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I fully expect a major religious revival as psychedelics become more widely used. It's happened before, and some have even argued that the major religions have
by pmoriarty 6y ago
I fully expect a major religious revival as psychedelics become more widely used.
It's happened before, and some have even argued that the major religions have their roots in psychedelic use.
Having powerful mystical experiences has been shown to be pretty common on psychedelics, new psychedelic religions are springing up all the time, and it's likely that this trend will only accelerate with increased psychedelic use.
It'll be interesting to see how the major religions react to this. In recent centuries they've been pretty put off by the idea that psychedelics (or any other authority than their own) could give people true religious revelation or authentic religious experience, but it is possible that they might change their minds if they see the psychedelics actually re-enliven people's sense of the sacred and start bringing them back to the fold.
Is it beyond imagining that one day we'll see religious ceremonies involving psychedelics in mainstream churches, synagogues, and mosques?
- jbob2000 6y agoI’ve had psychedelic experiences; they really just inflate your ego, and I’m sure it’s easy to conflate ego with god.