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Psi and the Psychedelic Experience


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Pages: 1 - 72

Abstract

The main focus of this issue will be on the intersection of the psychedelic experience and ostensible psi phenomena (as well as other highly peculiar experiences). There would appear to be a distinct correlation between the use of psychedelic substances and the experience of paranormal-like phenomena. In “Adventures in a Yorkshire Landscape” Andy Roberts, author of “Albion Dreaming: A Popular History of LSD in Britain”, details a peculiar LSD fueled adventure. In “Connecting, Diverging and Reconnecting: Putting the Psi Back in Psychedelic Research”, Dr David Luke provides an overview of the long association of psychedelic drugs with paranormal experiences and points to the necessity of a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of this intriguing cross-pollination. In “Mushroom Dream Ceremony: A Sorcerer’s Apprentice Guided to the Unknown” Alysa Braceau tells the story of her apprenticeship to a Native American sorcerer’s tradition and details her experiences with psilocybin mushrooms. Serena Roney-Dougal has contributed a chapter from her book “Where Science and Magic Meet” outlining her research into the possibile link between the pineal gland, endogenously produced DMT and psi experiences. It makes for fascinating reading. In “Psi and Psychedelics: One Episode of Many” Jean Millay, a pioneering researcher in the intersection of psi and psychedelics, gives an interesting account of one of her experiences in which the two became intertwined. Mark Schroll gives an account of an OBE while taking too much nitrous oxide at the dentist as a child. “Psychedelics and Spirituality” by Peter Barrett gives an overview and comparison of the literature on mystical and psychedelic experience, and in “In Memory of Stan Gooch” Robert Schoch and Oana R. Ghiocel give an insight into the life work and theories of Stan Gooch, who passed away in September last year. Also included is a complete catalogue of psychedelic titles from Deep Books for those of you who might want to read a little deeper into the subject.