Entheogen | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-14

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Entheogen


00:00:48 1 Etymology
00:03:04 2 History
00:03:42 2.1 Ancient times
00:04:13 2.2 1950s – present
00:05:00 2.2.1 Religious movements
00:05:33 2.2.2 Psychedelic therapy
00:06:24 3 Controversial entheogens
00:06:34 3.1 Alcohol
00:06:42 3.1.1 Ancient religions
00:09:31 3.1.2 Modern religions
00:10:38 4 Usage
00:10:47 4.1 Use and abuse
00:11:48 4.2 Religious use
00:11:57 4.2.1 Black magic
00:12:22 4.2.2 Peyotism
00:12:57 4.2.3 Prohibition
00:14:37 4.2.4 Judaism and Christianity
00:20:11 4.2.5 Buddhism
00:22:26 4.3 Cultural use
00:23:35 4.3.1 Africa
00:24:53 4.3.2 Americas
00:26:44 4.3.3 Asia
00:27:46 4.3.4 Europe
00:29:27 4.3.5 Middle East
00:30:13 4.3.6 Oceania
00:31:30 5 Research
00:32:52 6 Legal status
00:33:01 6.1 Australia
00:34:00 6.2 United States
00:35:53 6.2.1 Religious discrimination
00:36:41 7 Classical mythology and cults
00:41:04 7.1 Assassins
00:42:18 8 Literature
00:44:14 9 See also



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An entheogen is a class of psychoactive substances that induce any type of spiritual experience aimed at development. The term entheogen is often chosen to contrast recreational use of the same drugs.
The religious, shamanic, or spiritual significance of entheogens is well established in anthropological and modern contexts; entheogens have traditionally been used to supplement many diverse practices geared towards achieving transcendence, including white and black magic, sensory deprivation, divinatory, meditation, yoga, prayer, trance, rituals, chanting, hymns like peyote songs, and drumming.  In the 1960s the hippie movement escalated its use to psychedelic art, binaural beats, sensory deprivation tanks, music, and rave parties.