Robert Jesse
Convener of the Council on Spiritual Practices; psychedelics researcher and coauthor in Johns Hopkins psilocybin studies
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Research Footprint
Robert Jesse appears in 6 tracked papers (2006–2026), most studied alongside Psilocybin, Placebo and Ayahuasca, across Anxiety Disorders, Healthy Volunteers and Safety & Risk Management.
Most-cited paper: Psilocybin can occasion mystical-type experiences having substantial and sustained personal meaning and spiritual significance (1671 citations).
Frequent co-authors: Roland Griffiths, Matthew Johnson and William Richards.
Background & Research
Robert Jesse is a longtime psychedelic advocate and organizer best known as the convener of the Council on Spiritual Practices (CSP). He coauthored several influential Johns Hopkins psilocybin papers examining mystical-type, spiritual, and challenging psychedelic experiences, and he helped catalyze the research program that brought these questions into mainstream academic study. Sources describe him as instrumental in forming the Johns Hopkins psilocybin research team and in supporting research on the spiritual effects of psychedelics.
Key Impact
He is a key non-clinician collaborator in foundational Johns Hopkins psilocybin studies on mystical-type and spiritual experiences, helping shape much of the modern empirical literature on psychedelic spirituality.
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