Optimizing music for psychedelic-assisted therapy
Examining contemporary practices, traditional entheogenic rituals, and musically-induced peak experiences
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19489752 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brandon Reynante (0000-0001-5776-6654, Stanford University), Jack Buchanan (0000-0003-3341-5723, University of California, San Francisco) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Publication date | 2026-06-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Psychedelic Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2559-9283 • E-ISSN: 2559-9283 |
| Publisher | Akademiai Kiado Zrt. (PUBLISHER • HU) |
| DOI | 10.1556/2054.2026.00523 |
| OpenAlex | W7163200667 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 77 |
Contemporary classical music · Indigenous · Key (lock) · Music and emotion · Music psychology · Music therapy · Musical · Musicology · Rhythm · Pain Management and Placebo Effect · Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs · Psychedelics and Drug Studies
A Review of Music and Emotion Studies
Universality and diversity in human song
Inclusion of people of color in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy
Psychedelics, Mystical Experience, and Therapeutic Efficacy
Openness to absorbing and self-altering experiences ("absorption"), a trait related to hypnotic susceptibility.
Emotional breakthrough and psychedelics
From everyday emotions to aesthetic emotions
Effects of Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy on Major Depressive Disorder
The Emotional Sources of "Chills" Induced by Music
Music Structure and Emotional Response
Classic Hallucinogens and Mystical Experiences
Psychedelics and the essential importance of context
Psilocybin occasioned mystical-type experiences
Do you chill when I chill? A cross-cultural study of strong emotional responses to music
Vigilance and social chills with music
Mystical and Other Alterations in Sense of Self
Therapeutic potential of spirituality and mystical experiences in the treatment of substance use disorders
Decoding peak emotional responses to music from computational acoustic and lyrical features
Ancient Roots of Today’s Emerging Renaissance in Psychedelic Medicine
Emotions over time
Association between mystical-type experiences under psychedelics and improvements in well-being or mental health – A comprehensive review of the evidence
Music as a collaborating actor
Relationships between musical structure and psychophysiological measures of emotion
Musical emotions
Psychedelic-Assisted Group Therapy
Examination of the Phenomenology of the Ibogaine Treatment Experience
Tune in, Turn on
Chills in music
The Varieties of Self-Transcendent Experience
Approaching awe, a moral, spiritual, and aesthetic emotion
The do re mi's of everyday life
Psychobiology of Altered States of Consciousness
The psychedelic renaissance and the limitations of a White-dominant medical framework
The oldest archeological data evidencing the relationship of Homo sapiens with psychoactive plants
Participant experiences of icaros (Amazonian curative songs) during a traditional medicine ceremony at the Takiwasi Center, Peru
Shamanism and Altered States of Consciousness
Experiences of Listening to Icaros during Ayahuasca Ceremonies at Centro Takiwasi
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |