Psychedelic Phenomenon
With the ingestion of psychedelics people often experience sudden shifts in cognitive association and emotive content. The experience can shift rapidly from negative to euphoric, and in certain cases mimic the schizophrenic condition, as researched by Humphry Osmond and others. Hypnosis has proven very effective in generating predictable cognitive shifts with LSD and mescaline.
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