Good Friday Experiment

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gptkbp:instanceOf scientific research
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Marsh_Chapel_Experiment
gptkbp:conductedBy gptkb:Walter_Pahnke
gptkbp:controlGroupSubstance niacin
gptkbp:controversy methodology and blinding questioned
gptkbp:field psychology
religious studies
psychedelic research
gptkbp:followUpStudyBy gptkb:Rick_Doblin
gptkbp:followUpStudyYear 1991
gptkbp:heldBy gptkb:Boston
gptkb:Marsh_Chapel
April 20, 1962
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Good Friday Experiment
gptkbp:influenced psychedelic research
gptkbp:oversees gptkb:Timothy_Leary
gptkb:Richard_Alpert
gptkbp:participants 20
gptkbp:participantsWere theology students
gptkbp:purpose to investigate whether psilocybin could induce mystical experiences
gptkbp:referencedIn academic literature on psychedelics
books on religious experience
gptkbp:result control group did not report mystical experiences
psilocybin group reported profound religious experiences
gptkbp:tookPlaceIn gptkb:Good_Friday_service
gptkbp:usedSubstances psilocybin
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Marsh_Chapel_Experiment
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5