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Zinet Ritschel

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Embodied Transformation: Psychedelic Therapy Through the Lens of Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology

Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science December 1, 2026 Zinet Ritschel, Brady Wagoner

Abstract This paper develops a phenomenological account of the therapeutic significance of psychedelic-induced mystical experience, drawing on the philosophy of Maurice Merleau-Ponty. The central argument holds that the enduring therapeutic benefits of psychedelics emerge through a radical transformation in the structure of lived experience. Two prominent objections to the therapeutic value of...