80 percent of the volunteers were confirmed as abstinent: Johnson et al., “Pilot Study of the 5-HT2AR
Agonist Psilocybin in the Treatment of Tobacco Addiction.”
This suggests that the ability: Personal communication with the neuroscientist Draulio Araujo.
The record was a complete muddle: Krebs and Johansen, “Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) for
Alcoholism.”
“Given the evidence for a beneficial effect”: Ibid.
a 2015 pilot study: Bogenschutz et al., “Psilocybin-Assisted Treatment for Alcohol Dependence.”
volunteers spent a minute looking: Piff et al., “Awe, the Small Self, and Prosocial Behavior.”
the after-awe self-portraits: Bai et al., “Awe, the Diminished Self, and Collective Engagement.”
researchers gave psilocybin to six men: Carhart-Harris et al., “Psilocybin with Psychological Support
for Treatment-Resistant Depression.”
Watts’s interviews uncovered two “master” themes: Watts et al., “Patients’ Accounts of Increased
‘Connectedness’ and ‘Acceptance’ After Psilocybin for Treatment-Resistant Depression.”
“It was like a holiday”: Ibid.
“The sheen and shine that life and existence”: For Rouiller’s full account, see
http://inandthrough.blogspot.com/2016/08/psilocybin-trial-diary-one-year-on.html.
obsessive-compulsive disorder: Moreno et al., “Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of Psilocybin in 9
Patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.”
“Depression is a response to past loss”: Solomon, Noonday Demon, 65.
“What started as a pleasure becomes a need”: Kessler, Capture, 8–9.
psychedelics enhance neuroplasticity: Vollenweider and Kometer, “Neurobiology of Psychedelic
Drugs.”
In a college commencement address: Reproduced, in part, at Brain Pickings:
https://www.brainpickings.org/2012/09/12/this-is-water-david-foster-wallace/.
“how we relate to our thoughts and feelings”: Brewer, Craving Mind, 115.
EPILOGUE IN PRAISE OF NEURAL DIVERSITY
“We are not the counterculture”: Schwartz, “Molly at the Marriott.”
mentioned the plenary panel: A video of the talk is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=_oZ_v3QFQDE.
a videotaped interview with Ram Dass: Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=NhlTrDIOcrQ&feature=share.