What Happens When Clergy Take Psilocybin

Re:What Happens When Clergy Take Psilocybin by netcan on Tuesday June 17, 2025 @03:10AM (#44296443)

Continuation the counter points: most traditional uses, guided by shamans or priests use heavy doses.

I had expiremented with moderate/recomended doses of lsd and psilocybin before participating in an auahuasca retreat... and the doses were shocking.

This was a relatively tame centre in western Europe that had trained psych nurses in attendance. Still, the Shaman handed out monster doses... and offered a second one a couple of hours in... and again the following day.

Many traditional practices conceive of "levels" corresponding to doses, and the lower levels are not the ones associated with transformative spiritual experience.

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Re:What Happens When Clergy Take Psilocybin by teaearlgraycold on Tuesday June 17, 2025 @05:17AM (#44297165)

I know there are higher levels out there, but I’ve found even moderate doses of psychedelics to be more than enough to be transformative. You just need to focus the energy right.

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Re:What Happens When Clergy Take Psilocybin by netcan on Tuesday June 17, 2025 @07:17AM (#44297774)

valid point, just adding context.

I have no recomendations of my own.

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