Psychedelia: The interplay of music and psychedelics

TY - JOUR

T1 - Psychedelia

T2 - The interplay of music and psychedelics

AU - Jerotic, Katarina

AU - Vuust, Peter

AU - Kringelbach, Morten L.

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Authors. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of The New York Academy of Sciences.

PY - 2024/1

Y1 - 2024/1

N2 - Music and psychedelics have been intertwined throughout the existence of Homo sapiens, from the early shamanic rituals of the Americas and Africa to the modern use of psychedelic-assisted therapy for a variety of mental health conditions. Across such settings, music has been highly prized for its ability to guide the psychedelic experience. Here, we examine the interplay between music and psychedelics, starting by describing their association with the brain's functional hierarchy that is relied upon for music perception and its psychedelic-induced manipulation, as well as an exploration of the limited research on their mechanistic neural overlap. We explore music's role in Western psychedelic therapy and the use of music in indigenous psychedelic rituals, with a specific focus on ayahuasca and the Santo Daime Church. Furthermore, we explore work relating to the evolution and onset of music and psychedelic use. Finally, we consider music's potential to lead to altered states of consciousness in the absence of psychedelics as well as the development of psychedelic music. Here, we provide an overview of several perspectives on the interaction between psychedelic use and music—a topic with growing interest given increasing excitement relating to the therapeutic efficacy of psychedelic interventions.

AB - Music and psychedelics have been intertwined throughout the existence of Homo sapiens, from the early shamanic rituals of the Americas and Africa to the modern use of psychedelic-assisted therapy for a variety of mental health conditions. Across such settings, music has been highly prized for its ability to guide the psychedelic experience. Here, we examine the interplay between music and psychedelics, starting by describing their association with the brain's functional hierarchy that is relied upon for music perception and its psychedelic-induced manipulation, as well as an exploration of the limited research on their mechanistic neural overlap. We explore music's role in Western psychedelic therapy and the use of music in indigenous psychedelic rituals, with a specific focus on ayahuasca and the Santo Daime Church. Furthermore, we explore work relating to the evolution and onset of music and psychedelic use. Finally, we consider music's potential to lead to altered states of consciousness in the absence of psychedelics as well as the development of psychedelic music. Here, we provide an overview of several perspectives on the interaction between psychedelic use and music—a topic with growing interest given increasing excitement relating to the therapeutic efficacy of psychedelic interventions.

KW - ayahuasca

KW - DMT

KW - LSD

KW - music

KW - psilocybin

KW - psychedelic

KW - Psilocybin/pharmacology

KW - Hallucinogens/pharmacology

KW - Humans

KW - Music

KW - Mental Disorders

U2 - 10.1111/nyas.15082

DO - 10.1111/nyas.15082

M3 - Review

C2 - 37983198

AN - SCOPUS:85182924773

SN - 0077-8923

VL - 1531

SP - 12

EP - 28

JO - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

JF - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

IS - 1

ER -