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Video: Transcendence, Transformation, and Trans-Psychedelia with Hil Malatino and Susan Stryker

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Public conversations about both psychedelics and gender transition have often been constrained by two parallel limits: a focus on clinical applications and the presumption that those who take psychedelics or change gender do so primarily as “patients.”...

Raving, Recreation, & Religion with Michelle Lhooq and Luis Manuel Garcia-Mispireta

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According to the 2024 Global Psychedelic Survey, while personal growth and well-being are common reasons for illicit drug use, recreation—music events, festivals, parties, raves—remains a leading but poorly defined motive. This panel featured Michelle...

Om-gnosis Episode 14: Parsi Communities and Zoroastrian Esotericism in South Asia

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In Episode 14 of Om-gnosis, host Keith Edward Cantú is joined by Mariano Errichiello, PhD, the Shapoorji Pallonji Lecturer in Zoroastrianism at SOAS University of London, for an insightful discussion on some social and esoteric dimensions of...

The Holy Inquisition and the Genesis of Seventeenth-Century Peyote Banning

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Edited by Aaron Michael Ullrey The following Research Reflection is part of an ongoing series spotlighting the academic study of religions. In 2022, a previously unknown European-style manuscript came to light at an auction held in Bogotá, Colombia: “Don...

Our Celestial Railroads

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John Kaag revisits Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story "The Celestial Railroad" to explore how Transcendentalism’s soaring ideals could drift into comfortable illusions—and how figures like Margaret Fuller, Henry David Thoreau, and a changed Ralph Waldo...

Celebrating 'The Pearlsong' Through Scholarship and Song

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News story and photos by Jeffrey Blackwell A mystical poem recounting the tale of a Parthian prince sent to Egypt by his parents to recover a sacred pearl from the clutches of a monstrous serpent is the first in a series of important visionary and...

God’s Pharmacy: On the Use of Entheogens in Jewish Mystical Traditions

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Building on Derrida’s essay Plato’s Pharmacy, the current article examines sacred versus profane illuminations within the spiritual realm of Judaism. As exemplified by the marking nut (balādhur), the author surveys exoteric-curative and esoteric-altered...

Manufacturing the Entheogenic Underground

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Ethnographic research suggests that people across the United States are increasingly gathering to commune with their creators, to interact with their ancestors, to enter the spirit world, to gain supernatural insights, and to engage in what they otherwise...

Video: Magic in the United States. A conversation with Dr. Heather Freeman

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Gnoseologies host Giovanna Parmigiani speaks with Heather Freeman about her podcast Magic in the United States and the personal and professional journey behind it. Magic in the United States is a podcast examining how magic, religion, spirituality, and...

In the Heart of Nature: "Church of the Woods" Explores Spirituality in the Great Outdoors

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On Sunday, April 28, a diverse group of participants from the Harvard Divinity School (HDS), including students, faculty, staff and affiliates, embarked on a field trip to the unique spiritual community known as the Church of the Woods in Canterbury, New...