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Psilocybin Studies and the Religious Experience: An Interview with Roland Griffiths, Ph.D.

By David Jay Brown with Louise Reitman

We spoke about his research with psilocybin, his interest in spiritual experiences, and how psychedelics may provide help for people who are dying.

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Magic Mushrooms’ Amazing Positive Effects | Roland Griffiths (Summary)

In this edited version of Roland Griffith’s very information talk on Psilocybin (original title “The science of psilocybin and its use to relieve suffering”) we take a look at the amazing positive effects achieved with this controversial substance.

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Roland Griffiths
2016
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Psilocybin Research and Therapy - Roland Griffiths Icpr 2016 Keynote

This presentation summarizes past and ongoing studies from the Johns Hopkins Psilocybin Research Project, which started about 15 years ago.

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Roland Griffiths
2017
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How Do Psychedelic Drugs Work on the Brain?

Dr Robin Carhart-Harris talks about his scientific research into the effects and potential therapeutic uses of psychedelic drugs. Join him as he discusses brain imaging work involving psilocybin, the active ingredient of magic mushrooms, and explains how the drug works in the brain.

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Robin Carhart-Harris
2013
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Robin Carhart-Harris: Brain Imaging Studies with Psilocybin and MDMA

Abstract: Highlighting the results of two fMRI studies and one MEG study with psilocybin and an fMRI study with MDMA, Carhart-Harris will report the effects of both drugs on regional brain activity and brain network organization.

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Robin Carhart-Harris
2013
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Nils von Heijne: Understanding My Transcendent Experience

CRAZYWISE Conversations: Nils von Heijne – Understanding My Transcendent Experience Nils is a Swedish entrepreneur and coach who I met at the Guardian of Life Conference near Stockholm, Sweden.

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2019
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The Art of Losing Control: A Philosopher’s Search for Ecstatic Experience

Since the Enlightenment, Western culture has written off ecstatic experience as a form of mental illness.

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Jules Evans
2025
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Jonathan Haidt: Religion, Evolution, and the Ecstasy of Self-Transcendence

Psychologist Jonathan Haidt asks a simple, but difficult question: why do we search for self-transcendence? Why do we attempt to lose ourselves? In a tour through the science of evolution by group selection, he proposes a provocative answer.

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Jonathan Haidt
2012
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Living with a Wild God: A Nonbeliever’s Search for the Truth about Everything

From the New York Times bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed comes a brave, frank, and exquisitely written memoir that will change the way you see the world. Barbara Ehrenreich is one of the most important thinkers of our time.

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Barbara Ehrenreich
2020
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Transcend: The New Science of Self-Actualization

A bold reimagining of Maslow’s famous hierarchy of needs—and new insights for realizing your full potential and living your most creative, fulfilled, and connected life.

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Scott Barry Kaufman
2025
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The New Frontier of Religion and Science: Religious Experience, Neuroscience, and the Transcendent

This is the first major response to the challenge of neuroscience to religion. It considers eastern forms of religious experience as well as Christian viewpoints and challenges the idea of a mind identical to, or a by-product of, brain activity.

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John Hick
2006
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