Psychedelic and Mystical Experience Research in Australia after Prohibition

Record summary

Australian scholarship during this period documented the history, legal context, phenomenology, and social consequences of psychedelic drug use, including retrospective accounts of mystical or transformative experiences. This is relevant to consciousness comparison because it places unusual perception and self-boundary changes within pharmacological, cultural, and legal contexts rather than automatically classifying them as psi. A researcher should identify particular books, theses, or journal articles and distinguish clinical observation from illicit-use testimony. The national literature is scattered and often interdisciplinary.