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My colleagues at Johns Hopkins have a new paper out, reporting that psilocybin, the “magic mushroom” chemical, can bring about significant and lasting changes in the key personality domain called “Openness.”
Posts Tagged ‘psilocybin’
July 27th, 2011
Category: Spirituality and Religion
That some hallucinogen experiences are trivial does not mean that none is profound.
July 14th, 2011
Category: Psychology, Spirituality and Religion
Last month’s report on a Johns Hopkins study of psilocybin and spirituality, of which I’m a co-author, has drawn numerous comments on blogs and on-line news articles. A fraction of those comments have raised questions or criticisms which I’d like to try to address. (On the RBC, see Mark’s posts and Andy’s critique.) For those [...]
