An outline of the historical and worldwide use of psychedelics as entheogens to connect with healing and the Divine. Before there were psychedelics, there were entheogens. While the term psychedelic means to manifest (Greek delos) the mind (psyche), the term entheogen (meaning to generate god, theos, within) goes further — denoting chemical substances, often of natural origin, capable of expanding awareness of the subtle and Spirit realms. …

Putting Saint Paul’s speculative metaphysics to use in our secular age “For every image of the past that is not recognized by the present as one of its own concerns threatens to disappear irretrievably.” Walter Benjamin Saint Paul as Secular Poet of the Political Saint Paul’s thought, captured in the New Testament epistles, has shaped much of Western…

Despite its many problems, the psychedelic Third Wave is an incredibly exciting moment that should be embraced — here’s how “The potential for a mystical experience is the birth right of every human being.” Stanislav Groff, The Way of the Psychonaut Double-blind and randomized placebo-controlled clinical trials were invented by…

And why experience should always eclipse dogma Thomas Merton remains a towering figure of both 20th-century letters and the revolutionary potential of Christian spirituality. …

The Third Wave is here—a perfectly lined-up right peeling not too far from shore. …

Dear Losers We might as well start with you. It sucks to lose. We on the Left know this well. But you still have the Senate — probably. And the Supreme Court. And control of the maps in North Carolina, Texas, Kansas, and more, which will slant elections in your favor for…

Ten Days To the Life You’ve Dreamed of — Guaranteed!*** You probably noticed the change. Not only in the way I look, but in how I act, feel, communicate, and move in the world. It’s the difference between lacking a purpose and discovering it. I finally found mine (#AllglorytoHim 🙌)! …

Here’s why Since World Day Against Human Trafficking hit a couple of weeks back, Instagram has been flooded with a plethora of people bemoaning our collective lack of care about child trafficking, specifically child sex trafficking, under hashtags like #SaveTheChildren, #ChildSexTrafficking, #EndHumanTrafficking. …