There are videos of such religious devotees riding around cities in a van, blasting psychedelic trance, and stopping at lights to dance around the intersection, offering acid to onlookers.
> Many of those who chose to participate were also considering leaving the profession at the outset and so could have been seeking a way to reconnect with the divine
From the study:
> 8% endorsing that they were currently considering leaving their vocation
Yeah I was honestly taken aback with how devoid of content this was. No personal stories or research.
The New Yorker version looks more interesting.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/05/26/this-is-your-p...
heh, didn't expect this line:
Finding willing rabbis, however, was easy—the challenge was finding ones who were “psychedelically naïve.”
There are videos of such religious devotees riding around cities in a van, blasting psychedelic trance, and stopping at lights to dance around the intersection, offering acid to onlookers.
this should probably be OP - much better original story, not a reblog, and it's written by Michael Pollan.
Also has a way better headline heh
michael pollan, one of the best in the biz
Much better, thank you!
It also makes some mistakes:
> Many of those who chose to participate were also considering leaving the profession at the outset and so could have been seeking a way to reconnect with the divine
From the study:
> 8% endorsing that they were currently considering leaving their vocation
https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/psymed.2023.0044#sec-...
24 completed the study, so that's 2 people.
Yeah, total clickbait
I had to scroll up and down for a while, looking for the rest of the article. There wasn't any.
Here you go: https://archive.ph/2Za2J
Yea I was wondering if there was some UI issue on mobile bc I kept scrolling down expecting more.
I stopped and read the whole thing to be disappointed.
A blurb about [thing i am interested in].
I now feel like yelling at some clouds.
I feel badly that I didn't warn you sufficiently.