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Re:What Happens When Clergy Take Psilocybin by heavyset_go on Tuesday June 17, 2025 @02:43AM (#44296286)
> No names are coming to mind, but I feel like there have been plenty of psychedelic informed cults, with cult leader narcissists who continue to abuse people despite experiencing psychedelics.

Manson would dose himself and his followers to, IMO, lower inhibitions and make them more receptive to his ideas.

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Re:What Happens When Clergy Take Psilocybin by asveikau on Tuesday June 17, 2025 @01:54PM (#44301847)
Supposedly mkultra was also experimenting with that use case.
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Re:What Happens When Clergy Take Psilocybin by heavyset_go on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @03:13AM (#44307383)
Manson's parole officer met with him at the Haight Ashbury Free Clinic, which allegedly was funded by the CIA and was a vector for the distribution of LSD from the state.
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