Existential feelings as a phenomenological framework for psychedelic therapy
Philosophical Psychology October 9, 2024 Floris Benjamin Tijhuis, Sabrina Coninx, Leon De Bruin 7 citations
This article provides a phenomenological account of the role of existential feelings in the acute and lasting effects of psychedelic therapy and attempts to elucidate phenomenologically why certain psychedelic experiences in specific contexts have the potential of providing long-term relief from mental suffering. First, we explain Matthew Ratcliffe’s theory of existential feelings and use it to...