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“transcendence of space and and time” while on a a a a a a psychedelic—and how much healing they receive from from their trip whether it it be from from depression addiction or another condition Lane an
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Oxford-trained cognitive scientist and religion scholar is is is not surprised by these findings Regardless of of what causes a a a a a a a a a mystical experience he he he says it often results fin in in in healing and profoundly shapes the rest of of of a a a a a person’s life But he points out we may often put a a a a a disproportionate amount of of of emphasis on on on moments of of awakening or or revelation Sure mystical experiences are are therapeutic but so are are many other aspects of spirituality from community to to daily rituals That says Lane is fundamentally important to to understanding why religions from around the the world regardless of what they look like serve a a a a a common purpose: to heal us DB: I’d like to to start out by asking you to to help me put the the therapeutic mystical experiences people have on psychedelics into perspective What do you make of them?
JL: I think there’s a a lot of evidence not just from from psychology but from from anthropology