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Psychedelic Experience October 26, 2023 Aidan Lyon
Abstract This chapter addresses the question of whether psychedelic-induced hallucinations are evidence against the hypothesis that psychedelics reveal the mind. While, at first glance, this may appear to be the case, the chapter argues that some (but perhaps not all) hallucinations induced by psychedelics do involve mind-revelation. In particular, by analysing mathematical models of how the...
Psychedelic Experience October 26, 2023 Aidan Lyon
Abstract This chapter uses the explication developed in the previous chapter to help delineate a logical space of hypotheses involving the concept of psychedelic experience. In particular, the chapter suggests that the practice of meditation and the consumption of psychedelics may tend to induce psychedelic experiences that reliably differ from each other with respect to the four dimensions of...
Psychedelic Experience October 26, 2023 Aidan Lyon 2 citations
Abstract This chapter presents a unifying theory of the psychedelic experiences induced by psychedelics and meditation. Both psychedelics and meditation are widely reported to 'expand’ awareness, and, given the close relationship between awareness and attention, the chapter argues that a natural target of analysis is that of the attentional system. In the case of meditation, this is especially...
October 26, 2023 Aidan Lyon 16 citations
Abstract Psychedelic Experience presents a philosophical account of psychedelic experience. A central premise of the book is that such experiences are mind-revealing experiences and that they can be induced by means other than psychedelics. In particular, the book argues that psychedelic experiences can also be had as the result of meditation. The book then presents a unified conceptual...
Psychedelic Experience October 26, 2023 Aidan Lyon
Abstract This chapter introduces the book's central question: what is a psychedelic experience? Upon reviewing the exchanges between Aldous Huxley and Humphry Osmond concerning their introduction of the term 'psychedelic', the chapter proposes that we should understand the notion along the lines they intended. Their idea was that substances such as psilocybin and LSD induce experiences that...
Psychedelic Experience October 26, 2023 Aidan Lyon
Abstract This chapter provides a novel explication of the concept of psychedelic experience, understood as a mind-revealing experience. After reviewing the history of the concept of psychedelic experience, the chapter argues that experiences can be psychedelic in varying degrees and in different ways. In particular, the chapter argues that experiences can be more or less psychedelic by varying...
Psychedelic Experience October 26, 2023 Aidan Lyon
Abstract This chapter argues for a novel approach to philosophy, one that incorporates psychedelic experiences into philosophical methodology. Whereas the previous chapters used the tools of philosophy to understand psychedelic experiences, this chapter flips things around and argues that we can use psychedelic experiences to enhance our philosophising. The chapter explains how three particular...
October 26, 2023 Dom Annunziato
HPLC analysis of psilocybin-containing mushrooms is a complex process that requires careful attention to detail. In this scientific summary, Doma Nunzio1, MagicMyco C.S.O., offers insight and new answers to some old questions about these magic fungi. Based on his dedicated research and progress in the field, here are his top five things to keep in mind when conducting HPLC-UV analysis in...
WMJ October 25, 2023 Lee Fergusson Fergusson
The range of outcomes and published record on the Transcendental Meditation technique across 50 years of research in education, business, and government makes its application unique. Its association with health and relation to an individual’s quality-of-life have also made the technique useful in some developing countries. Data related to application of the technique to higher education in...
bioRxiv Preprint Server October 25, 2023 Joel Frohlich, Ninette Simonian, Grant Hanada et al. preprint
Stroboscopic or “flicker” stimulation is a form of periodic visual stimulation that induces geometric hallucinations through closed eyelids. While the visual effects of this form of sensory stimulation have received considerable attention, few studies have investigated the neural entrainment effects of periodic visual stimulation. Here, we introduce two variants of the classic flicker paradigm...