Documenting and defining emergent phenomenology: theoretical foundations for an extensive research strategy.

ABSTRACT: Meditation, psychedelics, and other similar practices or induction methods that can modulate conscious experience, are becoming increasingly popular in clinical and non-clinical settings. The phenomenology associated with such practices or modalities is vast. Many similar effects and experiences are also reported to occur spontaneously. We argue that this experiential range is still not fully described or understood in the contemporary literature, and that there is an ethical mandate to research it more extensively, starting with comprehensive documentation and definition. We review 50 recent clinical or scientific publications to assess the range of phenomena, experiences, effects, after-effects, and impacts associated with a broad variety of psychoactive compounds, meditative practices,

SUBMITTER: Sandilands O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11304085 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature