in group settings, 405
lack of research on, 18
and Pollan’s psychedelic journeys, 410 –13
ritual use of, 402 , 404
and UDV court case, 27 –28
Aztecs, 2 , 108 –9
bad trips
and backlash against psychedelics, 3
and expectations of therapist, 347
first bad trip, 24
in general population, 209
and LSD therapy for alcoholism, 152
and role of guides, 405
and role of setting, 14
Weil’s “treatment” for, 210
Balick, Michael, 107
Barlow, John Perry, 183
Bay Area tech community, 171 , 175 –83, 181n
Bayesian inferences, 261 –63
Bazer, Dinah, 284 –85, 344 –45, 355
Be Here Now (Ram Dass), 205
Beatles, 143 , 204
Beckley Foundation, 228 , 297 , 299
behaviorism, 149
being/doing duality, 280 –81, 282
belladonna, 152 , 370
Belser, Alexander, 351
Bergson, Henri, 56 , 162
Bessant, Charles, 360 , 361 , 362 –63
Beug, Michael, 101 , 121 –23
“Bicycle Day” (April 19), 24
Bigwood, Jeremy, 101
bioterrorism, 89
birth experiences, 155 , 176 , 240 , 279 –80, 341 –42, 344
Blake, William, 82 , 161 , 194
Bogenschutz, Michael, 369 , 370 –72
Boothby, Richard, 65 , 67 –68, 69 , 70 , 72 , 75
Bossis, Tony
on authenticity questions, 347
and Bazer’s therapy, 344 –45
on cultural fear of death, 404
and Mettes’s therapy, 336 , 337 –38, 340 –43, 346 , 357
on results with cancer patients, 336
on role of guides, 402
The Botany of Desire (Pollan), 12 –13
brain science, 2 –3, 24 . See also neuroscience of psychedelics
Brand, Stewart, 182 , 183 –85, 359
Brave New World (Huxley), 160