and Leary, 138 –39, 205
media coverage of, 211 –12
and outlawing of psychedelics, 3
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), 35 , 36 –37, 191 , 228 , 397 –99
mushrooms
identification of, 94 –96, 119
lethal varieties of, 86 , 94
in Pollan’s psychedelic journeys, 257 –58, 266
Russula, 119
stone artifacts of, 114 –15
See also Psilocybes; psilocybin
Mushrooms, Russia, and History (Wasson), 114n
mycelial networks, 84n, 90 –91, 118 , 122
Mycelium Running (Stamets), 88 , 90
mycopesticides, 89
mycoremediation, 88
mysterium tremendum, 277
Mystical Experience Questionnaires (MEQs), 282 –84
mystical experiences
of agnostics and atheists, 74 , 222 , 284 –85, 345
and awe-inspiring experiences, 375
brain-based explanations for, 76
in cancer patient research, 79 , 349 , 350 –51
and deactivation of default mode network, 305 –6
and ego dissolution, 389
in European research, 64
and expectancy effects, 143
and fanaticism/fundamentalism, 37 , 81
and Good Friday (Marsh Chapel) Experiment, 45 , 191 –92
of Griffiths, 33
and Griffiths’s landmark paper, 10 –11, 29 –30
of Hubbard, 167
of Huxley, 161
ineffability of, 40 , 54 , 69 , 251 , 270 , 285
interconnectedness in, 285 , 305
language of, 285 –87
in literature, 286 –87
and loss of subjectivity, 305 –6
noetic quality of, 41 –42, 69 –70, 275 , 285 , 305 –6
and overview effect, 359
and paradoxes, 85 , 345
passivity as hallmark of, 72
profundity/banality of insights from, 70 –71, 251
of Richards, 53 –55
science as a means to, 77 –78, 81
and science-mysticism paradox, 347 –48
shared traits of, 285
and smoking cessation, 361
strength of, correlated with outcomes, 361
and suggestibility of psychedelics, 64
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