Limitations on the Scientific Study of Drug-Enabled Mystical Experiences

Scientific interest in drug-induced mystical experiences reemerged in the 1990s. This warrants reexamining the philosophical issues surrounding such studies: Do psychedelic drugs cause mystical experiences? Are drug-induced experiences the same in nature as other mystical experiences? Does the fact...

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Published in:Zygon
Subtitles:DRUG‐ENABLED MYSTICAL EXPERIENCES
Main Author: Jones, Richard H. 1951- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2019]
In: Zygon
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Psychedelic experience / Mysticism / Research / Scientific nature
Further subjects:B Attribution Theory
B Neuroscience
B Consciousness
B Mysticism
B scientific study of mystical experiences
B Mystical Experience
B Psychedelics
B Huston Smith
B entheogens
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Summary:Scientific interest in drug-induced mystical experiences reemerged in the 1990s. This warrants reexamining the philosophical issues surrounding such studies: Do psychedelic drugs cause mystical experiences? Are drug-induced experiences the same in nature as other mystical experiences? Does the fact that mystical experiences can be induced by drugs invalidate or validate mystical cognitive claims? Those questions will be examined here. An overview of the scientific examination of drug-induced mystical experiences is included, as is a brief overview of the history of the use of psychedelic drugs in religion.
ISSN:1467-9744
Contains:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12546