But there are plenty more based on shamanic states, spiritual doctrines, meditation methods or various theories of consciousness. Source: Jolyon Troscianko, used with permission ...

It’s early days for certain, but for the 350 million people suffering depression worldwide, these altered state inducing treatment provide some of the best news to come along in a long while.

Respondents reported a mix of positive and negative well-being following altered states, with 13% claiming moderate or greater suffering and 1.1% claiming life-threatening suffering.

Altered states of consciousness caused by a mindfulness-based programme up to a year later: Results from a randomised controlled trial. PLOS ONE , 2024; 19 (7): e0305928 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone ...

A recent conversation on Reddit is all about an illustration from one of my books. It’s a diagram showing a 3D space with lots of different states of consciousness depicted as blobs floating in ...