The article discusses a research study on psilocybin and its effect on religious leaders, revealing how these experiences altered their perspectives on faith. Many participants reported profound encounters during their trips, with some forming new psychedelic organizations post-experience. Notably, a shift in the perception of the divine was common, with several leaders describing God in feminine terms, challenge existing theological notions. Michael Pollan reflects on the surprising authenticity of these experiences and their implications for understanding spirituality and psychedelics within various faiths.
Several people had encounters so transformative that the course of their careers have been altered. Three of them have started separate psychedelic organizations.
These mystical experiences were regarded as authenticânot simply drug experiencesâindicating a potential for spiritual significance in their religious practice.
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