Psychedelics and the Future of Religion

Since participating in Tristan Angieri’s “Reimagining Psychedelic Integration” workshop at the Center for the Study of World Religion (CSWR) Psychedelic Intersections Conference, I’ve been thinking and moving differently. The workshop was about...

On February 16th, the Center for the Study of World Religions (CSWR) at Harvard Divinity School became the meeting ground for an exploration into the realms of plant intelligence, consciousness, and the symbiosis between science and spirituality. The...

This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required. In-person registration is closed, as we have reached max capacity. Please register at the livestream link below to join virtually. Register to attend via livestream. The second annual...

As part of the Psychedelics and the Future of Religion series, the Center for the Study of World Religions presented an interview with author Mike Jay about his two most recent books, Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind, and Mescaline: A...

As part of the Psychedelics and the Future of Religion series, the Center for the Study of World Religions hosted scholars Drs. Christine Hauskeller and Peter Sjostedt-Hughes. Philosophers Prof. Hauskeller and Dr. Sjöstedt-Hughes present a multi...

As part of the Psychedelics and the Future of Religion series, the Center for the Study of World Religions hosted scholars Dr. Amanda Lucia, Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California-Riverside and Dr. Arun Saldanha, Professor in the...

We are pleased to announce that the Center for the Study of World Religions (CSWR) is one of the recipients of a new gift from the Gracias Family Foundation to establish the Harvard Study of Psychedelics in Society and Culture. This gift will support the...

Harvard Divinity School’s (HDS) Center for the Study of World Religions and the Harvard Psychedelics Project at HDS are excited to announce the upcoming Psychedelic Intersections: Cross-cultural Manifestations of the Sacred Conference. This one-day...

On March 27, 2023 The Center for the Study of World Religions hosted an author discussion (Psychedelics & the Future of Religion Series) with Professor Bill Barnard. Charles Stang, Director of the CSWR, and Barnard discussed his recent book, Liquid Light...

Can archaeology help us recover the ecstatic experiences of ancient peoples from the Aegean or Near East? And, if so, what evidence is there that such ecstatic experiences were induced by what we now call “psychedelics”? To what degree was the ancient...