelic renaissance."
===Mycomysticism===
In 2023, Dmitriyev announced that he officially registered a church in Florida which professes Mycomysticism, granting followers the legal right to engage in ritual consumption of psychedelic mushrooms within the state. This exception for members of a religious group is based on a 2006 precedent, when followers of the União do Vegetal church defended their right in the U.S. Supreme Court to ritually use entheogens. The court ruled that prohibiting their possession and use would violate freedom of religion. This decision also legalized peyotism, practiced by followers of the Native American Church.
The essence of Mycomysticism lies in establishing personal connections with gods during sacred mushroom ceremonies, facilitated by trained guides. Dmitriyev claims that gods show to the worshiper their life’s purpose; when this path is followed, they grant the worshiper their blessings: health, prosperity, achievements, and love. The sacred ceremonies involve the death of the ego and the subsequent transformation of the personality, in which followers of Mycomysticism see a symbolic resurrection and part of the "hero's journey" as described by Joseph Campbell within the concept of the monomyth.
The "Mushroom Manifesto," allegedly passed down to Dmitriyev by the Holy Spirit of Mushrooms, serves as the foundational text of Mycomysticism.
==Philanthropy==
Since 2020, Dmitriyev has actively supported indigenous communities across the Americas. He managed and funded the construction of a school and ten residential homes in the Sacha Wasi Indigenous settlement, located near Puyo, Ecuador. Additionally, he developed a fishery, a chicken farm, a retreat center, and electrified the settlement. Dmitriyev also taught local shamans how to interact with Western tourists who visited for ayahuasca ceremonies and helped launch the retreat as a business, funding the website and marketing strategy. The settlement now boasts a mini-hospital and a center for learning English and Spanish.
Dmitriyev raised funds to build forty residential homes and several authentic temples in the Tsachila tribal lands. This settlement is home to the Life Restart Center which allows the alumni of the American Academy of Hypnosis to fund new settlements in exchange for access to psychedelic retreats and a possibility to stay on the tribal lands for up to 180 days.
Dmitriyev also organized humanitarian missions in Huautla, Oaxaca state, Mexico, to assist the Mazatecs —Indigenous people who practice the ritual use of psilocybin mushrooms for spiritual and therapeutic purposes. This village is the homeland of Maria Sabina, a world renowned healer. In 1955, Robert Gordon Wasson, an American journalist and mycology enthusiast, visited this village; and later, in 1957, published a long illustrated article in Life magazine about the psychedelic traditions of the Mazatecs and the healing potential of psilocybin mushrooms. It was this article that sparked the psychedelic revolution in the West, which was at the dawn of the Hippie movement. Maria Sabina achieved her cult status this way. Her personal sessions were attended by Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and many other idols.
Additionally, Dmitriyev supports innovative projects in Bali, focusing on modular housing development in the form of pyramid blocks.
==Bibliography==
Dmitriyev has authored or co-authored 28 books, translated into English, Spanish, and Armenian. In these languages, he writes under the pen name Paul Healingod. He is a respected voice in personal development and spiritual enlightenment. In 2012, he presented one of his seminal works to Donald Trump, which now graces the shelves of the White House library. His publications include:
* Miami in Russian: A Guide to South Florida 
* The Profession of a Hypnotherapist: Certification Training in Hypnotherapy and NLP
* Why So Poor?
* Smart Tennis
* Business and Immigration in the USA
* Holistic Mind Therapy
* The Secrets of a Digital Millionaire: How I Made Millions Teaching Healers Online
* How to Write a Business Book in Two Weeks Without Losing Your Mind
* Encyclopedia of Ayahuasca and Amazonian Shamanism
* A User's Manual for Live: 135 Tips from a Self-Made Millionaire
* The Healer's Bible: Techniques That Save Lives
* The Self-Help Hell or Encyclopedia of Schizoterica
* Concentration Camp Planet: How to Break Free from Invisible Occupation
* Sentenced to Death: How to Achieve A Major Victory Against Cancer… and Live
* How to Survive at the Summit of Wealth and Not Lose Your Mind
* Mushroom Manifesto
* Murderous Mothers
==Interesting Facts==
In 2016, he personally handed a copy of his authored book Smart Tennis to then U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump. The book discusses a comprehensive system for training children in tennis. After Trump's victory in the election, the book was placed in the White House library.
Dmitriyev never sold a single copy of one of his earliest books Miami in Russian: A Guide to South Florida. He wrote it with the intent of educating immigrants from CIS countries about America. He gave away autographed copies of the book to clients and influential contacts, enhancing his reputation as an expert and helping him earn $224,000 in just the first six months.
Dmitriyev is the creator of the term "schizoterica," initially introduced on his YouTube channel and later in the book The Self-Help Hell or Encyclopedia of Schizoterica. He defines “schizoterica” as concepts of personal growth that involve magical thinking.
==References==
==External links==
* Personal website
* Mycomysticism in English
* Mycomysticism in Russian
* Mushroom Foundation
* Mushroom Manifesto
* Immortality Research Institute Inc.
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* Pavel Dmitriyev on YouTube
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