PLoS One
May 29, 2026
Roman Palitsky, Caroline Peacock, Jeffrey A. Breau et al.
Skilled interpersonal support and safety monitoring can enhance the therapeutic potential of psychedelic compounds and reduce the potential for harm. In the anticipation of legalized psychedelic care, and the recognition of ongoing psychedelic use across a variety of contexts, numerous training programs have been established to educate psychedelic facilitators in supporting individuals who take...
Anthropology of Consciousness
September 1, 2025
Jeffrey A. Breau, Paul Gillis-Smith, Tara Deonauth
2 citations
ABSTRACT Ketamine and esketamine are regularly prescribed in the United States as pharmaceutical interventions for treatment‐resistant depression. Although ketamine's mode of action is distinct from classic psychedelics, patients frequently report similar alterations in consciousness, including experiences described as spiritual or religious. This article provides an overview of the Ketamine...
PsyArXiv
July 10, 2025
Roman Palitsky, Caroline Peacock, Jeffrey A. Breau et al.
preprint
Skilled interpersonal support and safety monitoring can enhance the therapeutic potential of psychedelic compounds and reduce the potential for harm. In the anticipation of legalized psychedelic care, and the recognition of ongoing psychedelic use across a variety of contexts, numerous training programs have been established to educate psychedelic facilitators in supporting individuals who take...
Psychedelic Intersections
January 17, 2025
Jeffrey A. Breau, Paul Gillis-Smith
Since the 1960s, Harvard Divinity School has been an influential hub of research on psychedelics and religion. Yet, in many ways, the work of building a rich scholarly community around this area of study is just beginning. The Psychedelic Intersections: 2024 Conference Anthology is one step in that larger project. This volume is drawn from Harvard’s “Psychedelic Intersections: Cross-cultural...
Interdisciplinary Science Reviews
2023
Jeffrey A. Breau, Paul Gillis-Smith
8 citations
The longstanding juncture between science and religion in psychedelic research is mediated most notably by the Mystical Experience Questionnaire (MEQ). The MEQ is a psychometric survey for assessing mystical experiences, and it relies on the work of philosopher Walter Stace for its typology and philosophy of mysticism. Yet there is an under-investigated influence from Vedantic Hinduism that...