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I need help finding people with cancer open to a mystic experience occasioned by psilocybin

AnB 4-6-09

Today is day 70 of my efforts to recruit people into our psilocybin study; I have spoken to priests, pastors, psychiatrists, practicing oncologists, pressed nurses, pretty hospice workers, and one portly barber. Each day is filled with creative thought, studious research, hard work, and frustration. I am looking for ideas: how do I find cancer patients who are anxious about their cancer?

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"Banish the word 'struggle' from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration. We are the ones we have been waiting for." — Hopi elders

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About Me

What I'm Reading
"Plants of the Gods" by Richard Shultes and Albert Hoffman "Lila" by Robert Persig "Varieties of Psychedelic Experience" by Masters and Houston "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" by Victor Hugo A LOT of primary literature re: the Striato-Palladio-Thalamic pathway and imaging of mystic experiences.
What I'm Listening To
Arvo Part, Brahms, Bach, some Chopin.

Education

High school
Sparta Public
College
Johns Hopkins University

Work

Employer
Johns Hopkins Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit
Position
Community Outreach Coordinator