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Are Psychedelic Experiences Real?
Are the insights from a psychedelic experience real? Are they true? Can you trust them? Or are they just drug-induced hallucinations?
A psychedelic experience can change you.
One study found 67% of people who had a mystical or religious experience on psilocybin rated it as “one of the five most personally meaningful experiences” of their lives even 14-months later.
In another study that surveyed thousands of psychedelic users, the majority reported lasting positive changes in their psychological health — including life satisfaction, purpose, and meaning. Two-thirds of self-described Atheists shed that label after having a psychedelic-induced mystical experience.
Psychedelics have been used for thousands of years and likely formed the basis of many of the world’s religions, says John’s Hopkins Researcher, Dr. Roland Griffiths. That’s where we derive the basis for morality — how we should and shouldn’t act.
Many psychonauts, myself included, don’t have a religious affiliation but derive our fundamental beliefs about the nature of reality and how we should live our lives based on insights received in psychedelic experience.
