and Osmond/Hoffer’s research, 170
and personal history/environment, 370 –72
peyote used to treat, 368
and psychotherapy, 369
results from treatment of, 368 –69
and Spring Grove’s research, 57 , 218
and suppression of psychedelic research, 141 –42
Allen, Don, 176 –77, 178 , 181n, 198 , 206n
Alpert, Richard (later Ram Dass)
and counterculture, 205
criticisms of research, 194 , 195
defense of research, 196
dismissal from Harvard, 202 –3
and Fadiman, 177
and Harvard Psilocybin Project, 188 , 189 , 190
and International Federation for Internal Freedom, 203
and Johnson, 360
post-Harvard life of, 205
and psychedelics’ escape from the lab, 197
and Weil, 202 –3
Altered States of Consciousness (Tart), 99
altruistic behavior, 373 –74
amadou, 87 , 117
American Psychiatric Association (APA), 141
Ampex, 44 , 176
Animals and Psychedelics (Samorini), 123 –24
animals’ consumption of Psilocybes, 93 , 98 , 122 –23
antidepressants
discovery of, 147
and loss of effectiveness, 335
and neurochemistry field, 293
and placebo effect, 335n, 382
range of disorders addressed by, 383
anxiety
and autobiographical narratives, 387 –88
and default mode network, 387 –88
and effect of psychedelics on ego, 271
and mental time travel, 387
and negative thinking habits, 383
during psychedelic experiences, 46 , 63
and psycholytic LSD therapy, 156 , 159
rumination in, 383
Apollo astronauts, 358 –59, 373
artificial intelligence (AI), 325 –26
authority of psychedelic experiences, 59 , 71 , 346 , 365 –66
autism, 37
autobiographical self, 304 , 387 –88, 391
awe, experiences of, 306 , 373 –75, 389
ayahuasca
in addiction treatments, 369n
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