At first glance, during a psychedelic trip with psilocybin, one enters a kind of trance. This substance — which is present in certain hallucinogenic (or “magic”) mushrooms — leads to an altered state of consciousness. It makes human beings much more sensitive to their environment, while offering us the ability to experience visual disturbances, synesthesia phenomena and even mystical experiences. The self dissolves and transcends the body, while spatiotemporal dimensions become distorted. All this happens in a span of about four to six hours. The timeframe also opens the door to exploiting this journey for therapeutic purposes: the psychoactive substance is thought to have potential against particular psychiatric disorders, such as resistant depression or addictions.
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