Health & Medical News - Magic mushrooms hit the God spot - 12/07/2006

Maybe I need to go back on the Mushrooms.

Health & Medical News - Magic mushrooms hit the God spot - 12/07/2006: "Magic mushrooms hit the God spot
Judy Skatssoon
ABC Science Online


Wednesday, 12 July 2006

spiritual experience

The active ingredient in magic mushrooms produces spiritual experiences identical to those reported through history (Image: iStockphoto)

The ingredient, psilocybin, increases wellbeing and satisfaction with life two months after being taken, according to the research by scientists at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, which is published online today in the journal Psychopharmacology.

Psilocybin is a plant alkaloid that affects the brain's serotonin system, in particular, the 5-HT2A receptor.

'Under very defined conditions, with careful preparation, you can safely and fairly reliably occasion what's called a primary mystical experience that may lead to positive changes in a person,' study leader Professor Roland Griffiths says."