https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to psychedelics en https://religiondispatches.org/2022/11/10/psychedelics-experience-renaissance-emorys-new-center-psychedelics-and-spirituality For years, in addition to writing about it numerous times for RD , I’ve included a section on psychedelics and religious experience in my Introduction to Religion course. When I first began to teach on the topic, my students, for… Thu, 10 Nov 2022 12:38:18 EST Hollis Phelps 43175669-52f5-46dc-92c4-c740c3db3932 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/03/28/road-decriminalization-psychoactive-drugs-runs-through-religion The city of Hazel Park, Michigan made national headlines last week after its city council voted unanimously to decriminalize entheogens , or naturally occurring psychoactive drugs consumed for religious reasons. Substances like psilocybin mushrooms, ayahuasca, and ibogaine remain illegal at… Mon, 28 Mar 2022 03:06:03 EDT Brad Stoddard a2f12eb2-4bf2-4f1e-ba1d-257d589e2f33 https://religiondispatches.org/2021/06/21/hulus-hamiltons-pharmacopeia-shows-we-can-no-longer-ignore-connections-between-religion If surveyed about the relationship between religion and drugs, I’d wager that a majority would not see any relationship at all. If they did see a relationship, they’d likely view it negatively: drugs and their use, at least the illicit… Mon, 21 Jun 2021 09:56:37 EDT Hollis Phelps 2cd78566-1e1c-4b6c-89ad-d0682019117a https://religiondispatches.org/2021/03/02/should-chaplains-be-involved-psychedelic-experiences-are-trips-inherently-religious Harvard University’s Center for the Study of World Religions recently held a discussion titled “ What is Psychedelic Chaplaincy ?”, the purpose of which was to explore the role that spiritual caregivers might play among those seeking and undergoing psychedelic… Tue, 02 Mar 2021 11:44:49 EST Hollis Phelps 6a53c72c-2f96-4faa-93df-0379cf838606 https://religiondispatches.org/2020/02/04/broken-promise-gwyneth-paltrows-goop-lab It is perhaps unsurprisingly rare for anyone to talk about Goop, New Agers, and the world of wellness as offering trenchant critiques of neoliberal capitalism. But let’s try. Netflix’s The Goop Lab (TGL), for the uninitiated (or those deaf to… Tue, 04 Feb 2020 11:47:42 EST Daniel Albert Joslyn de986303-e2a2-4132-83a5-233f1d778a09 https://religiondispatches.org/2018/06/07/so-what-if-psychedelics-are-just-spiritual A recent journal study found that the majority who use the psychedelic DMT do so for the expressed purpose of spiritual exploration. Will that kind of data hurt the prospects for the future study of psychedelics? Thu, 07 Jun 2018 01:36:04 EDT Hollis Phelps 5455c499-c40a-4f88-a709-8a2ea798bb99 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/03/30/christianity-american-horror-story-joyce-carol-oates-newest-novel Joyce Carol Oates’s hefty new novel, A Book of American Martyrs, reveals an America haunted by a mysterious, ultimately inexplicable force— religion—a force in eternal conflict not only with pluralism but ultimately with rationality itself. The story concerns an array… Thu, 30 Mar 2017 12:11:20 EDT Spencer Dew 96b39c12-f144-4e42-8f95-bfc36e529563 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/08/09/case-treating-near-death-experiences-acid-trips Heavenly jaunts aren’t the only kind of near-death experience. Tue, 09 Aug 2016 12:21:02 EDT Andrew Aghapour 95239c36-fc5b-4f35-a956-8d37e09177a8 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/02/05/do-psychedelics-offer-path-god-within “Turn on, tune in, drop out.” Timothy Leary’s famous exhortation still influences our view of so-called psychedelic or hallucinogenic substances. We might associate psychedelics with the excesses of sixties counterculture, and with “straight” society’s pushback, replete with fear-mongering and willful… Fri, 05 Feb 2016 05:32:22 EST Hollis Phelps df6e55cd-06bd-4bb4-a6d2-4488a8076ea5 https://religiondispatches.org/2013/12/09/will-doctors-ever-prescribe-psychedelics Spiritual experiences can occur in a hospital setting as well as in a shamanistic ritual, says researcher. Mon, 09 Dec 2013 01:54:35 EST The Editors 986cb8ea-30d7-4b71-bbb2-91e0397a4177 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/06/23/high-drugs-breaking-just-say-no-addiction Forget the war on drugs. As Jimmy Carter recently argued in the New York Times, it is time to call off this wasted effort. Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:55:19 EDT Gary Laderman fe747168-1fb6-4c46-afe4-41395fcf8b94 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/12/01/2012-film-heralds-progressive-utopia-no-effort-required Makers of a new film imagine 2012 as an idyllic time of peace, environmental stewardship, and equality. The documentary asserts that whatever happens in 2012, it will allow things like rooftop farms, bicycle culture, and other aspects of urban environmentalism to thrive. It sounds completely lovely. But film does not explain is why we must await the stroke of 2012 to start building this utopian vision. Wed, 01 Dec 2010 06:42:26 EST Jessica Weisberg bfbc5b5f-ba1f-4a41-a94e-0ce16dd37296