Tune in, Turn on: Religious Music and Spiritual Power in the History of Psychedelic Therapy.
Soc Hist Med December 8, 2022 Stephen Lett, Erika Dyck 5 citations
Psychedelic-assisted therapy relies not only on the drug itself but also on the subject's mindset and the session environment, known as 'set and setting'. Early therapeutic sessions deliberately incorporated or avoided religious sounds and music to foster spiritual epiphanies during peak experiences. Contemporary practices largely repeat these past approaches, relying on aesthetic assumptions that may limit the therapy's broader applicability.