Walter N. Pahnke (1931–1971)

• Walter N. Pahnke (Wikipedia)
  "On April 20, 1962 Pahnke conducted an experiment as part of his Ph.D. thesis in Religion and Society under his thesis advisors Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert. In this experiment, ten students from Andover Newton Theological School were given 30 mg psilocybin and ten an active placebo (niacin - vitamin B3) in a religious setting (a Good Friday service) to see whether entheogens could help facilitate a genuine religious experience. Nine out of ten of the students reported religious or mystical experiences while only one of ten in the placebo group reported the same. Among those who participated in the study were Leary and Huston Smith, professor of philosophy at MIT and respected religious scholar."
• Implications of LSD and Experimental Mysticism...Walter N. Pahnke & William A. Richards
• Drugs and Mysticism...by Walter N. Pahnke
  "An Analysis of the Relationship between Psychedelic Drugs and the Mystical Consciousness. A thesis presented to the Committee on Higher Degrees in History and Philosophy of Religion, Harvard University, June 1963"
• LSD and Religious Experience...by Walter N. Pahnke
• The Psychedelic Mystical Experience in the Human Encounter With Death...by Walter N. Pahnke

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