04-06-2026 02:13 via commonwealmagazine.org

Psilocybin is doing what decades of philosophy couldn't: turning committed materialists into reluctant mystics

Psilocybin is doing what decades of philosophy couldn't: turning committed materialists into reluctant mystics
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Follower of Hieronymus Bosch Painting Sells for Over 10 Times High Estimate in Strong Week for Old Masters in New York
Follower of Hieronymus Bosch Painting Sells for Over 10 Times High Estimate in Strong Week for Old Masters in New York
How Gedi Sibony Makes a Show, By Transforming Street Finds Into Magical ‘Frozen Moments’
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Venice Biennale Artists Threaten Legal Action Against Organizers For Disregarding Requests to Be Withdrawn from ‘Visitors’ Lions’ Awards
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Makeda Best to Lead MoMA Photography Department, New Lead in Louvre Heist, and More: Morning Links for June 3, 2026
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To anyone in love with the precious, fleeting things of this world, resistance to disappearance seems only natural and proper. And yet
To anyone in love with the precious, fleeting things of this world, resistance to disappearance seems only natural and proper. And yet
The publishing midlist isn't shrinking. It's growing faster than the pool of available readers
The publishing midlist isn't shrinking. It's growing faster than the pool of available readers
The humanities spent decades decentering the human. Now Big Tech is doing it better
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