Experiences of ‘ultimate reality’ or ‘God’ confer lasting benefits to mental health

Wednesday, April 24, 2019 - 08:51 in Psychology & Sociology

People over the millennia have reported having deeply moving religious experiences either spontaneously or while under the influence of psychedelic substances such as psilocybin-containing mushrooms or the Amazonian brew ayahuasca, and a portion of those experiences have been encounters with what the person regards as “God” or “ultimate reality.” In a survey of thousands of […]

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