I've been reading about Johns Hopkins psilocybin studies and find it fascinating how much "set and setting" shape the experience. The mindset you bring and physical environment seem to matter as much as the substance itself.

I've been reading about Johns Hopkins psilocybin studies and find it fascinating how much "set and setting" shape the experience. The mindset you bring and physical environment seem to matter as much as the substance itself.
I've been reading about DMT studies where people report ego dissolution experiences. What's fascinating is some describe feeling permanently changed afterward - less attached to their sense of self.
Johns Hopkins researchers found something fascinating: the physical space and mental state someone brings to a psilocybin experience matter enormously. Makes me wonder how much we've underestimated environment's influence on outcomes generally.