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Cleansing the Doors of Perception: The Religious Significance of Entheogenic Plants and Chemicals

By Huston Smith

Book information

Publisher
Tarcher
Year
2000
ISBN
1585420344, 9781585420346
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
223 kB (227885 bytes)
Edition
First Edition
Pages
190\0
Time added
2018-06-22 01:21:21
General;Religious;MysticismPsychedelic Studies;EntMysticism;Paranormal;New Age & Spirituality;Religi

Description

An examination of the link between psychedelic drugs and religious experiences throughout history summarizes the research of the twentieth century and shares the philosophies of such figures as Sigmund Freud and Saul Bellow. Preface xv Introduction 1 Chapter One. Empirical Metaphysics 9 Chapter Two. Do Drugs Have Religious Import? 15 Chapter Three. Psychedelic Theophanies and the Religious Life 33 Chapter Four. Historical Evidence: India’s Sacred Soma 45 Chapter Five. The Sacred Unconscious 65 Chapter Six. Contemporary Evidence: Psychiatry and the Work of Stanislav Grof 79 Chapter Seven. The Good Friday Experiment 99 Chapter Eight. The Case of Cardinal John Henry Newman 107 Chapter Nine. Entheogenic Religions: The Eleusinian Mysteries and the Native American Church 113 Chapter Ten. Something Like a Summing-Up 127 APPENDICES Appendix A. Secularization and the Sacred: The Contemporary Scene 135 Appendix B. Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove: A Televised Interview 149 Notes and References 159 Index 165

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