Entheogens and the Future of Religion

This book examines ancient and modern uses of psychedelic drugs, calling for the safe and legal availability of entheogens for spiritual seekers. Includes contributions by Albert Hofmann, Terence McKenna, Rick Strassman, R. Gordon Wasson, and Jack Kornfield.

Robert Forte, Amrs, began his work with psychedelics as a student of Stanislav Grof and Frank Barron, cofounder of the Harvard Psilocybin Project. He obtained his master's degree under Mircea Eliade and has collaborated with many of the leaders in the field of psychedelics, including R. Gordon Wasson, Timothy Leary, and Huston Smith. A former director of the Albert Hofmann Foundation, he teaches at the California Institute of Integral Studies.

Foreword to the New Edition	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Introduction	p. 1
Testimony of the Council on Spiritual Practices	p. 9
Explorations into God	p. 20
Das Mutterkorn: The Making of Delysid	p. 29
The Message of the Eleusinian Mysteries for Today's World	p. 39
A New Vocabulary	p. 53
Natural Science and the Mystical Worldview	p. 64
Psychedelic Society	p. 75
A Conversation with R. Gordon Wasson	p. 86
Sacred Mushroom Pentecost	p. 126
Psychedelic Experience and Spiritual Practice: An Interview with Jack Kornfield	p. 155
Academic and Religious Freedom in the Study of the Mind	p. 179
Biomedical Research with Psychedelics: Current Models and Future Prospects	p. 200
Law Enforcement against Entheogens: Is It Religious Persecution?	p. 215
About the Council on Spiritual Practices	p. 224
Index	p. 229
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