How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence (2018)

Science and psychedelic research have not always agreed with each other. Discuss how the study of psychedelics and consciousness relates to the scientific process, and why reputable research is difficult to find.

Do you think LSD and psilocybin should be classified as Schedule I drugs? Use examples from the book to build your argument.

Using examples from the book, make a case for why psychedelic research should be freely allowed in science and academia.

Does a spiritual experience with psychedelics require a religious belief, or is there more to the experience than that? What constitutes a spiritual experience? Is there a way to quantify or qualify what one might be?

Albert Hoffman was the first person to experience an LSD trip, and the only one to experience a trip without previous context. Discuss how Hoffman, Aldous Huxley, and other influences over time have shaped how trips are experienced and talked about.

Discuss how psychedelics have played a role in better understanding mental illness and the unified theory of mental illness.

Using the examples of current psychedelic therapy treatments in Chapter 6, discuss other illnesses that might benefit from psychedelic treatment and why it would be effective.

Should psychedelic use only occur with the help of an experienced spiritual guide? Explain your reasoning.