Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics and Religious Experiences

By William A. Richards. 2015

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Organic Chemistry

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Quality of Acute Psychedelic Experience Predicts Therapeutic Efficacy of Psilocybin for Treatment-Resistant Depression (2018, background): “Readers interested in the phenomenology of mysticaltype/peak experiences may wish to explore these classic texts (James, 1902; Stace, 1960; Maslow, 1964; Pahnke and Richards, 1966; Csikszentmihalyi and Csikszentmihalyi, 1992; Hood Jr et al., 2009; Richards, 2015).”
Psilocybin with psychological support for treatment-resistant depression: six-month follow-up (2017, background): “Basic principles for safe therapeutic work with psychedelics can be found in guidelines (Johnson et al. 2008) and books (Richards 2015) but more systematic verification, refinement and (eventual) manualisation of treatment approaches are needed for subsequent roll-out (Carhart-Harris and Goodwin…”
REBUS and the Anarchic Brain: Toward a Unified Model of the Brain Action of Psychedelics (2019, unknown): “These heuristics for promoting insight resonate with those used by practitioners working therapeutically with psychedelics; e.g., a popular mantra told to patients ahead of recent trials with psilocybin is as follows: “ trust, let go, be open ” (Richards, 2015).”
Patients’ Accounts of Increased “Connectedness” and “Acceptance” After Psilocybin for Treatment-Resistant Depression (2017, unknown): “…about what psychedelic “psychotherapy” actually entails (see Fadiman, 2011; Goldsmith, 2011; Grof, 1980; Masters & Houston, 1966; Meckel Fisher, 2015, Richards, 2015; Stolaroff, 2004, for a variety of approaches) and what components are essential (or not) for maximizing positive therapeutic…”
The Therapeutic Potential of Psychedelic Drugs: Past, Present, and Future (2017, background): “The traditional view of the mechanism, whereby psilocy- bin works, emphasizes the importance of accompanying psychotherapy (Johnson et al, 2008; Richards, 2015).”