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For most of the Hopkins volunteers I interviewed, their psilocybin journeys had taken place ten or fifteen years earlier, and yet their effects were still keenly felt, in some cases on a daily basis. “Psilocybin awakened my loving compassion and gratitude in a way I had never experienced before,” a psychologist who asked not to be named told me
... See moreMichael Pollan • How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
Phenylalanine and tyrosine are useful in the therapy of depression and appetite control, especially when combined with other nutrients.
Dr. Ray Sahelian • Mind Boosters
At one point I took five people and we locked ourselves in a building for three weeks and we took 400 micrograms of LSD every four hours.
Ram Dass • Be Here Now (Enhanced Edition)

When several years ago an NYU colleague mentioned to Ross that LSD had once been used to treat thousands of alcoholics in Canada and the United States (and that Bill Wilson, the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, had sought to introduce LSD therapy into AA in the 1950s), Ross, who was in his thirties at the time, did some research and was
... See moreMichael Pollan • How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
A psychoactive drug that produces a heightened sense of connectedness, emotional openness, and compassion. MDMA, or Ecstasy, is such a drug. Also sometimes called an entactogen.
Michael Pollan • How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
was also reading a great deal, things like The Seth Material, Edgar Cayce, pop psychology, and quirky books about dreams.