Editing Harvard Psilocybin Project (section)

{{Short description|Series of psychological research studies into the effects of psychedelics}}
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[[File:Marsh-chapel-window.jpg|thumb|[[Rose window|Round window]] above the altar at [[Boston University|Boston University's]] Marsh Chapel, site of the Harvard Psilocybin Project's [[Marsh Chapel Experiment]]]]
The '''Harvard Psilocybin Project''' was a series of experiments aimed at exploring the effects of psilocybin intake on the human mind conducted by [[Timothy Leary]] and [[Richard Alpert]]. The founding board of the project consisted of Leary, [[Aldous Huxley]], [[David McClelland]] (Leary's and Alpert's superior at [[Harvard University]]),<ref name=AP1983>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/25/us/leary-lectures-at-harvard-for-first-time-in-20-years.html|title=Leary Lectures at Harvard for First Time in 20 Years|date=25 April 1983|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=February 16, 2018}}</ref> [[Frank Barron (psychologist)|Frank Barron]], [[Ralph Metzner]], and two graduate students who were working on a project with [[mescaline]].<ref>{{cite book
 | last = Stafford
 | first = Peter
 | authorlink = Peter Stafford
 |author2=Jeremy Bigwood
 | year = 1993
 | title = Psychedelics Encyclopedia
 | publisher = [[Ronin Publishing]]
 | location = 
 | isbn = 0-914171-51-8
}}</ref>