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The Sacramental Consumption of Entheogens: Our Shared World Religious Heritage

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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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The Sacramental Consumption of Entheogens: Our Shared World Religious Heritage

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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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Know Your Source: Ethical Considerations in Obtaining 5-MeO-DMT

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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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Healing’s Original Roots

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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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The Role of Integration as a Spiritual/Religious Practice

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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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