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Psychedelics: Experimental Facts and Results
The purpose of this post is to share with the community some data coming from academic research about Consciouness and Psychedelics.
These data are definitive scientific evidences from western science that the potentialities of consciouness if far beyond what most human are experiencing in their daily life and by "far beyond" one can understand "considered impossible" for the materialistic paradigm. It is also my belief that the framework of this particular experiment shows only a narrow portion of all the abilities of consciouness. Furthermore, this experiment proves that the process leading to these states of conscioussness:
Source: overview of the paper: Harman, et. al., in Psychedelic Reports 19, 211-27, 1966, Willis W. Harman and James Fadiman. Description: The project started in the early 60's at the International Foundation for Advanced Studies, used modified states of consciouness induced by mescaline. The aims of the project were to answer these questions: 1. Can the psychedelic experience enhance creative problem-solving ability, and if so, what is the evidence of enhancement? 2. Can this result in enhanced production of concrete, valid, and feasible solutions assessable by the pragmatic criteria of modern industry and positivistic science? 3. Working with a non-clinical population and with a non-therapy orientation, would there nevertheless result demonstrable long-term personality changes indicative of continued increased creativity and self- actualization? The answers to them were all postive. An outline of the protocol is given by the following schedule: 8:30 Arrive at session room 9:00 Psychedelic material given. Mescaline sulphate (200 mg). 9-12 Music played, subjects relaxed with eyes closed 12-1 Psychological tests administered 1-5 Subjects work on problems 5-6 Discussion of experience; review of solutions. The field of abilities that were enhanced: 1. Low Inhibition and Anxiety 2. Capacity to Restructure Problem in Larger Context 3. Enhanced Fluency and Flexibility of Ideation 4. Heightened Capacity for Visual Imagery and Fantasy 5. Increased Ability to Concentrate 6. Heightened Empathy with External Processes and Objects 7. Heightened Empathy with People 8. Subconscious Data More Accessible 9. Association of Dissimilar Ideas l0. Heightened Motivation to Obtain Closure 11. Visualizing the Completed Solution Quote:
This post in not an incitation to use illegal drugs, internationally banned from any rational and legitimate uses, since the conditions, motivations and informed usage are extremely important. However it is also important to put into perspective the role of the modified states of consciouness and some of their inducers (the psychedelics) as I've tried to do in this post: http://www.projectavalon.net/forum/s...ead.php?t=1054 These facts cannot be denied by the mainstream propaganda since they had consequences in industry and businesses. |
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10-09-2008, 09:31 PM | #2 |
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Re: Psychedelics: Experimental Facts and Results
Jan,
As for my self, I had eaten mushrooms back in 1999, the experience woke me up from my trance and views on reality. I realized then and there who I am, why I am, and where I am...in the infinite moment. Everything else around me is just an illusion. The only thing I know to be real is that which we feel as Love. Any idea I had was nothing/not real... Over all, because of me taking a 'Psychedelic', I finally broke out of the prison of my mind which I didn't even know existed until then. I walked away with a totally new outlook on life, and most importantly, why I am here... experiencing 3rd density reality. One 66 |
10-09-2008, 09:37 PM | #3 |
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Re: Psychedelics: Experimental Facts and Results
if you want some more info on the spiritual benefits of psychedelics then research Terence Mckenna, he is a true legend and highly knowledgable on this subject.
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10-09-2008, 10:21 PM | #4 |
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Re: Psychedelics: Experimental Facts and Results
some drugs of that kind are like microscopes, or macroscopes of consciousness.
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Re: Psychedelics: Experimental Facts and Results
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To cite few examples, I believe the transformation (not necessarely through psychedelics) had good results for the following people: Ram Dass, Stan Grof, Jean Morzelle, David Icke, Krystle Cole on neurosoup.com ... However the experience can be a poison if the experiencer don't know what to do with the experience. Sometime she/he can forget but often the power and reality of the experience cannot be erased nor put in harmony with daily reality, thus becoming a center of deep nostalgia. Isolation is also frequent since the society usually reject the reality of these kind of experiences, again from Fadiman: Quote:
To go back to the subject, it is clear to me that on one hand the scientific evidences of the benefits of a well managed and informed usage of psychedelics are overwhelming, on the other hand this usage is banned at the international level of authority on this planet. Not only was it banned and confused with other addictive dangerous drugs but also the structures to revive it are not here. As a consequence a good visible chunk of the current illegal usage is for bad or recreative purposes therefore maintaining the hugly distorted image of the psychedelics in the consciousness of the mass. The situation is staggering for me since one of the scientific way (repeatable, universal) to pass through the "firewalls" of the prison of the mind is literally cast into the mud and denied. |
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