Computational spirits: a neuroscientific account of psychedelic entity encounters

Jonas Mago, George Deane, Lars Sandved-Smith, Adam Safron, Christopher Timmermann, Maxwell Ramstead, David Dupuis, Robin Carhart-Harris, Kyle T Greenway, Michael Lifshitz

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DOI: 10.1093/nc/niaf069
Published: 2026
Container: Neuroscience of Consciousness
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
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@article{allodium:10.1093/nc/niaf069,
  title = {Computational spirits: a neuroscientific account of psychedelic entity encounters},
  author = {Jonas Mago and George Deane and Lars Sandved-Smith and Adam Safron and Christopher Timmermann and Maxwell Ramstead and David Dupuis and Robin Carhart-Harris and Kyle T Greenway and Michael Lifshitz},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Neuroscience of Consciousness},
  doi = {10.1093/nc/niaf069},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/nc/niaf069}
}

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TI  - Computational spirits: a neuroscientific account of psychedelic entity encounters
AU  - Jonas Mago
AU  - George Deane
AU  - Lars Sandved-Smith
AU  - Adam Safron
AU  - Christopher Timmermann
AU  - Maxwell Ramstead
AU  - David Dupuis
AU  - Robin Carhart-Harris
AU  - Kyle T Greenway
AU  - Michael Lifshitz
PY  - 2026
JO  - Neuroscience of Consciousness
DO  - 10.1093/nc/niaf069
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Mago, J., Deane, G., Sandved-Smith, L., Safron, A., Timmermann, C., Ramstead, M., Dupuis, D., Carhart-Harris, R., Greenway, K. T., & Lifshitz, M. (2026). Computational spirits: a neuroscientific account of psychedelic entity encounters. Neuroscience of Consciousness. https://doi.org/10.1093/nc/niaf069

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