Table of Contents
Editor's Note-A Tale of Three Book Titles Thomas B. Roberts xi
Acknowledgments xvii
Foreword to the 2012 Edition: The Varieties of Mind-Enhancing Practices Roger Walsh xix
Introduction: Psychoactive Sacramentals Brother David Steindl-Rast 1
1 If I Could Change Your Mind Rev. Mike Young 6
2 Do Drugs Have Religious Import? A Thirty-Five-Year Retrospect Huston Smith 16
3 From State to Trait: The Challenge of Transforming Transient insights into Enduring Change Roger Walsh 24
4 The Potential of Entheogens as Catalysts of Spiritual Development Stanislav Grof 31
5 Psychoactive Sacramentals: What Must Be Said Charles T. Tart 57
6 Unitive Consciousness and Pahnke's Good Friday Experiment Paula Jo Hruby 71
7 Pahnke's Good Friday Experiment: A Long-Term Follow-Up and Methodological Critique Rick Doblin 84
8 A Pilgrim's Visit to Marsh Chapel Thomas Jenden Riedlinger 94
9 Las noches de los ayahuasqueros Will Penna 106
10 Mysterious Tea Annelise Schinzinger 119
11 A Scientist's View of Miracles and Magic Alexander T. Shulgin 130
12 LSD as a Spiritual Aid Albert Hofmann 140
13 Strychnine and Other Enduring Myths: Expert and User Folklore Surrounding LSD David E. Presti Jerome Beck 144
14 Manna, the Showbread, and the Eucharist: Psychoactive Sacraments in the Bible Dan Merkur 161
15 What Is Entheology? Rev. Aline M. Lucas 169
16 A Protocol for a Sacramental Service Myron J. Stolaroff 178
17 A Theology of Human Liberation and Entheogens: Reflections of a Contemplative Activist Rev. George F. Cairns 188
18 Consciousness and Asian Traditions: An Evolutionary Perspective Roger Walsh 196
19 The Strengthening Aspects of Zen and Contemporary Meditation Practices Kathleen O'Shaughnessy 211
20 Transpersonal Counseling: Some Observations Regarding Entheogens Frances Vaughan 218
21 The New Psychotherapy: MDMA and the Shadow Ann Shulgin 224
22 The Birthing of Transcendental Medicine Rev. Karla A. Hansen 234
23 The Judicial Architectonics of Psychoactive Sacramentals Richard Glen Boire 248
24 On Nomenclature for the Class of Mescaline-Like Substances: And Why It Matters Robert Jesse 254
25 An Entheogen Idea-Map-Future Explorations Thomas B. Roberts 263
Epilogue 281
About the Council on Spiritual Practices 282
Index 286