The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
And what's interesting with respect to other mood-altering drugs is these experiences are deeply valued well after the experience has finished. So, months later, people continue to reflect back on that experience and opine that it's among the most personally meaningful and spiritually significant of their lives.
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In contrast, these drugs have this kind of peculiar attribute that people feel as though they have learned something very important to them personally, and that it has information value for them moving forward in their lives.
The very interesting effect from that study was that psilocybin under conditions in which people are very carefully selected, they're supported, they're prepared, has effects that are deeply and profoundly personally and spiritually meaningful to people.
it's not unusual for people to say months or even years after the experience that they think of this experience almost every day if not every day.