The Western world is experiencing a resurgence of interest in the therapeutic potential of
psychedelics, most of which are derived from plants or fungi with a history of Indigenous …

The studies of mysticism have traditionally emphasized a common core centered around
experiences of ego dissolution and unity. However, this focus on a central set of experiences …

Notions of visualism and individualism have long been employed to elucidate the contours
of Western subjectivity. It is therefore not surprising to find the indigenous Amazonian …

Scholars across the academic spectrum have written about the renewed interest in
psychedelics that is commonly called the Psychedelic Renaissance (PR). Psychedelic …

The longstanding juncture between science and religion in psychedelic research is
mediated most notably by the Mystical Experience Questionnaire (MEQ). The MEQ is a …

Ceremonies of drinking the psychoactive brew ayahuasca have flourished across the planet
in recent decades. Emerging from Indigenous roots in the Amazon rainforest, the brew is …

Psychedelic substances have undergone a transformation in the public consciousness over
the last 15 years. However, the most influential first-person narratives of psychonauts and …

Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not
the loftiest intelligence–whether much that is glorious–whether all that is profound–does not …

Throughout history, religion has attempted to control nothing so much as our bodies: what
they are and what they mean; what we do with them, with whom, and under what …

2022 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title The purpose of this book is to fill a gap in
contemporary mystical studies: an overview of the basic ways to approach mystical …