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Constructing Mystical Experiences: a Critique of the Mystical Paradigm in Psychedelic Research

Hollis Phelps

2024 DOI: 10.17613/5t48p-mts27 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Theoretical or philosophical paper
Topics Mystical experience
Key points Argues that the "mystical paradigm" in psychedelic research is a constructed interpretive framework rather than a neutral account of experience, and that its assumptions about religion, experience, and subjectivity shape research and clinical claims. Proposes greater reflexivity about how the category of "mystical experience" is produced and deployed.

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