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How Psychedelic Science Invented a History of Religion

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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. It is challenging for me to imagine a time before the concept of “the psychedelic” existed, despite its emergence...

Irina Tweedie

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Irina Tweedie (1907–1999) was a Russian-born British spiritual teacher whose life and writings played a vital role in the transmission of Sufism to the West, especially among women. Best known for her autobiographical work Daughter of Fire: A Diary of...

Thoreau in Our Time: Film, Conversation, and a Living Legacy

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By Jeffrey Blackwell More than 170 years after the publication of his groundbreaking book Walden and his essay “Civil Disobedience,” the eclectic writer, naturalist, activist, and philosopher Henry David Thoreau continues to resonate with new generations...

Sadhus

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Edited by Aaron M. Ullrey Indian religious traditions assign a special role and title to individuals who pursue ascetic religious goals, referring to these figures collectively as sadhu s. The term sadhu is derived from the Sanskrit root sadh ( sādh )...