By Chris Taylor
As America experiments with decriminalizing psilocybin, one scientist spreads the gospel of 'shrooms at festivals — and in 'Star Trek.'
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Many people have a spiritual experience on psychedelics. How they make meaning of it could be influenced by the metaphysical beliefs of their therapists.
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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The benefits of controlled psilocybin use and spiritual practice on people's well-being long outlast the high, researchers find.
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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We spoke about his research with psilocybin, his interest in spiritual experiences, and how psychedelics may provide help for people who are dying.