Neuropsychopharmacologist, Zeus Tipado, chats with Madison Margolin about the ways that belief effects altered states. “It’s safe to say that the psychedelic experience pushes the brain to a much more complex state that can not be achieved with traditional meditation.” – Zeus Tipado This time on Set and Setting, Madison converses Zeus Tipado on:Zeus’s upbringing and history with voodooUsing religion to understand a Psilocybin tripReligion versus spiritualityThe power of the brain to induce experiencesPlacebo and the science of beliefGod as the psychedelicMicrodosing and the expectancy effectHow brain structure may affect our religious experiencesThe Mystical Experience QuestionnaireIntroverted versus extroverted mysticismRemoving ego death from the psychedelic experiencesSchizophrenia, Mania, and other altered statesPsychedelic-induced psychosisCreativity and divergent thinkingThe afterglow of a psychedelic experienceElectromagnetism and the science of the soul“The way I understand religion is it’s almost like the embodied practices in order to contain spirituality which is so vast and beyond words.” – Madison Margolin See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.