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The Janiger study figures are
next. Like the Ditman study, the results are not as amazing as the Savage
and Leary results, but impressive, nevertheless:
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Janiger Study
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major objective changes
(in job, marital status, etc.)
|
16
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| positive
change in interpersonal relations: |
| with co-workers and employees |
43 |
| with acquaintances
|
41 |
| increased
interest in: |
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social reform
|
18 |
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political and international affairs
|
22 |
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anthropology
|
24 |
|
morals and ethics
|
35 |
| other universal concepts
(meaning of life) |
48 |
| positive change noticed
by person closest |
45 |
changes in sense of values
(money, status, human relationships, religion, etc.)
|
48 |
| looking
back on the LSD experience, it was: |
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a very pleasant experience
|
66 |
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a very unpleasant experience
|
32 |
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something I would want to try again
|
74 |
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a religious experience
|
24 |
| an experience
giving greater understanding |
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of myself and others
|
61 |
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an experience of lasting benefit
|
58 |
| LSD should
be used for: |
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becoming aware of oneself
|
75 |
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gaining new meaning to life
|
58 |
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getting people to understand each
other
|
42 |
This is another one of those
situations in which 32 percent said that it was a very unpleasant experience,
but 74 percent said that they want to try it again and 75 percent said
that LSD should be used for becoming aware of oneself. In each case,
it adds up to more than 100 percent, meaning that some people thought
that it was very unpleasant, but still want to do it again or still
think that LSD should be used for becoming aware of oneself.
Now, we will take a look at the Timothy Leary study and those figures
and again, his people took psilocybin (mushrooms)
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Leary Study
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How supportive (relaxing,
warm, accepting) was the total situation?
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very supportive
|
56 |
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mildly supportive
|
22 |
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neutral
|
10 |
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mildly or very rejecting
|
11 |
| Was the
experience pleasant? |
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wonderful or ecstatic
|
32 |
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very pleasant
|
38 |
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okay
|
23 |
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unpleasant or very unpleasant
|
7 |
| Did you
learn a lot about yourself and the world? |
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tremendous insights
|
23 |
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learned a lot
|
22 |
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learned something of value
|
43 |
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learned nothing
|
9 |
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more confused
|
2 |
| Has the
mushroom experience changed you and your life? |
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dramatically better
|
12 |
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changed for the better
|
50 |
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no change
|
37 |
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worse
|
1 |
| How about
taking the mushroom again under trustful, secure circumstances? |
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very eager
|
56 |
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like to
|
34 |
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don't care
|
6 |
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rather not
|
4 |
These figures are interesting.
It's saying that 70 percent of the people thought the experience was
very pleasant or better, 88 percent thought they learned something or
a lot, 62 percent said that the experience changed their life for the
better or dramatically for the better and that 90 percent would like
to do it again, including 56 percent who were very eager to do it again.
Only 7 percent thought that it was an unpleasant or very unpleasant
experience and only 4 percent said that they would rather not try it
again.
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