Learn more about the BCSP's Psychedelics in Society and Culture program.| UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics
Dozens of religious leaders experienced magic mushrooms in a university study. Many are now evangelists for psychedelics.| The New Yorker
As of this week, Hunt Priest has been removed from ministry by the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia, a district in The Episcopal Church.| www.psychedeliccandor.org
How Michael Pollan’s journalistic malpractice in The New Yorker ran damage control for his friends in a psychedelic research scandal| www.psychedeliccandor.org
Despite failing human subjects protections, a Johns Hopkins psychedelic clergy study driven to influence the public appears set to be published.| www.psychedeliccandor.org
A Johns Hopkins psychedelic guide allegedly committed a boundary violation based on a clergy participant's report. There must be an investigation.| www.psychedeliccandor.org
A year ago, he preached accountability. Now he's trying to censor discussion of the story he told.| www.psychedeliccandor.org
Unauthorized donor involvement and unauthorized study team members "significantly compromised" human research protection program, per JHU, citing other concerns for participants' rights and welfare.| www.psychedeliccandor.org
A spiritual conference in the midst of an investigation| www.psychedeliccandor.org
In August 2023, I wrote an eight-part series about the spiritual missions, hidden issues, and unexamined consequences of a clinical trial conducted jointly by Johns Hopkins University and New York University, “The Effects of Psilocybin-Facilitated Experience on the Psychology and Effectiveness of Religious Professionals| www.psychedeliccandor.org
The varieties of psychedelic mysticism driving a psychedelic clergy study. Part two.| www.psychedeliccandor.org
Research into psychedelics may hold a key to coping with anxiety, addiction, and existential dread. Michael Pollan on psilocybin.| The New Yorker