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    Entheogens are psychoactive substances used in spiritual and religious contexts to induce altered states of consciousness. Hallucinogens such as the psilocybin...
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    of the Eleusinian Mysteries came from the kykeon's functioning as an entheogen, or psychedelic agent. The use of potions or philtres for magical or religious...
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  • baeocystin and norbaeocystin. The mushrooms are collected and grown as an entheogen and recreational drug, despite being illegal in many countries. Many psilocybin...
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    certain drugs, known as entheogens, which are mostly hallucinogens—psychedelics, dissociatives, or deliriants. Some entheogens include kava which can act...
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    The psychedelic drug (or entheogen) lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) was first synthesized on November 16, 1938, by the Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann in...
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    produce hallucinogenic effects. Hallucinogenic snuffs have been used as entheogens by indigenous peoples of South and Central America for thousands of years...
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    say describing the awesome experience that follows the ingestion of an entheogen. I can think of nothing like it in the long and rich history of European...
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    are many pieces of archaeological evidence in reference to the use of entheogens early in the history of Mesoamerica. Olmec burial sites with remains of...
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    Pahnke's experiment investigated whether psilocybin would act as a reliable entheogen in religiously predisposed subjects. Prior to the Good Friday service...
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  • along with other scholars in mythology and religion on the sacred role of entheogens, or psychoactive plants that induce an altered state of consciousness...
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    polyphenols. Other species were and still are used as potentially potent entheogens. Seeds of Mexican morning glory (tlitliltzin, I. tricolor) were thus used...
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    botanical researcher in the area of entheogens and their cultural and historical uses, and helped coin the term "entheogen". Ott has written eight books, co-written...
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    Psychotria viridis (category Entheogens)
    Psychotria viridis, also known as chacruna, chacrona, or chaqruy in the Quechua languages, is a perennial, shrubby flowering plant in the coffee family...
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    is a psychedelic drug of the 2C family that is sometimes used as an entheogen. It was first synthesized in 1970 by a team from the Texas Research Institute...
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  • non-psychoactive substances are legal, generally. This sections lists entheogens; drugs that are consumed for their intoxicating effect in combination...
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    Fungi can be a source of tinder, food, traditional medicine, as well as entheogens, poison, and infection. Yeasts are among the most heavily utilized members...
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    Dipropyltryptamine (category Entheogens)
    N,N-Dipropyltryptamine (DPT) is a psychedelic drug and entheogen belonging to the tryptamine family. Use as a designer drug has been documented by law...
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    psychedelic and hallucinogen of the tryptamine family. It used by some as an entheogen. It has structural and pharmacodynamic properties similar to the drugs...
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    Argyreia nervosa (category Entheogens)
    it has not yet been demonstrated satisfactorily that their use as an entheogen predates the various countercultural movements of the 1960s. Given that...
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    Native American Church (category Religious organizations using entheogens)
    especially pertaining to the Ten Commandments, with sacramental use of the entheogen peyote. The religion originated in the Oklahoma Territory (1890–1907)...
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  • Temple of the True Inner Light (category Religious organizations using entheogens)
    Temple of the True Inner Light was a temple in Manhattan which believed entheogens such as Dipropyltryptamine, THC, LSD-25, Mescaline, Psilocybin and DMT...
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    Ovidia Meisn. is a genus of plants in the family Thymelaeaceae native to Bolivia and southern South America. (Ovidia Raf. is a synonym for Commelina.)...
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     virosa (European destroying angel). Amanita muscaria was widely used as an entheogen by many of the indigenous peoples of Siberia. Its use was known among...
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  • called maithuna, and to use moksha-medicine—a local psychedelic drug or entheogen—to help achieve these other goals. The Rani, however, who comes to visit...
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    Grey have worked collaboratively and have openly supported the use of entheogens. Mending the Heart Net, an interactive installation artwork by Alex and...
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    interest as one of only a handful of orchids reported to be used as an entheogens. T. cebolleta is used as a substitute for hikuli a.k.a. peyote (the hallucinogenic...
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  • Anadenanthera peregrina var. peregrina is a tree in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Guyana, Venezuela, Brazil, Colombia and it is also found in the...
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    Danny Staples, Jonathan Ott, and R. Gordon Wasson proposed the term "entheogen" to describe the religious or spiritual experience produced by such substances...
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    Schumanniophyton is a genus of three species of small tree native to west Africa and belonging to the family Rubiaceae. It contains the following species...
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  • " The Entheogen Review 14(1):113-115. Trout, K. 2005. "Some thoughts on analysis and comparisons of extracts and synthetic DMT." The Entheogen review...
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