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Guest editorial: Paradise is paradise: Reflections on psychedelic drugs, mystical experience, and the near-death experience

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  1. Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, 06268, Storrs, CT

    Kenneth Ring Ph.D. (Professor of Psychology)

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Ring, K. Guest editorial: Paradise is paradise: Reflections on psychedelic drugs, mystical experience, and the near-death experience. J Near-Death Stud 6, 138–148 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01073362

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