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Literary Review: ‘Spiritual Growth with Entheogens’ by Thomas B. Roberts [Ed]
Originally published in 2001 under the title ‘Psychoactive Sacramentals: Essays on Entheogens and Religion’ this 2012 edition, titled ‘Spiritual Growth with Entheogens: Psychoactive Sacramentals and Human Transformation’ has been issued by Park Street Press. Its editor, Thomas B. Roberts, is professor emeritus at Northern Illinois University and a former visiting scientist at Johns Hopkins. He … Continue reading
Literary Review: ‘The Religion of Ayahuasca’ by Alex Polari De Alverga
Originally published in 1999 under the title ‘Forest of Visions: Ayahuasca, Amazonian spirituality, and the Santo Daime Tradition’; this edition, published under the new title ‘The Religion of Ayahuasca – The Teachings of the Church of Santo Daime’, came out in 2010. The author, Alex Polari De Alverga, tells the story of his own experiences … Continue reading
Literary Review: ‘The Private Sea – LSD and the Search for God’ by William Braden
Originally published in 1967 ‘The Private Sea – LSD and the Search for God’ by William Braden is, broadly speaking, an attempt to contextualise spiritual and religious readings of the psychedelic experience in regard to other apparently contingent social movements of the time. William Braden was a journalist who, in writing the book, applied several … Continue reading
Literary Review: ‘LSD, Spirituality, and the Creative Process’ by Marlene Dobkin de Rios and Oscar Janiger
Originally published in 2003 ‘LSD, Spirituality and the Creative Process’ is essentially an examination of the subjective effects of Lysergic acid diethylamide, primarily in light of the LSD research conducted by Dr. Oscar Janiger. Written by Marlene Dobkin de Rios, the text is partially derived from a series of interviews with Janiger, conducted between March … Continue reading
