Chapter
Exploring the Mystical and Spiritual Effects of Psychedelics
The speaker discusses the ineffable experiences that occur during psychedelic experiences and how they allow individuals to embody and feel things that are difficult to intellectualize or talk oneself out of. They also touch on the relationship between mystical experiences and spiritual experiences.
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The ineffability of mystical experience makes it difficult to put into words, but it is about having a sense of merging with something larger than you through a spiritual experience, and sometimes these experiences can be accessed through psychedelics like music, as explained by the speaker.
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Summary
The ineffability of mystical experience makes it difficult to put into words, but it is about having a sense of merging with something larger than you through a spiritual experience, and sometimes these experiences can be accessed through psychedelics like music, as explained by the speaker.
ChapterExploring the Mystical and Spiritual Effects of Psychedelics
Episode#313: Michael Pollan — Exploring The New Science of Psychedelics
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
The use of psilocybin to treat depression and anxiety is being studied at John Hopkins University, with potential for research on its effects on Alzheimer’s and neurogenesis in the hippocampus, and some hope that it can be effective even in cases where other treatments have failed.
1:49:08 - 1:50:32 (01:23)
Summary
The use of psilocybin to treat depression and anxiety is being studied at John Hopkins University, with potential for research on its effects on Alzheimer’s and neurogenesis in the hippocampus, and some hope that it can be effective even in cases where other treatments have failed.