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Good book about the subject matter is [0] How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence by Michael Pollan.

Set and setting are what create the good or bad experience. The therapist prepares the person for the journey while walking them out of any bad paths while on the journey. Layout and design of where the journey takes places must be soothing and relaxing.

Fun fact. Fungi growing closer to humans has higher potency in psilocybin than ones growing deeper in nature.

[0] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36613747-how-to-change-y...

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