Mushrooms at the table?
People have long tried to trace a connection between the early church’s eucharistic practice and psychedelic substances. Scholars aren’t convinced.
Study of psychedelics use by clergy participants aims to induce mystical experiences
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Former 'Jesus freak' traces the evolution of Christian rock
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Like countless spiritual pilgrims, Esalen Institute faces its own midlife crisis
c. 2012 Religion News Service BIG SUR, Calif. (RNS) Perched atop the rugged splendor of the California coast south of Monterey, the Esalen Institute is the mother church for people who call themselves "spiritual but not religious." Over the last five decades, hundreds of thousands of seekers have come to this incubator of East-meets-West spirituality looking for news ways to bring together body, mind, psyche and soul.