TY - JOUR
T1 - A case-study evaluation of the “Copenhagen Music Program” for psilocybin-assisted therapy
AU - Ratkovic, Gina
AU - Sosteric, Mike
AU - Sosteric, Tristan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2023 Ratkovic, Sosteric and Sosteric.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - In a recent article, Messell and colleagues provide a curated list, the “Copenhagen Music Program for Psilocybin”. We test their music program with an experienced Indigenous therapist/psychonaut on a 3.5 gram psilocybin journey. Based on comments provided by the Indigenous therapist, we find the program contains musical choices that evoke specific colonial and religious contexts. We also find the program psychologically and emotionally coercive, meaning it is intended to contain the experience by forcing the individual on a specific experiential pathway. We conclude the program is not suitable for Indigenous travelers and suggest that curation of a wider variety of playlists, and music more in line with traditional shamanic practices, might be a better approach to psychedelic curation.
AB - In a recent article, Messell and colleagues provide a curated list, the “Copenhagen Music Program for Psilocybin”. We test their music program with an experienced Indigenous therapist/psychonaut on a 3.5 gram psilocybin journey. Based on comments provided by the Indigenous therapist, we find the program contains musical choices that evoke specific colonial and religious contexts. We also find the program psychologically and emotionally coercive, meaning it is intended to contain the experience by forcing the individual on a specific experiential pathway. We conclude the program is not suitable for Indigenous travelers and suggest that curation of a wider variety of playlists, and music more in line with traditional shamanic practices, might be a better approach to psychedelic curation.
KW - case reports
KW - guided imagery
KW - music-informed psychedelic therapy
KW - psychedelic therapy
KW - psycholytic therapy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85164407820&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1156852
DO - 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1156852
M3 - Journal Article
AN - SCOPUS:85164407820
VL - 14
JO - Frontiers in Psychology
JF - Frontiers in Psychology
M1 - 1156852
ER -