What place might psychoactive sacramentals - entheogens - have in contemporary religions and religions of the future? Can the careful use of entheogens aid in spiritual development? Howmight entheogens enhance spiritual practices? What cautions ought to be considered?

The Chicago Theological Seminary and the Council on Spiritual Practices invited several dozen leaders in religion, mental health, and allied fields to consider these and other questions at a 1995 conference-retreat. The conference participants contributed these essays.

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Contributors Include:

Brother David Steindl-Rast
Rev. Mike Young
Huston Smith
Roger Walsh
Stanislav Grof
Charles Tart
Paula Jo Hruby
Rick Doblin
Thomas J Riedlinger
Will Penna
Annelise Schinzinger
Alexander T. Shulgin
Albert Hofmann
David Presti & Jerome Beck
Dan Merkur
Rev. Aline M. Lucas
Myron Stolaroff
Rev. George F. Cairns
Kathleen O'Shaughnessy
Frances Vaughan
Ann Shulgin
Rev. Karla Hansen
Richard Glen Boire
Robert Jesse
Thomas B. Roberts