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Journal of Transpersonal Psychology

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Ayahuasca Beyond the Amazon: the Benefits and Risks of a Spreading Tradition

This commentary (2010) examines how to integrate these spiritual healing rituals into contemporary Western concepts of psychological health and ethical conduct, and calls for an enforcement mechanism of accountability for monitoring the reputations of different ritual leaders to protect the community from predatory practices.

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Journal of Transpersonal Psychology
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Trichter, S.
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Pahnke’s ‘Good Friday Experiment’: a long-term follow-up and methodological critique

This methodological critique and long-term, between-subjects, follow-up study (n=16) challenges how the mystical experiences occasioned by psilocybin were measured during Walter Pahnke's infamous 'Good Friday experiment' (1963) on the basis of its imprecise questionnaire assessment and unsuccessful placebo blinding. However, all psilocybin subjects participating in the long-term follow-up, but none of the controls, still considered their original experience to have had genuinely mystical elements and to have made a uniquely valuable contribution to their spiritual lives even 27 years after.

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Journal of Transpersonal Psychology
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Doblin, R.
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LSD-assisted psychotherapy and the human encounter with death

This early study (1972; n=31) on LSD-assisted psychotherapy (200-500µg) showed the promise of using psychedelics in combination with therapy. The participants of the study were diagnosed with cancer and received therapy/preparation before (10 hours) and after (1-2 hours). Of these patients, 9 (29%) significantly improved on scores of emotional/mental health.

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Journal of Transpersonal Psychology
Authors
Goodman, L. E., Grof, S., Kurland, A. A., Richards, W. A.

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Association for Transpersonal Psychology
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