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Magic Mushrooms Can Change Personalities For The Better

Under scientific controlled conditions, researchers gave 51 adults either psilocybin or a placebo in up to five eight-hour sessions. In almost 60 per cent of patients, Of the 51, 30 had a mystical experience, after which their ‘openness’ scores rose. The 21 who did not have a mystical experience showed no change.

“I say this because we think of personality as being cemented in your 20s, certainly by your 30s,” he said. “So the fact that openness was increased, seemingly permanently, after a single experience of psilocybin is quite remarkable.