Roland Griffiths, PI for psilocybin research at Johns Hopkins: > Frankly, I can’t think of anything more important to be studying. As I’ve said, the core featu

Roland Griffiths, PI for psilocybin research at Johns Hopkins: > Frankly, I can’t think of anything more important to be studying. As I’ve said, the core feature of the mystical experience [that we can now occasion with high probability] is this strong sense of the interconnectedness of all things, where there’s a rising sense of not only self-confidence and clarity, but of communal responsibility – of altruism and social justice – a felt sense of the Golden Rule: to do unto others as you would have them do unto you. ... Understanding the nature of these effects, and their consequences, may be key to the survival of our species.