<p>Said to help occasion direct spiritual experience, entheogens include such psychoactives as ayahausca, the peyote used by the Native American Church, and psilocybin mushrooms. What place might psychoactive sacramentals have in contemporary spiritual practices? Can the careful use of entheogens aid in spiritual development? What cautions ought to be considered? 25 new essays from leaders in religion, mental health, and allied fields address these questions.</p>

Psychoactive Sacramentals: Essays on Entheogens and Religion (The CSP Entheogen Project Series, 3)

Religion & Spirituality

Charles T. Tart

STANISLAV GROF

Huston Smith

Alexander T. Shulgin

Mike Young

Roger N. Walsh

Frances Vaughan

Albert Hofmann

Religious Studies

Council on Spiritual Practices

This wise, witty, wondrous book, by the world's foremost religious scholar, will surely provoke a long-overdue reconsideration of the potential of mind-expanding compounds. Like the work of Aldous Huxley, Cleansing the Doors of Perception is destined to become a spiritual classic. --John Horgan

Cleansing the Doors of Perception: The Religious Significance of Entheogenic Plants and Chemicals by Huston Smith (2000-05-04)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Alternative Medicine

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