Entheogens and the Future of Religion

A study of the importance of psychedelic plants and drugs in religion and society

• With contributions by Albert Hofmann, R. Gordon Wasson, Jack Kornfield, Terence McKenna, the Shulgins, Rick Strassman, and others

• Explores the importance of academic and religious freedom in the study of psychedelics and the mind

• Exposes the need for an organized spiritual context for entheogen use in order to fully realize their transformative and sacred value

We live in a time when a great many voices are calling for a spiritual renewal to address the problems that face humanity, yet the way of entheogens--one of the oldest and most widespread means of attaining a religious experience--is forbidden, surrounded by controversy and misunderstanding. Widely employed in traditional shamanic societies, entheogens figure prominently in the origins of religion and their use continues today throughout the world. They alter consciousness in such a profound way that, depending on the set and setting, they can produce the ultimate human experiences: union with God or revelation of other mystical realities.

With contributions by Albert Hofmann, Terence McKenna, Ann and Alexander Shulgin, Thomas Riedlinger, Dale Pendell, and Rick Strassman as well as interviews with R. Gordon Wasson and Jack Kornfield, this book explores ancient and modern uses of psychedelic drugs, emphasizing the complementary relationship between science and mystical experience and the importance of psychedelics to the future of religion and society. Revealing the mystical-religious possibilities of substances such as psilocybin mushrooms, mescaline, and LSD, this book exposes the vital need for developing an organized spiritual context for their use in order to fully realize their transformative and sacred value. Stressing the importance of academic and religious freedom, the authors call for a revival of scientific and religious inquiry into entheogens so they may be used safely and legally by those seeking to cultivate their spiritual awareness.

Autorentext
Robert Forte, AMRS, began his work with psychedelics as a student of Stanislav Grof and Frank Barron, cofounder of the Harvard Psilocybin Project. He obtained his master's degree under Mircea Eliade and has collaborated with many of the leaders in the field of psychedelics, including R. Gordon Wasson, Timothy Leary, and Huston Smith. A former director of the Albert Hofmann Foundation, he teaches at the California Institute of Integral Studies.

Inhalt
Foreword to the New Edition
Robert Jesse

Acknowledgments

Introduction
Robert Forte

1 Testimony of the Council on Spiritual Practices
Robert Jesse

2 Explorations into God
Brother David Steindl-Rast

3 Das Mutterkorn: The Making of Delysid
Dale Pendell

4 The Message of the Eleusinian Mysteries for Today's World
Albert Hofmann

5 A New Vocabulary
Ann and Alexander Shulgin

6 Natural Science and the Mystical Worldview
Albert Hofmann

7 Psychedelic Society
Terence McKenna

8 A Conversation with R. Gordon Wasson
Robert Forte

9 Sacred Mushroom Pentecost
Thomas J. Riedlinger

10 Psychedelic Experience and Spiritual Practice: An Interview with Jack Kornfield
Robert Forte

11 Academic and Religious Freedom in the Study of the Mind
Thomas B. Roberts

12 Biomedical Research with Psychedelics: Current Models and Future Prospects
Rick J. Strassman

13 Law Enforcement against Entheogens: Is It Religious Persecution?
Eric E. Sterling

About the Council on Spiritual Practices

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