“Neuroscientists Find God in Mushrooms”
"A universal mystical experience with life-changing effects can be produced by the hallucinogen contained in magic mushrooms, scientists claimed yesterday.
Forty years after Timothy Leary, the apostle of drug-induced mysticism, urged his 1960s hippie followers to "tune in, turn on, and drop out", researchers at Johns Hopkins University in the US have for the first time demonstrated that mystical experiences can be produced safely in the laboratory.
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What worries me about headlines like this is that reaffirms this idea that consuming hallucinogenic substances automatically makes you more enlightened. Taking shrooms and tripping does not turn you into some enlightened guru!! Nevertheless, quite a fascinating article on the controlled use of mushrooms as a gateway to mystical experiences. This type of research is part of a broader movement based on studying the neurology of religion, known as "neurotheology."
And with a kickass name like neurotheology, I think this type of research will be sticking around for awhile.
