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Shortly after Carhart-Harris published his results in a 2012 paper in PNAS (“Neural Correlates of the Psychedelic State as Determined by fMRI Studies with Psilocybin” ), Judson Brewer, a researcher at Yale who was using fMRI to study the brains of experienced meditators, noticed that his scans and Robin’s looked remarkably alike. The transcendence
... See moreMichael Pollan • How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
it will settle for an exact, atomic description of where Anna’s consciousness ends during her surgery, in 1996, as long as it accurately defines the line between Anna and not Anna during the experiment trials.
Patrick House • Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness
No system of thought can contain the fullness of human experience.
Paul Kalanithi • When Breath Becomes Air
In my experience, while patients can’t usually tell me about their pathogenic beliefs, they subliminally know they are there.
Michael J. Bader • Arousal
The website (csp.org) offers an excellent bibliography of psychedelic research and regular updates on the work under way at Johns Hopkins.
Michael Pollan • How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
The mental body is a useful mechanism for conveying insight, but it isn’t the means with which to access insight.
Michael Brown • The Presence Process - A Journey Into Present Moment Awareness
A Hallucinogenic Compendium
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