Editing Psilocybin (section)

====Group perceptions====
Through further [[anthropological]] studies regarding "personal insights"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Drug Addictions, Hallucinogens and Shamanism: the View from Anthropology - Document - Gale Academic OneFile<!-- Bot generated title --> |url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA76445692&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=15254283&p=AONE&sw=w&userGroupName=anon%7Ef134fbbe |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823013553/https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA76445692&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=15254283&p=AONE&sw=w&userGroupName=anon~f134fbbe |archive-date=August 23, 2021 |access-date=August 23, 2021}}</ref> and the psychosocial effects of psilocybin, it can be seen in many traditional societies that powerful mind-active substances such as psilocybin are regularly "consumed ritually for therapeutic purposes or for transcending normal, everyday reality".<ref name="Batchelder_2001">{{Cite journal |vauthors=Batchelder T |date=2001 |title=Drug Addictions, Hallucinogens and Shamanism: the View from Anthropology |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A76445692/AONE?u=anon~f134fbbe&sid=googleScholar&xid=67117c36 |url-status=live |journal=Drug Addictions, Hallucinogens and Shamanism |series=Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients |volume=217 |pages=74–77 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019195214/https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=AONE&u=anon~f134fbbe&id=GALE%7CA76445692&v=2.1&it=r&sid=googleScholar&asid=67117c36 |archive-date=October 19, 2021 |access-date=August 23, 2021 |via=Gale Academic OneFile}}</ref> Positive effects that psilocybin has on individuals can be observed by taking on an anthropological approach and moving away from the Western biomedical view; this is aided by the studies done by Leary.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/318713242 |title=The psychedelic experience : a manual based on the Tibetan book of the dead |vauthors=Leary T |date=2007 |publisher=Citadel Press |others=Ralph Metzner, Ram Dass, activeth century Karma-gliṅ-pa |isbn=978-0-8065-1652-3 |location=New York |oclc=318713242 |access-date=August 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019195234/https://www.worldcat.org/title/psychedelic-experience-a-manual-based-on-the-tibetan-book-of-the-dead/oclc/318713242 |archive-date=October 19, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> Within certain traditional societies, where the use of psilocybin is frequent for shamanic healing rituals, group collectives praise their guide, healer and shaman for helping alleviate their pains, aches and hurt. They do this through a group ritual practice where the group, or just the guide, ingests psilocybin to help extract any "toxic psychic residues or sorcerous implants"<ref name="Batchelder_2001" /> found in one's body.

Group therapies using "classic" psychedelics are becoming more commonly used in the Western world in clinical practice.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Dos Santos RG, Bouso JC, Rocha JM, Rossi GN, Hallak JE | title = The Use of Classic Hallucinogens/Psychedelics in a Therapeutic Context: Healthcare Policy Opportunities and Challenges | journal = Risk Management and Healthcare Policy | volume = 14 | pages = 901–910 | date = 2024-04-24 | pmid = 33707976 | pmc = 7943545 | doi = 10.2147/RMHP.S300656 | doi-access = free }}</ref> This is speculated to grow, provided the evidence remains indicative of their safety and efficacy.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Hendricks PS | title = Psilocybin-assisted group therapy: A new hope for demoralization | journal = eClinicalMedicine | volume = 27 | pages = 100557 | date = October 2020 | pmid = 33073220 | pmc = 7549063 | doi = 10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100557 }}</ref> In social sense, the group is shaped by their experiences surrounding psilocybin and how they view the fungus collectively. As mentioned in the anthropology article,<ref name="Batchelder_2001" /> the group partakes in a "journey" together, thus adding to the spiritual, social body where roles, hierarchies and gender are subjectively understood.<ref name="Batchelder_2001" />