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Rick Strassman on DMT and the Mystical State

By Shelby Hartman — 2019

Before we claim that spiritual experiences heal, we must agree on what a spiritual experience is.

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Psychedelic Therapy Needs to Confront the Mystical

Many people have a spiritual experience on psychedelics. How they make meaning of it could be influenced by the metaphysical beliefs of their therapists.

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Shayla Love
2021
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Experiences of ‘Ultimate Reality’ or ‘God’ Confer Lasting Benefits to Mental Health

In a survey of thousands of people who reported having experienced personal encounters with God, researchers report that more than two-thirds of self-identified atheists shed that label after their encounter, regardless of whether it was spontaneous or while taking a psychedelic.

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Johns Hopkins Medicine
2019
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A Psychotherapeutic View on the Therapeutic Effects of Ritual Ayahuasca Use in the Treatment of Addiction

In an appropriate context, ayahuasca can be a valuable therapeutic tool and can act as a catalyst that can render psychotherapeutic processes more effective in less time, and sometimes allow for critical interventions when several other therapeutic strategies have been unsuccessful.

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Anja Loizaga-Velder
2013
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Perception and Knowledge

As we search for ways of understanding the possibly infinite resources of human consciousness, I suggest that the potential of psychedelics as tools for learning should not be ignored.

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Francis Vaughan
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The Return of Psychedelics to Counseling: Are We Ready?

Those of us who are professional counselors are perhaps most likely to recognize psychedelic drugs by their recreational or street names — acid, magic mushrooms, ecstasy — and to consider them to be drugs of abuse that may be dangerous to our clients.

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Benjamin Hearn
2020
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7 Common Traits of Self-Transcended People

Maslow’s highest level on the hierarchy of needs.

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Mike Colagrossi
2019
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What You Should Know About Transcending During Sex

Sometimes intimate moments can be life-changing and this is worth exploring.

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Diana Raab
2016
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What Is Self-Transcendence? Definition and 6 Examples

Self-transcendence is, at its core, about transcending (or rising above) the self and relating to that which is greater than the self.

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Courtney E. Ackerman
2022
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A Nonbeliever Tries to Make Sense of the Visions She Had as a Teen

“People have these unaccountable mystic experiences,” Ehrenreich tells Fresh Air’s Terry Gross. “Generally they say nothing or they label it as ‘God’ and get on with their lives. I’m saying, ‘Hey, no, let’s figure out what’s going on here.’ ”

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Fresh Air
2014
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Mystical Experiences Open a ‘Door of Perception’ in the Brain

It turns out, mystical experiences may stem from the brain letting go of inhibitions, opening a “door of perception,” the researchers found.

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Charles Q. Choi
2016
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