|
Some of these posts are very old and might contain outdated information. You may wish to search for newer posts instead.
|
ManianFH
living in perverty


Registered: 07/06/04
Posts: 14,741
Last seen: 1 day, 11 hours
|
CNNs shroom research
#5882958 - 07/20/06 10:03 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
Many of the 36 volunteers rated their reaction to a single dose of the drug, called psilocybin, as one of the most meaningful or spiritually significant experiences of their lives. Some compared it to the birth of a child or the death of a parent.
PSYCHEDELICH RESEARCH
THE STUDY: Volunteers who took psilocybin, an illegal drug made from mushrooms, reported profound mystical experiences that altered their attitudes and behavior for weeks.
THE CONFIRMATION: The drug has been used for centuries in religious practices, but the new work demonstrates its effects more clearly than before.
THE PAYOFF: Psilocybin may prove useful in treating drug addicts or terminally ill patients with depression. It may also enable the study of what happens in the brain during intense spiritual experiences.
...
Psilocybin's effects lasted for up to six hours, Griffiths said. Twenty-two of the 36 volunteers reported having a "complete" mystical experience, compared with four of those getting methylphenidate.
That experience included such things as a sense of pure awareness and a merging with ultimate reality, a transcendence of time and space, a feeling of sacredness or awe, and deeply felt positive mood like joy, peace and love. People say "they can't possibly put it into words," Griffiths said.
Two months later, 24 of the participants filled out a questionnaire. Two-thirds called their reaction to psilocybin one of the five top most meaningful experiences of their lives. On another measure, one-third called it the most spiritually significant experience of their lives, with another 40 percent ranking it in the top five.
About 80 percent said that because of the psilocybin experience, they still had a sense of well-being or life satisfaction that was raised either "moderately" or "very much."
http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/07/10/psychedelic.research.ap/index.html
-------------------- notapillow said: "you are going about this endeavor all wrong. clear your mind of useless fear and concern. buy the ticket, take the ride, and all that.... " ChrisWho said: "It's all about the journey, not the destination."
|
Ashland
Space Cowboy

Registered: 02/03/06
Posts: 315
Loc: North America
Last seen: 16 years, 11 months
|
Re: CNNs shroom research [Re: ManianFH]
#5882968 - 07/20/06 10:07 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
|
Chrissss
poke smoter
Registered: 02/12/06
Posts: 227
Last seen: 17 years, 1 month
|
Re: CNNs shroom research [Re: Ashland]
#5883060 - 07/20/06 10:33 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
"Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed." lol
-------------------- http://www.laserspectacular.com/index.htm This is a laser show with pink floyd music. If it comes near you GO! it is amazing
|
StickyWater
Stranger
Registered: 06/09/05
Posts: 1,680
|
Re: CNNs shroom research [Re: Chrissss]
#5883123 - 07/20/06 10:55 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
Another thread, this is getting rediculous... Do a search, pay attention to the forums, whatever it takes for people to STOP posting this story...
|
MauiGanjaMonster
Herbal Pleasures


Registered: 04/26/06
Posts: 474
Loc: 4 acre pot field
Last seen: 16 years, 2 months
|
Re: CNNs shroom research [Re: StickyWater]
#5883349 - 07/21/06 12:22 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
I read that article before.
-------------------- Trodding through creation in a irie meditation. As they walk through my garden and steal my fruit, damn devils in a three piece suit. yeah they walk through my garden and eat my fruit damn puppets, the boys in blue.
|
eViL420
Virgin Shroomie

Registered: 07/11/06
Posts: 82
Loc: Texas
Last seen: 16 years, 7 months
|
|
Very interesting
-------------------- And we can take this huge Universe, and put it inside a very tiny hit, and smoke it.
LSD: Load Universe into cannon, Aim at Brain, Fire.
|
kora
RAWR!
Registered: 06/29/06
Posts: 64
Last seen: 17 years, 6 months
|
Re: CNNs shroom research [Re: eViL420]
#5884889 - 07/21/06 03:50 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
did they put this on tv?
-------------------- Drugs may lead to nowhere, but atleast it's the scenic route. *Got left over HBWR Seeds? PM Me!*
|
Tikiwoo
Psychedelic Monk


Registered: 07/10/04
Posts: 136
Last seen: 14 years, 6 months
|
Re: CNNs shroom research [Re: kora]
#5884945 - 07/21/06 04:19 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
--------------------
Fallow me to the odyssey and the ecstasy of Psychedelics.
|
|