Belief changes associated with psychedelic use
PsyArXiv June 30, 2022 Sandeep Manel Nayak, Manvir Singh, David Bryce Yaden et al. 4 citations preprint
A single psychedelic experience can increase non-physicalist beliefs, including dualism, paranormal/spiritual beliefs, and consciousness in both mammals and non-mammals, with medium to large effects. Belief in superstition changed negligibly. The percentage of participants identifying as a believer in a higher power or ultimate reality rose from 29% before the experience to 59% after. Greater mystical experience during the session was linked to larger belief changes. These shifts remained largely stable an average of 8.4 years later.