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Psychedelics are helping dying patients overcome their “existential distress”

Mio Yokoi is floating down a river, laid out upon a raft, veiled and blanketed in flowers — covered in beauty, she describes it. Like something from The Lord of the Rings.She is dead.Yokoi sees that she is dead and covered on the raft, and on the river, nature is enveloping her, welcoming her. Animals with a hint of whimsy, “Disney-esque,” offer reassurances from the river’s banks, telling her everything is going to be okay — that they got her, and the universe has got them ...