psychedelic

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Mr. Pollan points to a 2022 study that found that “a single psychedelic experience dramatically increases the likelihood that a person will attribute consciousness to other entities, both living and nonliving.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

"Our findings are consistent with a growing scientific perspective suggesting that psychedelic effects and serotonergic activity may be dissociated," says Andrea Mattarei, a corresponding author of the study.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026

Hartman is a journalist living in Los Angeles and the publisher of DoubleBlind, a magazine and media company at the forefront of the psychedelic movement.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

Part of the beauty and profundity of people’s psychedelic experiences is the ineffable—but the systems that run on Western science are hungry for hard data, replicable and reliable outcomes, and, perhaps most importantly, profit.

From Slate • Jan. 30, 2026

He stood up, removed his psychedelic headband from that haystack of hair, and bowed solemnly.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman