psilocybin ↔ mystical experience

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Psilocybin is directly linked to mystical experiences as it is documented to occasion these states [1], [2], and [3]. These experiences are further characterized by their ability to mediate long-term personal and spiritual significance [4] and contribute to enduring positive psychological changes when combined with spiritual practices [5].

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Psychedelics, Sociality, and Human Evolution frontiersin.org Frontiers 4 facts

referenceGriffiths et al. (2011) found that psilocybin-occasioned mystical-type experiences have immediate and persisting dose-related effects.

claimHuman motivation to consume psilocybin is linked to visual effects, positive mood, insight, positive social effects, increased awareness of beauty, awe, meaningfulness, and mystical experiences.

claimPsilocybin produces mystical-type experiences characterized by the dissolution of self-boundaries and a sense of unity with others, according to research by Griffiths et al. (2006, 2011).

claimPsilocybin-occasioned mystical experiences produce enduring beneficial changes, including trait-level increases in prosocial attitudes and behaviors, as well as increases in the personality domain of Openness.

Psychedelics and Consciousness: Distinctions, Demarcations, and ... ouci.dntb.gov.ua David B Yaden, Matthew W Johnson, Roland R Griffiths, Manoj K Doss, Albert Garcia-Romeu, Sandeep Nayak, Natalie Gukasyan, Brian N Mathur, Frederick S Barrett · Oxford University Press 4 facts

claimRoland Griffiths reported that psilocybin can occasion mystical-type experiences that have substantial and sustained personal meaning and spiritual significance.

claimRoland Griffiths found that psilocybin-occasioned mystical-type experiences, when combined with meditation and other spiritual practices, produce enduring positive changes in psychological functioning and trait measures of prosocial attitudes and behaviors.

claimRoland Griffiths observed that mystical-type experiences occasioned by psilocybin mediate the attribution of personal meaning and spiritual significance 14 months after the experience.

claimRoland Griffiths documented that psilocybin-occasioned mystical-type experiences have immediate and persisting dose-related effects.

Published Studies — Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and ... hopkinspsychedelic.org Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research 4 facts

claimMystical experiences occasioned by the hallucinogen psilocybin lead to increases in the personality domain of openness.

claimPsilocybin can occasion mystical-type experiences that have substantial and sustained personal meaning and spiritual significance for participants.

claimMystical-type experiences occasioned by psilocybin mediate the attribution of personal meaning and spiritual significance 14 months after the experience.

referenceA 2018 study by Barsuglia, Davis, Palmer, Lancelotta, Windham-Herman, Peterson, Polanco, Grant, and Griffiths measured the intensity of mystical experiences occasioned by 5-MeO-DMT and compared them with a prior psilocybin study.

The Montreal model: an integrative biomedical-psychedelic ... frontiersin.org Frontiers in Psychiatry 3 facts

claimPsilocybin currently has stronger evidence than ketamine supporting the therapeutic potential of 'emotional breakthroughs' and mystical experiences in the treatment of depression.

referenceA 2018 study by Griffiths, Johnson, Richards, Richards, Jesse, MacLean, Barrett, Cosimano, and Klinedinst published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology found that psilocybin-occasioned mystical-type experiences, when combined with meditation and other spiritual practices, produce enduring positive changes in psychological functioning and trait measures of prosocial attitudes and behaviors.

referenceR.R. Griffiths, M.W. Johnson, W.A. Richards, B.D. Richards, U. McCann, and R. Jesse published 'Psilocybin occasioned mystical-type experiences: immediate and persisting dose-related effects' in Psychopharmacology in 2011.

The Mechanisms of Psychedelic Visionary Experiences - Frontiers frontiersin.org Frontiers 2 facts

claimPsilocybin induces a variety of features of classic mystical experiences under double-blind conditions.

claimA 2011 study by MacLean, Johnson, and Griffiths found that mystical experiences occasioned by the hallucinogen psilocybin lead to increases in the personality domain of openness.

Classification Schemes of Altered States of Consciousness - ORBi orbi.uliege.be ORBi 1 fact

referenceGarcia-Romeu, A., Griffiths, R.R., and Johnson, M.W. published 'Psilocybin-occasioned mystical experiences in the treatment of tobacco addiction' in Current Drug Abuse Reviews, volume 7, pages 157–164, in 2014.

Hallucinogens | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com Springer 1 fact

referenceGriffiths et al. (2006) demonstrated that psilocybin can occasion mystical-type experiences that have substantial and sustained personal meaning and spiritual significance.