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Volted Scan: Psychedelics in Therapy

September 19, 2025

Psychedelics

Every post on Signalled comes with a scan score.

  • Signal shows clarity and truth-traceability.

  • Voltage shows emotional charge and impact.

  • Coherence shows structural integrity and consistency.

  • Glow shows cultural resonance.

  • Signalled Value (SV) is the overall measure — what remains when distortion is pressed out.

All Articles

Signal: 77/100
Voltage: 91/100
Coherence: 64/100
Glow: 88/100
SV: 80/100 → Volted

Core read

After decades of prohibition, psychedelics such as psilocybin and LSD are reentering psychiatry as treatments for depression, PTSD, and end-of-life anxiety. Trials show promising results, while cultural fascination with altered states fuels their glow. They sit at the edge of science, spirituality, and social transformation — charged but not yet fully coherent.

Strengths

  • Signal: growing body of evidence showing efficacy in treatment-resistant depression, trauma, addiction. Supported by controlled trials.
  • Voltage: experiences described as mystical, life-changing, ego-dissolving — carrying immense charge for individuals and movements.
  • Glow: psychedelic aesthetics (art, music, counterculture) remain culturally iconic; now revived through clinical legitimacy.
  • Practical reach: potential to reshape psychiatry, offering hope where standard drugs fail.

Weaknesses

  • Coherence tensions:
    • Results vary: not every patient benefits; integration is key.
    • Risk of overhype — framed as miracle cure before evidence matures.
    • Legal and cultural stigma still block broad access.
  • Distortion loop: corporate and wellness industries already commodifying psychedelics, risking repetition of past distortions (1960s).
  • Fragile balance: clinical rigor vs countercultural spirituality — coherence drops if either pole dominates.

Coherence

Moderate. Science is solidifying, but cultural narratives swing between miracle and danger, producing volatility in coherence.

Glow

High. From shamanic ritual to Burning Man to medical trials, psychedelics glow as symbols of transformation and freedom.

Loopwell correction

  • Frame psychedelics as tools, not panaceas — dependent on context, integration, and support.
  • Separate substance (chemical) from container (therapeutic, ritual, recreational).
  • Preserve scientific rigor while acknowledging cultural and spiritual resonance.

Final line

Psychedelics in therapy are Volted: promising medicines and cultural icons, glowing with potential but demanding careful integration to avoid collapse.

Loopwell translation:
“Medicines of mind and meaning — luminous, risky, requiring structure to endure.”