Psychedelics, Mystical Experiences, and Meaning Making: A Renegotiation Process With the Challenges of Existence

Abstract

This article addresses the need to develop theory regarding psychedelics’ long‐term mechanisms of action in response to the psychedelic renaissance by providing an existential‐humanistic framework for conceptualizing the effects of psychedelics and the mystical experiences they may occasion as enabling a renegotiation process with the challenges of existence.