for one of the trials 60 volunteers, however, psolicybin turned the noise emitted by the mri machine into “the most magical music.” the man also reported feeling like he was “melding with the mri machine.”
“i was just part of everything else around me. i was everything. and everything was me,” he told the
sydney morning herald.
the man wasn’t alone in his experience, as about 60 per cent of the participants in the trial said it was one of the most meaningful and spiritually significant experiences of their life.
neuroscientist adeel razi, leader of the trial, said that the imaging and behavioural data obtained will be publicly available in about six months. psychedelics currently remain illegal in australia outside of clinical trials.
“we need to have the evidence base of how it actually works in a brain without depression, and then the insights that we get, we can translate into use in a clinical setting,” razi explained to the sydney morning herald.
“it is one of the largest studies in the world, and anyone will be able to analyze the data, so it will have a long-lasting legacy,” he added.
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mri exam becomes 'magical' experience after small dose of psilocybin