Entheogens and connections with nature/spirituality Survey

Has past entheogen use produced feelings of connections with nature/spirituality

The purpose of this project is to investigate the links between past entheogen use/psychedelic experience and intensified connections with nature and/or increasing interest with spirituality. Entheogens include: Psilocybin/mushrooms, LSD, DMT, Mescaline, and Cannabis.

Participation in this project is entirely voluntary. If you wish to take part in the survey, you must be over 18 years old and previously taken an entheogen.

Participants in the project are requested to complete an online questionnaire, with a small number of willing participants being interviewed online. The survey will take approximately 15 minutes to complete. You have the right not to answer any question you do not wish to.

This survey data will be completely anonymized (and not stored online), and participation involves disclosure of only a small amount of demographic information. You can withdraw at any point during the online questionnaire and your data will be withdrawn and destroyed.

All the information collected about you during the course of the research will be kept strictly confidential and will be anonymous, so that your responses cannot be linked to you. You will not be able to be identified in any ensuing reports or publications. Your answers will be treated confidentially and the information you provide will be kept anonymous in any research output.

Contact information:

I can be contacted via University of Wales Trinity Saint David at the following email address: 2314609@student.uwtsd.ac.uk.

Thank you

1.Gender (eg, Female, Male, non-Binary)?

2.Age (18-25, 26-35, 36-45, 46-55, 56-65, 66-)?

3.Did your experience change your perception of the ‘natural world’, ecology?

4.If Yes, please explain in which ways (eg, Gardening, Active involvement in ecology, Shift to a plant based diet, Became more animist in perspective)?

5.Did your experience change your spiritual outlook?

6.If Yes, please explain how in more detail (eg, Started meditation, Joined a religion, Developed an interested in practices such as shamanism)?

7.How long did these effects last (eg, Days, Weeks, Months, Have continued to affect you long-term)?

8.Please can you provide more detail about how entheogens have transformed you?

9.Do you have any additional comments?

10.Would you be willing to be interviewed online (if yes please give your email address)?