Good trip, bad trip.The "mystical mys·ti·cal adj. 1. Of or having a spiritual reality or import not apparent to the intelligence or senses. 2. Of, relating to, or stemming from direct communion with ultimate reality or God: journey" described in "Chemical Enlightenment Enlightenment, term applied to the mainstream of thought of 18th-century Europe and America. Background and Basic Tenets The scientific and intellectual developments of the 17th cent. " (SN: 9/30/06, p. 216) has long been available drug free and under carefully controlled conditions via biofeedback biofeedback, method for learning to increase one's ability to control biological responses, such as blood pressure, muscle tension, and heart rate. Sophisticated instruments are often used to measure physiological responses and make them apparent to the patient, who . The results of these sessions are very similar to those described by people who received psilocybin psilocybin (sĭl'əsī`bən), perception-altering substance found in some species of mushroom. See hallucinogenic drug. . In the rare circumstances when clients become uncomfortable in their altered states, a session can be terminated immediately. DOREEN E. MCMAHON, MCLEAN, VA. My experience cries for researchers to reconsider giving psilocybin to volunteers. I ate drug-containing mushrooms in 1978, and what started out as interesting sensory changes devolved into massive depression that mentally altered me for years. NAME WITHHELD |
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