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Researchers tracked more than 2,300 people using psilocybin through Oregon's and Colorado's legal service-center programs, the largest real-world dataset outside clinical trials.
Research reported in July 2026 indicates that a single psilocybin experience can produce lasting structural and functional changes in the brain that persist well beyond the acute effects.
The Center for Contemplative Research has opened a second 'mind lab' campus in Tuscany and announced plans for a third in Asia-Pacific.
An umbrella review of meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials concludes that the intensity of the mystical-type experience - oneness, transcendence of time and space, ineffability, sacredness - is among the…
A 2026 mixed-methods study in Nature's npj Mental Health Research (90 participants) examined how transformative psychedelic experiences reshape what people believe about reality, not just how they feel.
An open-label trial published in 2026 found that one dose of psilocybin, delivered with psychological support, yielded rapid and sustained reductions in depression and chronic suicidal ideation lasting through 12…
A 2026 paper in Nature Communications, 'Human brain changes after first psilocybin use,' documented measurable brain reorganization following an individual's first psilocybin exposure, adding neuroimaging weight to…
A longitudinal study published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience in 2026 had participants complete a compassion-imagery practice before a psilocybin session, then tracked neural and psychological changes over the…
In a prospective two-year hospital study following 180 patients, 12 reported near-death experiences. Preliminary analysis found that the brains of those 12 showed greater signal complexity than those of patients…
The April 18, 2026 order tells the FDA to prioritize review of psychedelic compounds and directs the DEA to ease research restrictions, alongside state programs expanding in Oregon, Colorado and New Mexico and a…
Researchers reported that participants in a seven-day intensive meditation retreat showed sharp rises on the Mystical Experience Questionnaire (from ~2.37 to ~3.02) alongside increased coordination between brain…
A Harvard Medical School team identified a common brain circuit that appears to underlie self-transcendent experience across contemplative practice, psychedelic-assisted therapy and compassion research.
A peer-reviewed study in Frontiers in Psychology (March 25, 2026) examined an in-hospital cardiac-arrest cohort and found that 39.3% of interviewed survivors reported memories suggestive of consciousness during the…
Bruce Greyson and Marieta Pehlivanova of the University of Virginia evaluated NEPTUNE - an international team's Neurophysiological Evolutionary Psychological Theory Understanding Near-Death Experience - and found…
A peer-reviewed international study of 12 Theravada Buddhist monks practicing samatha and vipassana found that both forms of meditation increased the complexity and information-richness of brain activity compared…
A 2025 peer-reviewed thematic analysis found naturalistic DMT experiences replicate the canonical near-death-experience arc — the void, tunnel structures, bright light, disembodiment, deceased-relative and…
A pre-registered (registered report) study — a high-rigor design committing to methods and analysis before data collection — found that experiences of awe reliably produce self-transcendence: a felt connectedness…
In late 1945 near Nag Hammadi, Egypt, farmers found a sealed jar holding thirteen leather-bound papyrus codices - 52 mostly Gnostic texts including the Secret Book of John, with its systematic cosmology of the…
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