Set and setting

For the Bardo Pond album, see Set and Setting (Album).

Set and setting describes the context for psychoactive and particularly psychedelic drug experiences: one's mindset and the setting in which the user has the experience. This is especially relevant for psychedelic or hallucinogenic experiences; the term was coined by Timothy Leary.

See also

• Bad trip
• Trip sitter
• Psychedelic psychotherapy
• Psychonaut
• Recreational drug use
• Psychedelics, dissociatives and deliriants
• Responsible drug use
• Hard and soft drugs
• Altered state of consciousness
• Sensory deprivation
• Out-of-body experience
• Overdose

Notes

1. ^ Shewan, D., Dalgarno, P. and Reith, G. (2000) "Perceived risk and risk reduction among ecstasy users: the role of drug, set, and setting" in International Journal of Drug Policy, Vol. 10, pp. 431–453
2. ^ Rosegrant, J. (1976) "The Impact of Set and Setting on Religious Experience in Nature" in Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 301-310

References

1. Leary, T., Metzner, R. and Alpert, R. (1969) The Psychedelic Expereince: A Manual Based on the. Tibetan Book of the Dead (London: Academic Press)

Further reading

1. Zinberg, N. E. (1984) Drug, Set, and Setting (New Haven: Yale University Press) ISBN 0-300-03110-6