References

The following works contributed to the development of the content presented on How to Use Psychedelics.

Published Books

Bourzat, Françoise, and Kristina Hunter. Consciousness Medicine: Indigenous Wisdom, Entheogens, and Expanded States of Consciousness for Healing Healing and Growth. North Atlantic Books, 2019.

Batchelor, Stephen, and Huston Smith. Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics. Chronicle Books, 2002.

Coleman, R. Psychedelic Psychotherapy. Transform Press, 2017.

Doyle, Richard M. Darwin's pharmacy: Sex, plants, and the evolution of the noosphere. University of Washington Press, 2011.

Fadiman, James. The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide: Safe, Therapeutic, and Sacred Journeys. Simon and Schuster, 2011.

Goldsmith, Neal M. Psychedelic Healing: The Promise of Entheogens for Psychotherapy and Spiritual Development. Simon and Schuster, 2010.

Grof, Stanislav. LSD Psychotherapy. Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, 1980.

Grof, Stanislav. The Way of the Psychonaut Volume One: Encyclopedia for Inner Journeys. Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, 2019.

Kimmerer, Robin Wall. Braiding sweetgrass: Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge and the teachings of plants. Milkweed Editions, 2013.

Richards, William A. Sacred knowledge: Psychedelics and religious experiences. Columbia University Press, 2015.

Roberts, Thomas B., ed. Spiritual Growth with Entheogens: Psychoactive sacramentals and human transformation. Park Street Press, 2012.

Stolaroff, Myron. The Secret Chief Revealed. Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, 1994.

Scientific Articles

Abuzzahab, F. S., and B. J. Anderson. "A review of LSD treatment in alcoholism." International pharmacopsychiatry 6 (1971): 223-235.

Akiki, Teddy J., et al. "Default mode network abnormalities in posttraumatic stress disorder: A novel network-restricted topology approach." Neuroimage 176 (2018): 489-498.

Barrett, Frederick S., Matthew W. Johnson, and Roland R. Griffiths. "Validation of the revised Mystical Experience Questionnaire in experimental sessions with psilocybin." Journal of Psychopharmacology 29.11 (2015): 1182-1190.

Carhart-Harris, Robin L., et al. "Neural correlates of the psychedelic state as determined by fMRI studies with psilocybin." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109.6 (2012): 2138-2143.

Carhart-Harris, Robin L., et al. "The entropic brain: a theory of conscious states informed by neuroimaging research with psychedelic drugs." Frontiers in human neuroscience 8 (2014): 20.

Carod-Artal, Francisco Javier. "Hallucinogenic drugs in pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures." Neurología (English Edition) 30.1 (2015): 42-49.

Davis, Alan K., Frederick S. Barrett, and Roland R. Griffiths. "Psychological flexibility mediates the relations between acute psychedelic effects and subjective decreases in depression and anxiety." Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science 15 (2020): 39-45.

Erritzoe, D., et al. "Effects of psilocybin therapy on personality structure." Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 138.5 (2018): 368-378.

Forstmann, Matthias, and Christina Sagioglou. "Lifetime experience with (classic) psychedelics predicts pro-environmental behavior through an increase in nature relatedness." Journal of Psychopharmacology 31.8 (2017): 975-988.

Fox, Kieran CR, et al. "Is meditation associated with altered brain structure? A systematic review and meta-analysis of morphometric neuroimaging in meditation practitioners." Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 43 (2014): 48-73.

Gandy, Sam. "Psychedelics and potential benefits in “healthy normals”: A review of the literature." Journal of Psychedelic Studies 3.3 (2019): 280-287.

Gandy, Sam, et al. "The potential synergistic effects between psychedelic administration and nature contact for the improvement of mental health." Health Psychology Open 7.2 (2020): 2055102920978123.

Griffiths, Roland R., et al. "Mystical-type experiences occasioned by psilocybin mediate the attribution of personal meaning and spiritual significance 14 months later." Journal of psychopharmacology 22.6 (2008): 621-632.

Griffiths, Roland R., et al. "Psilocybin-occasioned mystical-type experience in combination with meditation and other spiritual practices produces enduring positive changes in psychological functioning and in trait measures of prosocial attitudes and behaviors." Journal of Psychopharmacology 32.1 (2018): 49-69.

