Sacred Drugs: How Psychoactive Substances Mix with Religious Life
English | 2026 | ISBN: 1032989483 | 218 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 7 MB
English | 2026 | ISBN: 1032989483 | 218 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 7 MB
Sacred Drugs explores the numerous ways in which psychoactive substances, from alcohol to psilocybin, cannabis to pharmaceuticals, and coffee to tobacco, intersect with religious life. This cutting-edge volume acknowledges the ubiquity of drug use in American society and that, in fact, being drugged with an altered state of consciousness is a common feature of American life today, as it has been throughout human history and across global ancient cultures. Its focus is on the undeniable and pervasive evidence that drugs are often consumed for religious purposes.