Psychoactive Sacramentals
Essays on Entheogens and Religion
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Editor(s) :
Thomas B. Roberts
Pages :
272
Pub Date :
2001
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Publisher :
Council on Spiritual Practices
ISBN :
1889725021
FROM THE EROWID REVIEW #
- Review by Scotto, 2005 Apr 27
Psychoactive Sacramentals is the latest book in CSP’s Entheogen Project Series, a set of books that includes the frustrating anthology, Entheogens and the Future of Religion, and Huston Smith’s important collection of essays, Cleansing the Doors of Perception: The Religious Significance of Entheogenic Plants and Chemicals. The Chicago Theological Seminary and CSP held a conference in 1995, inviting “theologians, . . . (more) - Review by CB, 2003 Aug 01
I have to admit. When I opened this book I was starting from a jaded point of view. I have read a lot of books on entheogens and it seems that there is little ground that has not been travelled when it comes to the intellectualisation of an experience that in all reality has little to do with intellectualisation. As I . . . (more)
BACK COVER #
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.
CONTENTS
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