The real magic of magic mushrooms is more than you can imagine. Recently, I watched a TED talk about treating depression with the active chemical in magic mushrooms, psilocybin. Rosalind Watts, a psychologist who is part of a research term at the Imperial College London, gave the talk.

Depression research

At the beginning, researchers give a high dose of psilocybin to twenty people with long-term, treatment-resistant depression. In the therapeutic setting, each person listens to music while being with a therapist who is there for safety only.

Results are surprising in the twenty people involved. In six people, their depression lifts permanently.Three have no change. And, eleven have their depression lift for two months before it starts returning.

Using brain-imagining techniques, the researchers identify those areas of the brain affected by the psilocybin. Their conclusions? That the drug increased flexibility and neural connectivity, effectively unlocking the brain.

The results were positive but the real mystery to the researchers was: What did these people experience while in this silent state? The researchers interviewed each person six months later. This is what the researchers found:

• Most surfaced unconscious memories and past traumas.
• They received insight into their negative patterns of behaviour.
• They felt emotionally free. Most had been numb or shut down emotionally. 
• During the session many cried and released emotions.
• They now feel connected when before they felt isolated. 
• Some reported feeling closely connected to friends and family. Others felt connected to nature. 
• Many experienced a spiritual awakening with a sense of harmony and unity.
• They had a perfectly structured experience which unfolds optimally for their personal transformation.

The researchers claim that several people experienced six years of therapy in six hours. Then these people described their experience saying it was like:

• having my brain defragged 
• the fog lifting 
• the lights turning on in a dark house.

After these results, the researchers asked, can psilocybin cure depression? However, they concluded that no, these people cured themselves. The chemical only created conditions which helped them do that. 

A special state of consciousness

At first glance, it seems the psilocybin was the magic creating the conditions. In fact, the “conditions” are nothing more than a special state of mind. In any case, that is what the researchers decided.

Do people need a chemical to reach that state? No. Most people can reach that state of mind themselves, if they meditate in certain ways and, if they accept help from a trained hypnotherapist.

People experiencing least life regressions and ife between lives regressions can create a transformative state of mind without magic mushrooms or psilocybin. During their regression, they revisit lost memories, resolve past trauma, gain insights, experience a sense of harmony and unity. They do this without ingesting any pharmaceutical. Also they experience it unfolding perfectly for their optimal learning. People can access this state with the help of an experienced practitioner of life between lives hypnosis.

The sessions I facilitate with my clients mirror the description of the psilocybin research. When each client reaches a special state of hypnosis, their guides appear. Then, because the guides know what they need, they proceed on a perfectly designed journey to address their issues.

The real magic of magic mushrooms

Recently, a psychologist sent me a suicidal client who suffered depression for two years. In and out of hospital, he is so ill he has not worked for two years. After he completes two sessions, his depression is receding. He writes to me:

You have been such a big part in my recovery and I am looking forward to the next time to see you.  The Guides have been very active in my life and the more I accept them, the more I succeed. Thank you for opening this door…for me to breathe and dream of the doorway beyond and that it has come to complete fruition. You might remember that I was given the motivation and wisdom to “open a door and expect a doorway”!

Of course, it is not only depressed people who benefit from these experiences, others do too.

Many people are helped, including those who want to understand:

• the challenges they are facing in their lives,
• whether they are on track with their life purpose,
• where their loved ones are, and why they left,
• how to lift the fog of confusion or the distress of anxiety, and
• how to heal or manage their physical problems.

As the researchers discover, the real magic is our ability to access a special state of consciousness, not the mushrooms nor the chemical. With this special state of consciousness, we address our issues in a powerful way, with the help of spiritual guides who are focussed on our greatest good.