Psychedelic Researcher | Peace Activist | Abu-Emanu Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter (ex-Imperialist) Teaching at MSc Psychedelics: Mind, Medicine and Culture Co-founder of RIPPLES Member of Ripples Collective
Also - inviting all the other experts from naturalistic studies is very challenging and requires more time, so we hope this would be next step. This requires to bring together also the voices of psychonauts, retreat providers, curanderos, neo-shamans, DJs, and so on - and hence a much larger study
June 7, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Also - inviting all the other experts from naturalistic studies is very challenging and requires more time, so we hope this would be next step. This requires to bring together also the voices of psychonauts, retreat providers, curanderos, neo-shamans, DJs, and so on - and hence a much larger study
Indeed, while I am a fan of naturalistic studies, this was a strategic decision to narrow it to clinical studies. The reason is that we wanted to emphasise the importance of context in psychiatry - where it is the least clear. Opening it up to a wider search would have diluted the main goal.
June 7, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Indeed, while I am a fan of naturalistic studies, this was a strategic decision to narrow it to clinical studies. The reason is that we wanted to emphasise the importance of context in psychiatry - where it is the least clear. Opening it up to a wider search would have diluted the main goal.