ARTICLES
Barbosa, Paulo Cesar Ribeiro, Suely Mizumoto, Michael P. Bogenschutz, and Rick J. Strassman. 2012. “Health Status of Ayahuasca Users.” Drug Testing and Analysis 4 (7–8): 601–609.
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Bogenschutz, Michael P. 2013. “Studying the Effects of Classic Hallucinogens in the Treatment of Alcoholism: Rationale, Methodology and Current Research with Psilocybin.” Current Drug Abuse Reviews 6 (1): 17–29.
Bogenschutz, Michael P., Alyssa A. Forcehimes, Jessica A. Pommy, Claire E. Wilcox, P.C.R. Barbosa, and Rick J. Strassman. 2015. “Psilocybin-Assisted Treatment for Alcohol Dependence: A Proof-of-Concept Study.” Journal of Psychopharmacology 29 (3): 289–299.
Carhart-Harris, Robin, Mendel Kaelen, and David Nutt. 2014. “How Do Hallucinogens Work on the Brain?” Psychologist 27 (9): 662–665.
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Garcia-Romeu, Albert, Roland R. Griffiths, Matthew W. Johnson. 2015. “Psilocybin-Occasioned Mystical Experiences in the Treatment of Tobacco Addiction.” Current Drug Abuse Reviews 7 (3).
Gasser, Peter, Dominique Holstein, Yvonne Michel, Rick Doblin, Berra Yazar-Klosinski, Torsten Passie, and Rudolf Brenneisen. 2014. “Safety and Efficacy of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide-Assisted Psychotherapy for Anxiety Associated with Life-Threatening Diseases.”
Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 202 (7): 513–520.
Gasser, Peter, Katharina Kirchner, and Torsten Passie. 2014. “LSD-Assisted Psychotherapy for Anxiety Associated with a Life-Threatening Disease: A Qualitative Study of Acute and Sustained Subjective Effects.” Journal of Psychopharmacology 29 (1): 57–68.
Griffiths, Roland R., Matthew W. Johnson, William A. Richards, Brian D. Richards, Una D. McCann, and Robert Jesse. 2011. “Psilocybin Occasioned Mystical-Type Experiences: Immediate and Persisting Dose-Related Effects.” Psychopharmacology 218 (4): 649–665.
Griffiths, Roland R., William A. Richards, Matthew W. Johnson, Una D. McCann, and Robert Jesse. 2008. “Mystical-Type Experiences Occasioned by Psilocybin Mediate the Attribution of Personal Meaning and Spiritual Significance 14 Months Later.” Journal of Psychopharmacology 22 (6): 621–632.
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Grob, Charles S., Dennis J. McKenna, James C. Callaway, Glacus S. Brito, Edison S. Neves, Guilherme Oberlaender, Oswaldo L. Saide, Elizeu Labigalini, Christine Tacla, Claudio T. Miranda, Rick J. Strassman, and Kyle B. Boone. 1996. “Human Psychopharmacology of Hoasca, a Plant Hallucinogen Used in Ritual Context in Brazil.” Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 184 (2): 86–94.
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Hendricks, Peter S., C. Brendan Clark, Matthew W. Johnson, Kevin R. Fontaine, and Karen L. Cropsey. 2014. “Hallucinogen Use Predicts Reduced Recidivism Among Substance-Involved Offenders Under Community Corrections Supervision.” Journal of Psychopharmacology 28 (1): 62–66.
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MacLean, Katherine A., Matthew W. Johnson, and Roland R. Griffiths. 2011. “Mystical Experiences Occasioned by the Hallucinogen Psilocybin Lead to Increases in the Personality Domain of Openness.” Journal of Psychopharmacology 25 (11): 1453–1461.
Moreno, Francisco A., Christopher B. Wiegand, E. K. Taitano, and Pedro L. Delgado. 2006. “Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of Psilocybin in 9 Patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.” Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 67 (11): 1735–1740.
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Pollan, Michael. 2015. “The Trip Treatment.” New Yorker, February 9, 36–47.
Richards, William A. 2014. “Here and Now: Discovering the Sacred with Entheogens.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 49 (3): 652–665.
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DOCUMENTARY FILMS
DMT: The Spirit Molecule. 2010. Dir. Mitch Schultz. Spectral Alchemy Productions.
From Inspiration to Transformation (The Creation of Guided Imagery and Music, and Invited by Music). 2008. Prod. Eric Bonny and Marilyn F. Clark. Bonny Institute.
The Good Friday Experiment and Beyond. 2015. Dir. Susan Gervasi. Lazy G Films.
www.lazygfilms.net.
Neurons to Nirvana: Understanding Psychedelic Medicines. 2013. Dir. Oliver Hockenhull. Mangu TV.
A New Understanding: The Science of Psilocybin. 2014. Dir. Roslyn Dauber. Prod. Robert Barnhart.
Science and Sacraments: Psychedelic Research and Mystical Experiences. 2012. Betsy Gordon Foundation. Prod. Elgin Productions. Psychoactive Substances Research Collection, Purdue University Libraries Archives.
www.ScienceandSacraments.com.