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Psychedelic Intersections : Conference Anthology, Volume 1

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Breau, Jeffrey, and Paul Gillis-Smith, eds. 2024. "Psychedelic Intersections : Conference Anthology, Volume 1". Research Reflections Series. Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard Divinity School, 2024. � License: CC-BY-NC.

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Psychedelic Intersections: 2024 Conference Anthology presents interdisciplinary research from scholars and practitioners working at the crossroads of psychedelics, religion, medicine, race, Indigeneity, law, and the underground, history, anthropology, and beyond. Edited by Jeffrey Breau and Paul Gillis-Smith, the Anthology expands on research presented at the 2024 “Psychedelic Intersections: Cross-cultural Manifestations of the Sacred” conference. Both the Anthology and the Psychedelic Intersections conference are part of the Center's larger Psychedelics and Spirituality initiative.

The Anthology features an interview with keynote speaker Luis Eduardo Luna and 19 original research essays organized into five research tracks (Ancient Traditions, Indigenous Traditions, Medicine, Race, and the Underground). It opens with a foreword by the Center's Faculty Director Charles Stang and an introduction by Jeffrey Breau and Paul Gillis-Smith, the Center's Program Leads for Psychedelics and Spirituality.

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Contents Foreword: Psychedelic Spirituality and "the West" Charles M. Stang v Introduction: Crossroads of Psychedelic Studies Jeffrey Breau & Paul Gillis-Smith 1 Religion of the Garden: An Interview with Luis Eduardo Luna Luis Eduardo Luna 9 Ancient Traditions From Messiah to Mushroom: A Brief History of John Marco Allegro’s The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross Geoffrey Smith 16 God’s Pharmacy: On the Use of Entheogens in Jewish Mystical Traditions Anna Sierka 21 The Soma Question: Interrogating the History of Psychedelics with Sanskrit Mantras Finnian Moore Gerety 29 Indigenous Traditions Xochipilli: Psychedelic Plants, Song, and Ritual in Aztec Religion Osiris González Romero 37 Psychedelic Atmospherics Alex Gearin 43 Intersections with Indigeneity in Psychedelic Buddhism Colin Simonds 49 Medicine Toward a Psychedelic Theodicy: Psychedelic Biomedicine and the Concept of Risk Sharday Mosurinjohn 55 Psychedelic Projections: Hidden Narratives Shaping Psychedelic Medicine Franklin King 62 Facilitating the Sacred: The Role of Chaplains in Psychedelic Law and Policy Victoria Litman 69 Relationality in Psychedelic Facilitation Training Programs: The UC Berkeley Case Moana Meadow 74 Race The Interconnection of Psychedelic Spirituality, Social Justice, and BIPOC Therapist Engagement in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy: Insights from the Psychedelic Therapists Diversity Study Candace Oglesby & Yvan Beaussant 80 Spiritual Promiscuity, Psychedelic Interdependence, and The First World Congress of Sorcery Julián Sánchez González 87 The Underground Manufacturing the Entheogenic Underground Brad Stoddard 94 The Legal Definition of Religion in the Context of Modern Religious Exercise with Psychedelics: Protection, Double Standards, and Potential Expansion Under RFRA Allison Hoots 99 Soul Quest Ayahuasca Church of Mother Earth v. the DEA: Religious Sincerity and Situational Adjustments in the Process of Defining a Church and a Plant Tarryl Janik 108 A Post-Cringe Theory of Psychedelic Spirituality in the Rave Scene Michelle Lhooq 113 With Best Intention: Psychedelic Intention-Setting Rituals as Rites of Sacralization Jeffrey Breau 118 Beyond Counterculture: Towards a People’s History of Psychedelic Networks J Christian Greer 124 Contributors 129

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