Catholicism, Psychedelics, and Mysticism: Correlations and Displacements
This article charts some of the conversations around psychedelics, mysticism, Catholicism, and the Catholic mystics. I provide a context for the current “psychedelic renaissance” and bring the focus to psychedelics and Catholicism. The literature’s frequent comparisons of psychedelic mystical...
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I caught hell comparing some of St Thomas Aquinas visions to psychedelic hallucinations in the 70s. My professor gave my paper a B but his notes indicated that he did not approve of my investigation methods and suggested I not continue.
Well that youngster had been "experimenting" for awhile....and not under the direction of doctors at John Hopkins although thousands have today as 'entheogens' are have undergone a medical resurgence as the war on drugs has evolved to using actual science and not fear mongering.
I don't recall what I wrote almost 50 years ago... I do know my father tore it up when I offered it to him to read...
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