Griffiths, Roland R., et al. "Psilocybin produces substantial and sustained decreases in depression and anxiety in patients with life-threatening cancer: A randomized double-blind trial." Journal of psychopharmacology 30.12 (2016): 1181-1197.

Griffiths, Roland R., et al. "Psilocybin can occasion mystical-type experiences having substantial and sustained personal meaning and spiritual significance." Psychopharmacology187.3 (2006): 268-283.

Halpern, John H., et al. "Psychological and cognitive effects of long-term peyote use among Native Americans." Biological psychiatry 58.8 (2005): 624-631.

Hartogsohn, Ido. "The meaning-enhancing properties of psychedelics and their mediator role in psychedelic therapy, spirituality, and creativity." Frontiers in neuroscience 12 (2018): 129.

Kernbach, Julius M., et al. "Shared endo-phenotypes of default mode dysfunction in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder." Translational psychiatry 8.1 (2018): 1-11.

Kettner, Hannes, et al. "From egoism to ecoism: Psychedelics increase nature relatedness in a state-mediated and context-dependent manner." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16.24 (2019): 5147.

Kucyi, Aaron, et al. "Enhanced medial prefrontal-default mode network functional connectivity in chronic pain and its association with pain rumination." Journal of Neuroscience 34.11 (2014): 3969-3975.

Li, Mo-yi, et al. "The effects of aerobic exercise on the structure and function of DMN-related brain regions: a systematic review." International Journal of Neuroscience 127.7 (2017): 634-649.

López-Giménez, Juan F., and Javier González-Maeso. "Hallucinogens and serotonin 5-HT 2A receptor-mediated signaling pathways." Behavioral Neurobiology of Psychedelic Drugs (2017): 45-73.

Ly, Calvin, et al. "Psychedelics promote structural and functional neural plasticity." Cell reports 23.11 (2018): 3170-3182.

Lyons, Taylor, and Robin L. Carhart-Harris. "Increased nature relatedness and decreased authoritarian political views after psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression." Journal of Psychopharmacology 32.7 (2018): 811-819.

MacLean, Katherine A., et al. "Factor analysis of the mystical experience questionnaire: A study of experiences occasioned by the hallucinogen psilocybin." Journal for the scientific study of religion 51.4 (2012): 721-737.

MacLean, Katherine A., Matthew W. Johnson, and Roland R. Griffiths. "Mystical experiences occasioned by the hallucinogen psilocybin lead to increases in the personality domain of openness." Journal of Psychopharmacology 25.11 (2011): 1453-1461.

Michl, Louisa C., et al. "Rumination as a mechanism linking stressful life events to symptoms of depression and anxiety: longitudinal evidence in early adolescents and adults." Journal of abnormal psychology 122.2 (2013): 339.

Millière, Raphaël, et al. "Psychedelics, meditation, and self-consciousness." Frontiers in psychology 9 (2018): 1475.

Nichols, David E. "Psychedelics." Pharmacological reviews 68.2 (2016): 264-355.

Petri, Giovanni, et al. "Homological scaffolds of brain functional networks." Journal of The Royal Society Interface11.101 (2014): 20140873.

Schretlen, David J., et al. "A neuropsychological study of personality: Trait openness in relation to intelligence, fluency, and executive functioning." Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology 32.10 (2010): 1068-1073.

Shao, Ling-Xiao, et al. "Psilocybin induces rapid and persistent growth of dendritic spines in frontal cortex in vivo." bioRxiv (2021).

Tagliazucchi, Enzo, et al. "Increased global functional connectivity correlates with LSD-induced ego dissolution." Current Biology 26.8 (2016): 1043-1050.

Walsh, Charlotte. "Psychedelics and cognitive liberty: Reimagining drug policy through the prism of human rights." International Journal of Drug Policy 29 (2016): 80-87.

Websites

https://trufflestherapy.com

https://tripsafe.org

https://psychonautwiki.org

https://www.erowid.org

http://druglibrary.org

https://psychedelics.berkeley.edu

Videos

Rosalind Watts and the ACE Model - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WSFLSdeAXc&t=18s

Jahan Khamsehzadeh and the Psychedelic Revolution - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es57LiHDMj4&t=1160s

Roland Griffiths and the Science of Psilocybin - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81-v8ePXPd4&t=566s

Stanislav Grof and The Cosmic Game - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGA3BEcT5gw&list=PLn2JHu4EKiKiord7ygT0EW_NYniwDv-fB&index=18

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