Music During Psilocybin Session
Include music during the session, as it is a major driver of the cognitive and emotional experience and can bias toward a positive experience. Typical progression: begin with fairly low-volume music with few vocalizations, often classical; transition near the peak into higher-volume, percussion-heavy music, often drums, for about 45 to 90 minutes; then shift into softer melodic or choral music, often with female voices; later transition into nature sounds and sounds mimicking the natural world.
“other things included in setting that are known again, from scientific literature, to be very influential in terms of the experience that one has and to bias things towards a positive experience are again, safety, eye mask, but also the presence of music. ... it is one of the major drivers of the actual cognitive and emotional experience”