Psychedelic mushrooms put your brain in a “waking dream,” study finds

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2. Most psychedelics have a similar effect

I know I found the experience in the 60s to be transformative on a very basic level. I also found it quite a bit easier to achieve deeper meditation levels more quickly, something that has stayed with me. If they were legal tomorrow, would I do it again? Probably not. However, I am delighted to have done it in the 60s.

They did a long term study of old 60s acid/peyote/psilocybin users and found only one difference: the drug veterans tended to cluster in medicine at all levels, social work, teaching, and other professions that required person to person interaction. They tended to avoid the more business oriented professions.

Nothing in your article is a surprise, in other words.