This study aimed to develop and validate a short-form version of the AWE-S (AWE-SF) within psychedelic samples, to reduce participant burden while maintaining psychometric integrity. Across five studies, we first replicated the original six-factor structure of the AWE-S through exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses (Study 1), leading to the creation of the 12-item AWE-SF (Study 2-3). We...
This study investigated the sense of familiarity attributed to N, N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) experiences. 227 naturalistic inhaled-DMT experiences reporting a sense of familiarity were included. No experiences referenced a previous DMT or psychedelic experience as the source of the familiarity. A high prevalence of concomitant features discordant from ordinary consciousness were identified:...
Psychedelic drugs such as psilocybin and ketamine are returning to clinical research and intervention across several disorders including the treatment of depression. This chapter focusses on psychedelics that specifically target the 5-HT2A receptor such as psilocybin and DMT. These produce plasma-concentration related psychological effects such as hallucinations and out of body experiences,...
Whereas findings from case reports and cross-sectional studies suggest that naturalistic psychedelic use may be associated with unusual visual experiences that occur after the acute pharmacological effects have subsided, such findings need to be replicated in longitudinal studies to better understand potential cause-and-effect relationships. To investigate longitudinal associations between...
Background: Psychedelics are receiving growing interest among clinical researchers for their effects on mood and cognition. Psilocybin is one of the most widely studied classic psychedelics which has shown good safety and clinical benefit for major depression and substance use disorders. Athletes frequently sustain concussions and often experience myriad symptoms, including cognitive and mood...
Abstract Mystical-like states of consciousness may arise through means such as psychedelic substances, but may also occur unexpectedly during near-death experiences (NDEs). So far, research studies comparing experiences induced by serotonergic psychedelics and NDEs, along with their enduring effects, have employed between-subject designs, limiting direct comparisons. We present results from an...
This research aims to analyze the perspective of Spiritual Atheism. Philosophically, Spiritual Atheism is grounded in the epistemological framework of empiricism-saintism and the ontological framework of materialism. Its view on spirituality is based on the theory of mind-brain identity and atheistic mystical experiences. The thought framework and arguments of Spiritual Atheism are assessed to...
The definitive overview of this transformative breathwork. In the second edition of this classic text, Stanislav Grof and Christina Grof describe their groundbreaking form of self-exploration and psychotherapy: holotropic breathwork. Holotropic means "moving toward wholeness," from the Greek holos (whole) and trepein (moving in the direction of). The breathwork utilizes the remarkable healing...
Stanislav Grof i jego koncepcje niemal nieznane w Polsce, na świecie cieszą się sporą, choć niejednoznaczną, sławą. Jako jeden z pionierów psychologii prenatalnej, a równocześnie współtwórca psychologii transpersonalnej, lekarz, psychiatra i terapeuta, łączy on w swoich teoriach elementy biograficzne z mistycznymi i transpersonalnymi. Niniejszy artykuł stanowi próbę przybliżenia stworzonej...
Spiritual experiences and the attainment of enlightment had been a favorite subject and spiritual need of humanities since day first. This article examines the experiences and core beliefs of mysticism in semitic religions in narrative and analytical style. Man goes to great lengths to gain power and success in social affairs, but the other side of the picture is that, arrangements for the...