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Christian priests, Buddhist guru, orthodox rabbi and another two dozen representatives of popular world religions will receive hallucinogenic mushrooms to experience a unique spiritual experience. The authors of such an unusual scientific experiment are psychiatrists and neuroscientists from Johns Hopkins American University in Baltimore The experiment itself is reported to be conducted in laboratory conditions under the close supervision of specialists.
Religious figures of various faiths will accept psilocybin mushrooms known in narrow circles. Act the psilocybin contained in them is similar to the action of LSD, however altered state of consciousness is more emotional and lasts less – about 4-7 hours. By the way, let’s say that shamans Mexican Indians from time immemorial used psilocybin mushrooms in order to obtain a religious-mystical experience.
Deep Psychic Experience with Psilocybin well studied by scientists, however, in this case, researchers intend to do what no one has done before: define in laboratory conditions how powerful hallucinogen affects representatives of the clergy, and whether real transcendental experience in any way affect the attitude of the clergy. Perhaps this will make altar servants relate to their work. with even more enthusiasm and zeal, or, conversely, force them to doubt one’s own faith or religion.
Not all religious leaders agree to such experiment
As you might guess, most religious figures without Reflections refused to accept the psychedelic. For many people, the difference between hallucinogens and drugs does not exist. Nonetheless, American experts managed to find Orthodox and Catholic priests, enlightened Buddhist guru, rabbi and representatives other faiths who agreed to participate in such extraordinary experiment. So far, scientists have not been able to find only Islamic imam ready to eat hallucinogenic mushrooms. Muslims are known to be mind-altering substances extreme negatively. However, researchers do not lose hope that at least one imam will eventually agree to take this step for the sake of rapprochement of science and religion.
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All participants in the experiment will undergo medical and psychological examination, after which they will be given two strong doses of hallucinogenic mushrooms. They will need to be accepted within months in two sessions. The laboratory will be decorated under hotel room. Religious figures will participate in experiment in turn. After consuming psychedelics they will become listen to calm music and chat, if you wish, with experts watching them. Preliminary experiments show what spiritual shepherds experience during the psilocybin trip extremely positive emotions.
The personalities of the experiment participants will remain for the public a secret. Scientists will observe these individuals for years, capturing all the changes that occur in the lives of ministers altars after receiving religious mystical experience through hallucinogenic mushrooms. Remarkable that in transcendental states of the mind, according to scientists, a person can reach universal understanding of the Almighty and stop following any religion claiming that only it can tell the whole truth about the Creator.
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