Evergreen State College, 101 , 102
evolution, role of psilocybin in, 115 –16
existential distress, 8 , 78 –79, 218 , 223 , 336 –37, 353
expectancy effects
and Cohen’s ambivalence about LSD, 158
and expectations of therapist, 347
and Griffiths’s psilocybin research, 62 –63, 64
and Huxley, 143 –44, 161 –62
and LSD therapy for alcoholism, 150
Exxon Valdez disaster, 88
Fadiman, James
and Alpert (later Ram Dass), 177
and Council on Spiritual Practices, 49
and creative dose of LSD, 184
and Hubbard, 172
at International Foundation for Advanced Study, 177 –78, 183 , 184
and Jesse, 43 –44, 46 , 49
as pioneer in field, 43 –44
The Psychedelic Explorer’s Guide, 229
and research approval revoked by FDA, 57 , 217 –18
on Schuster, 50
and underground therapists, 228
Fahey, Todd Brendan, 165 , 166 , 181
fasting, 306
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 164
Feilding, Amanda
background of, 297 –99
and Carhart-Harris, 296 , 297 , 299
cerebral circulation theory of, 298 , 299 , 305n
and research funding, 299 , 300
Fischer, Roland, 97
5-HT2A receptors, 292 –93, 354n
5-MeO-DMT (The Toad), 272 –90, 291 –92
flashbacks, 3 , 209
Flashbacks (Leary), 139 , 187 , 190n
flight instructions
and cancer patient research at NYU, 338 , 341
and Hopkins’s psilocybin research, 63 , 64 , 72
and Pollan’s psychedelic journeys, 246 , 259 –60
Fomes fomentarius, 87
Food of the Gods (McKenna), 115
forests, mycelial networks in, 91 , 91n
Frankl, Viktor, 352n
Freud, Sigmund, 155 , 294 , 297 , 307 , 312 , 314 , 389
fungi
Claviceps purpurea, 84 (see also LSD)
Cordyceps, 89 , 96 –97
and forests, 91 , 91n