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Dr. Reid Robison and Dr. Steve Thayer discuss the historically messy relationship between spirituality and modern psychiatry and the role that psychedelics are playing in a spiritual renaissance. They cover the following topics:

• Scientific American article by Harvard psychologist, David Rosmarin, about psychiatry and spirituality.
• Sigmund Freud's assertion that religion is a mass delusion
• Perhaps a spiritual renaissance is happening alongside the psychedelic one 
• The relationship between mental health problems, spirituality, meaning, and purpose.
• How people are using psychedelics as a tool for spiritual inquiry  
• The hosts share their personal experiences and thoughts around spirituality
• How to Change Your Mind, by Michael Pollan
• Rick Doblin interview on JRE
• The good Friday experiment 
• Mind/body dualism
• Spiritual bypassing
• The difference between pain vs. suffering and the role of struggle in growth
• Spirituality vs. religion
• Using ketamine as a "chemical mindfulness" tool
• Tara Brach and forgiveness

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