| This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title.Entheogens generally come from plant sources which contain molecules closely related to endogenous neurochemicals.These chemicals are the essence of the entheogens and are banned neurotransmitters, despite their use predating written language.Examples are far reaching ancient sources predating the modern era: such as Greek: kykeon; African: Iboga; Vedic: Soma, Amrit.Genesthe means "to generate".Ruck, Jeremy Bigwood, Danny Staples, Richard Evans Schultes, Jonathan Ott and R.The meanings of the term "entheogen" were formally defined by Ruck et al.Thirdly, there are some substances that at least partially fulfill the definition of an entheogen that is given above, but are not considered hallucinogenic in the usual sense.Ideological objections to the broad use of the term often relate to the widespread existence of taboos surrounding psychoactive drugs, with both religious and secular justifications.In 2006, a more rigorously controlled version of this experiment was conducted at Johns Hopkins University, yielding very similar results.Use of entheogens
Naturally occurring entheogens such as psilocybin and dimethyltryptamine (in ayahausca) were, for the most part, discovered and used by older cultures, as part of their spiritual and religious life, as plants and agents which were respected, or in some cases revered.Entheogens have been used in various ways, including as part of established traditions and religions, secularly for personal spiritual development, as a tool to augment the mind, secularly as recreational drugs, and medical and therapeutic use.Africa is the Bwitists, who used a preparation of the root bark of Iboga (Tabernanthe iboga).Numerous other plants used in shamanic ritual in Africa, such as Silene capensis sacred to the Xhosa, are yet to be investigated by western science.Entheogens have played a pivotal role in the spiritual practices of most American cultures for millennia.Used traditionally by many cultures of what is now Mexico, its use spread to throughout North America in the 19th century, replacing the toxic entheogen Sophora secundiflora (mescal bean).The familiar tobacco plant, when used uncured in large doses in shamanic contexts, also serves as an entheogen in South America.The ancient inebriant Soma, mentioned often in the Vedas, may have been an entheogen.In his 1967 book, Wasson argues that Soma was fly agaric.The active ingredient of Soma is presumed by some to be ephedrine, an alkaloid with stimulant and (somewhat debatable) entheogenic properties derived from the soma plant, identified as Ephedra pachyclada.Europe
An early entheogen in Aegean civilization, predating the introduction of wine, which was the more familiar entheogen of the reborn Dionysus and the maenads, was fermented honey, known in Northern Europe as mead; its cult uses in the Aegean world are bound up with the mythology of the bee.Eleusinian Mysteries, the initiation ceremony for the cult of Demeter and Persephone involving the use of a possibly entheogenic substance known as kykeon.Middle East
The entheogenic use of substances, particularly hashish.However, the drug used by the Hashshashin was likely wine, opium, henbane, or some combination of these, and, in any event, the use of this drug was for stupefaction rather than for entheogenic use.Oceania
Indigenous Australians are generally supposed not to have used entheogens, although there is a strong barrier of secrecy surrounding Aboriginal shamanism, which has likely limited what has been told to outsiders.Natives of Papua New Guinea are known to use several species of entheogenic mushrooms (Psilocybe spp, Boletus manicus).Europeans brought with them was knowledge of the wild Amanita mushroom.Hyperboreans: as befit their own assimilation of agrarian modes of life, the entheogen was now cultivable" (Ruck and Staples).Amanita was divine food, according to Ruck and Staples, not something to be indulged in or sampled lightly, not something to be profaned.It was the food of the gods, their ambrosia, and it mediated between the two realms.The Alexandrian Apollodorus relates how Gaia (spelled "Ge" in the following passage), Mother Earth herself, has supported the Titans in their battle with the Olympian intruders.The Giants have been defeated:
"When Ge learned of this, she sought a drug that would prevent their destruction even by mortal hands.Allegro's book, The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross, relates the development of language to the development of myths, religions and cultic practices in world cultures.The question of the extent of visionary plant use throughout the history of Christian practice has barely been considered yet by academic or independent scholars.Entheogens in literature
The substance melange (spice) in Frank Herbert's Dune universe acts as both an entheogen and a geriatric medicine.Consumption of the imaginary mushroom anochi as the entheogen underlying the creation of Christianity is the premise of Philip K.Dick's last novel, The Transmigration of Timothy Archer, a theme which seems to be inspired by John Allegro's book.The Alastair Reynolds novel Absolution Gap features a moon under the control of a religious government which uses neurological viruses to induce religious faith.The Psychedelic Sacrament: Manna, Meditation, and Mystical Experience by Dan Merkur, 2001, Park Street Press.Allegro, John Marco (1970).The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross: A Study of the Nature and Origins of Christianity within the Fertility Cults of the Ancient Near East.Eleusis: Journal of Psychoactive Plants and Compounds, n.Eleusis: Journal of Psychoactive Plants and Compounds, n.Sex, Drugs, Violence and the Bible, by Chris Bennett and Neil McQueen, 2001, Forbidden Fruit Publishing.Conjuring Eden: Art and the Entheogenic Vision of Paradise, by Mark Hoffman, Carl Ruck, and Blaise Staples.Wasson and Allegro on the Tree of Knowledge as Amanita, Michael S.External links
On Nomenclature Documenting the shifts from 'psychotomimetic' and 'hallucinogen' to 'psychedelic' to 'entheogen'
Typology of views regarding entheogens in religious history
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