Can the religious experience be proven to another person outside of personal experience? We live in the information age where with a click of a button we get instantaneous access to more information than has ever existed. It is easy for us to think that if we possess knowledge of a topic we in effect […]
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Part Two: From Evolution to Shamanism For the second part of our series, we will continue to examine and analyze the article entitled “Introduction: Evidence for Entheogen Use in Prehistory and World Religions by Dr. Michael Winkleman.”[1] Our first article in this series provided a general overview of Winkleman’s work and discussed the reasoning behind
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Part One: General Overview Exploring and understanding sacramental entheogens We are pleased to announce that the Church of The Sacred Synthesis will be producing a new series of podcasts and articles examining the archeological and anthropological underpinning of the ancient and sacramental consumption of entheogens. Because we consider our sacrament an entheogen (it produces an experience
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The sourcing of 5-meo-dmt extracted from the Sonoran Desert Toad is poorly understood and incorrectly reported. Here, we will try to add our knowledge and experience to the conversation and hopefully teach you some things along the way. Myth #1-the toad uses the 5-meo-dmt in its glands as a defense mechanism. This is not true.
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Written by Chuck Crisco Do we have free will? You might say, “That seems like a dumb question. Of course, we have free will! I just chose to read this article and I chose my wife… even if her father was holding a shotgun behind the curtain at the ceremony. I make choices of my
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In modern times, especially in the west, the human mind and body, at least at it relates to the scientific and medical establishment, is seen as separate from the human spirit or soul. In fact, many scientists and medical professionals will outright deny the existence of anything metaphysical, including the human spirit. Why should we
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“Foolish the doctor who despises the knowledge acquired by the ancients.” Father of Medicine, Hippocrates 460 BCE to 375 BCE Article by Dr. Chuck Crisco Though spirituality and healing have always been intertwined, not everyone makes the connection today since we tend to separate out physicians for physical healing, psychiatrists/psychologists for emotional/mental healing and spiritual
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I remember growing up hearing about people who would go off to “find themselves.” I always thought that was a bit weird because wherever you go there you are, right?! But it was explained to me that what that meant was that they needed to get away and figure things out about themselves and maybe
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A man feels compelled to go to the altar at a Billy Graham crusade. He feels guilty because he fell asleep at the wheel and it killed his wife and child. The Christians told him that if you pray this prayer and believe in Jesus you will be forgiven. He does and a wave of
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The primary objective of the Church of Psilomethoxin is to promote and provide a catalyst for spiritual growth and fellowship amongst its members. To this end, the Church shall offer integration services and programs at both the collective and individual levels. In this article, we will discuss the Church’s views and beliefs about integration, as well as its specific plans to provide integration to its members
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