PsychedelicExperiencepresentsaphilosophicalaccountofpsychedelicexperience.Acentralpremiseofthebookisthatsuchexperiencesaremind-revealingexperiencesandthattheycanbeinducedbymeansotherthanpsychedelics.Inparticular,thebookarguesthatpsychedelicexperiencescanalsobehadastheresultofmeditation.AidenLyonpresentsaunifiedconceptualframeworkforthinkingaboutthedifferentkindsofpsychedelicexperiencesonemayhaveasaresultofpsychedelics,meditation,andtheircombination.Thisframeworkisthenusedtoshednewlightonvariouscommonalitiesbetweenpsychedelicsandmeditation,suchastheabilitytopromotelong-lastingincreasesinmindfulnessandtheirreputationforinducingmysticalexperiences.Finally,thebookusesthesenewphilosophicalresourcestoflipthingsaroundandshinethelightbackonphilosophyitself,arguingthatpsychedelicexperiencescanbeusedastoolsfordoingphilosophy.Theresultisanewapproachtophilosophy(ortherevivalofanancientone),whichintegratestraditionalanalyticmethodswitharangeofpsychedelictechniques.
