The Good Friday ExperimentCan a pill manufacture a religious miracle?

Psychedelic Mind

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Psychedelic Mind

On Good Friday 1962, researchers dosed divinity students with psilocybin inside Boston University’s Marsh Chapel to see if chemistry could induce genuine religious epiphany. This landmark double-blind study challenged the boundary between biological processes and spiritual revelation. The results laid the essential groundwork for how science defines and measures the "mystical experience" in modern clinical settings.

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