Entheogens are herbs used in religious rituals. Wikipedia it, there's a whole article.
Persephone's Quest is a book about entheogens and the origins of religion.
Robert Forte has written: 'Entheogens and the future of religion' -- subject(s): Psychotropic drugs, Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience, Psychology and religion, Spiritual life
No, that was 2007, turn-out not to be as big a deal as every one thought it was going to be.The New Age movement seems to be the underlying force for interest in the year 2012. The resulting hysterics feed on fear, frenzy, and profits. It sells books. These are just a few connections that doomsday and new age writers have made:They have linked this date to crop circles, alien abductions, galactic alignment, and Hopi prophesy.Their speculations extend to personal revelations based on the use of entheogens (psychoactive substances, usually used in the context of shamanic activity) and mediumship (two-way communication between humans and spirits). In neither of these activities can anyone point to any scientific evidence of successful results.Predictions for 2012 range from disaster on an apocalyptic scale to some sort of social evolution, culminating in a seminal shift in attitude, both of individual and collective, consciousness. Virtually all modern scientists agree that no credible evidence exists for the wild speculations surrounding this date.
"Magic Mushrooms" is a slang term for a type of drug made from -you guessed it- mushrooms. They are called magic because of the hallucinagenic properties that they have. -Dragonheart91* There is more than one type of psycoactive mushroom, but 'magic mushrooms' usually refer to ones containing the hallucinogens psilocybin and psilocin, and are illegal in most places (but they're pretty easy to find growing wild!). Another mushroom that is psycoactive is amanita muscaria (aka fly agaric). They're the ones with white stalks and bright red tops with white spots on you get in fairy tales. These have a different psycoactive chemical in called muscimol. They also have ibotenic acid in, which is inactive but is turned into muscimol in the human body. These mushrooms are completely legal (in the UK anyway). Also, enough ibotenic acid is left over in your urine to be active, so if you're really desperate you could save your pee! I've read somewhere that it can go through up to 5 bladders and still be effective!
based on statues and definite symbols in ancient Mexican and guatemalan artefacts it is estimated that from 500 to 300 BC, that is 2500-2300 years. This is recorded historic use, in organised society. however, if we allow for interpretation of a shaman drawing in caves in the Sahara desert showing tha outline of a man festered with little mushrooms sprouting all over him and holding bunces of larger mushrooms in his hands, there is a theory that magic mushrooms were one of the primordial entheogens in use at neolithic times, helping to establish religion as it came to being, through awe and wonder of the natural live world so about 11000 years
Yes, the members of Green Day much in to drugs but not illegal drugs, as shown in many lyrics of their songs. It is unclear as to whether or not all members of the band do drugs now. However, Billie Joe Armstrong, Green Day's lead vocalist, claims that he stopped abusing drugs after his first son was born. _______________________________________________________________________
Because we think its fun and its something to pass the time by. Or it could help us deal with stress . It really depends on the person. Oh and some people just like to experiment and are curious.
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