Researchers Find That Encounters with ‘Higher Power’ May Improve Mental Health

Sep 16, 2021

Over the millennia, different individuals have admitted to experiencing deeply moving religious encounters, sometimes spontaneously and sometimes while under the influence of psychedelics, including ayahuasca or psilocybin. Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine recently conducted a survey involving individuals who had admitted to experiencing personal encounters with a higher power.

The survey results indicated that more than half of the individuals who identified as atheists stopped identifying as such so after their experience, regardless of whether it was brought on while under the influence of a psychedelic or if it was spontaneous…

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