Neuroscience JUST Did the IMPOSSIBLE

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Lese gerade "Der Weg nach #Eleusis – Das Geheimnis der Mysterien" und der Altertumsforscher Carl A. P. Ruck postuliert darin mittelbar, dass der Ursprung der mykenischen Kultur (Vorläufer des antiken Griechenlands) eine entheogene/psychedelische Erfahrung gewesen sein muss, nicht nur der Name Mykene verweist bereits auf Pilze. Albert Hofmann führt das pflanzenkundlich weiter bis auf die späteren Mysterienspiele von Eleusis.

#Psylocybin #LSD

Psychedelics May Slow Aging at the Cellular Level

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine found that psilocybin improved cell longevity and boosted survival in aged mice. Lab-grown cells exposed to psilocin lived longer and showed better stress resistance.

Neuroscience from Technology Networks
Clergy in study ‘blown away’ by first #psylocybin experience. “…the vast majority of the 33 clergy who participated in the study—more than 90 percent—said taking psilocybin was one of the most spiritually meaningful and deeply sacred experiences of their lives. Almost half said it was the most profound thing they had ever experienced, period. Many of them also said it made them better religious leaders.” #religion #psychedelic #psychedelics #shrooms #spirituality  
https://nautil.us/clergy-blown-away-by-psilocybin-1217112/
Clergy Blown Away by Psilocybin

A 10-year-old study finally comes into the light

Nautilus

Researchers at Northeastern University were left “absolutely stunned” when a preliminary study showed that psilocybin was able to restore brain function in adult rodents that had experienced mild, repetitive head injuries. @ScienceAlert has more:

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#Science #Brain #BrainInjuries #Health #Psylocybin

Psilocybin Put Rat Brains 'Back Together' After Mild Head Trauma

Scientists are investigating whether the psychedelic ingredient in magic mushrooms can put a brain 'back together' after head injuries.

ScienceAlert
Oregon launches legal psilocybin access amid high demand and hopes for improved mental health care

Epic Healing Eugene — America’s first licensed psilocybin service center — opened in June, marking Oregon’s unprecedented step in offering the mind-bending drug to the public. The center now has a …

Marin Independent Journal

The subtext I am reading here is:
because neither pharmaceuticals nor health professionals can earn a lot of money with #psychedelics, it will not happen quickly with approvals.
Why should these help so that many people can live without #antidepressants or the like, or that many years of therapy are not necessary?

And: our consumer world does not need more satisfied people either, the #economy would say...

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/aug/19/therapeutic-potential-hallucinogens-risky-overhyped-lsd-mdma-psilocybin-work

#psylocybin #PsychotherapyResearch

Is the therapeutic potential of hallucinogens risky and overhyped?

As the medicinal use of psychedelics gains mainstream attention, fears remain over their effect on mental health and the need for safe administration

The Guardian

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Psychologist Baptiste Fauvel and the Beckley Foundation are conducting two online surveys on the links between psychedelic experience and parenthood. If you are a mother or a father and have had a significant experience with a psychedelic during a transition to parenthood (1), or if

#psychedelics #entheogens #survey #psychology #parent #parenthood #psychonauts #LSD #psylocybin #MDMA

👇🇨🇦"Film explores B.C. woman's experience with magic mushrooms to ease cancer anxiety" #Anxiety
#Depression #Psylocybin #HealthCanada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/magic-mushrooms-cancer-anxiety-1.6818809
Film explores B.C. woman's experience with magic mushrooms to ease cancer anxiety | CBC News

Laurie Brooks says her first session using psilocybin helped relieve her grief of leaving her family behind and gave her life.

CBC