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Religion and Psychoactive Sacraments:
An Entheogen Chrestomathy
Thomas B. Roberts, Ph.D. and Paula Jo Hruby, Ed.D.
Author Index | Title Index
LSD Psychotherapy.
Grof, Stanislav. (1980).
Pomona, CA: Hunter House.
| ISBN: | 0-88706-541-4 paperback |
| 0-88706-540-6 hardcover |
ISBN: 0-89793-008-8
Description: First edition,
352 pages.
Contents: List of color
plates, preface, acknowledgments, 9 chapters, epilogue: The Future
of LSD Psychotherapy, bibliography, 2 appendices: A. Crisis
Intervention in Situations Related to Unsupervised Use of Psychedelics,
B: The Effects
of LSD on Chromosomes, Genetic Mutation, Fetal Development and
Malignancy with 118 references, index.
Excerpt(s): Whether the
experiences produced by LSD are genuine mystical revelations or
just very convincing simulations thereof, they are certainly phenomena
of great interest for theologians, ministers, and students of
religion. Within a few hours, individuals gain profound insights
into the nature of religion, and in many instances their purely
theoretical understanding and formal belief is vitalized by a
deep personal experience of the transcendental realms. This opportunity
can be particularly important for those ministers who profess
a religion, but at the same time harbor serious doubts about the
truth and relevance of what they preach. Several priests
and theologians who volunteered for our LSD training program at
the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center were skeptics or atheists
who were involved in their professions for a variety of external
reasons. For them, the spiritual experiences they had in their
LSD sessions were important evidence that spirituality is a genuine
and deeply relevant force in human life. This realization liberated
them from the conflict they had had about their professions, and
from the burden of hypocrisy. In several instances, the relatives
and friends of these individuals reported that their sermons following
the LSD session showed unusual power and natural authority. (pages
264-265, 268)
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