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Values and Beliefs of Psychedelic Drug Users
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Inspired by posts in another thread here, I think it is worthwhile to read that--good or bad--the inherent risks and benefits of drug usage, is more or less consistent across all ethnic and cultural backgrounds (assuming the system of measurement is reliable).

As mentioned below in the abstract, we cannot extract whether the views of users are inextricable from their personalities, but that still does not diminish the main point of the paper.

To whatever unifying end, we seemingly cannot extract our identifying characteristics from anything; our genes, our environment, our parents, our experiences, etc.



Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Humanities & Social Sciences papers
Bond University Year 2006
Values and Beliefs of Psychedelic Drug
Users: A Cross-Cultural Study
Michael Lerner Michael Lyvers†


Abstract

Psychedelic drugs such as LSD and psilocybin are often claimed to be capable of inducing lifechanging
experiences described as mystical or transcendental, especially if high doses are taken.
The present study examined possible enduring effects of such experiences by comparing users of
psychedelic drugs (n = 88), users of non-psychedelic illegal drugs (eg., marijuana, amphetamines)
(n = 29) and non-illicit-drug using social drinkers (n = 66) on questionnaire measures of values,
beliefs and emotional empathy. Samples were obtained from Israel (n = 110) and Australia (n = 73)
in a cross-cultural comparison to see if values associated with psychedelic drug use transcended
culture of origin. Psychedelic users scored significantly higher on mystical beliefs (eg., oneness
with God and the universe) and life values of spirituality and concern for others than the other
groups, and lower on the value of financial prosperity, irrespective of culture of origin. Users of
non-psychedelic illegal drugs scored significantly lower on a measure of coping ability than both
psychedelic users and non-illicit-drug users. Both groups of illegal drug users scored significantly
higher on empathy than non-illicit-drug users. Results are discussed in the context of earlier
findings from Pahnke (1966) and Doblin (1991) of the transformative effect of psychedelic
experiences, although the possibility remains that present findings reflect pre-drug characteristics of
those who chose to take psychedelic drugs rather than effects of the drugs themselves.

Full text here:

http://epublications.bond.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1130&context=hss_pubs

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Re: Values and Beliefs of Psychedelic Drug Users [Re: Arden]
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That paper is fascinating.

Thank you very much for posting this! :smile:


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Re: Values and Beliefs of Psychedelic Drug Users [Re: Arden]
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A gem


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“Strengthened by contemplation and study,
I will not fear my passions like a coward.
My body I will give to pleasures,
to diversions that I’ve dreamed of,
to the most daring erotic desires,
to the lustful impulses of my blood, without
any fear at all, for whenever I will—
and I will have the will, strengthened
as I’ll be with contemplation and study—
at the crucial moments I’ll recover
my spirit as was before: ascetic.”

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Re: Values and Beliefs of Psychedelic Drug Users [Re: Lion]
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very interesting study, it really makes sense.


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I want to show you life for what it's worth, from beginning to end from when your life was first launched 'till when it descends back to earth. From pyramiding at it's peak 'till when it turns back into dirt..

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Re: Values and Beliefs of Psychedelic Drug Users [Re: upinthetrees]
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Nice study! :cool::thumbup:

..It would have been great if they had also taken measures other than self-report measures. From what I could see there unfortunately hasn't been any follow on studies from this one yet..


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