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“We have some hints, however,” he says. “One of the interesting observations that has been made repeatedly with psilocybin and other classic hallucinogens is a decrease in activity of the default mode network (DMN), which is the part of the brain that is associated with self-referential processes and anything related to ego, and whose activity is seen to increase per contra in depressive disorders.”

Can Psychedelics Tune You in to the Divine?
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Jun 13, 2018

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Yes. Are they saying depression leads to ego mania?

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