Psychedelics and Spirituality Past Programming
Find Psychedelics and Spirituality event videos and news stories below. Event recordings are also available on the Center's YouTube page.
Psychedelics and Spirituality: Event News and Videos
Xochipilli: Psychedelic Plants, Song, and Ritual in Aztec Religion
Xochipilli, a deity linked to songs, flowers, the rising sun, joy, games, and fertility, holds profound significance in Aztec religion. Historical sources characterize this deity as revered by nobles, elite principals, and guilds of artists, revered in...
Psychedelic Intersections 2025 Call for Papers
The call for papers is now closed. Conference details and registration are now available here. Harvard Divinity School’s Center for the Study of World Religions is excited to announce the third annual Psychedelic Intersections conference. This one-day...
News Story: Psychedelics and the Future of Religion: Book Talk: Blotter: The Untold Story of an Acid Medium with Erik Davis
On Tuesday, April 30, 2024, the Common Room at CSWR hosted an engaging evening, organized as part of the CSWR's Psychedelics and the Future of Religion Series and centered on Dr. Erik Davis's new book, "Blotter: The Untold Story of an Acid Medium."...
Video: PFR: Book Talk: "Blotter: The Untold Story of an Acid Medium" with Erik Davis
On April 30, 2024, The CSWR hosted Dr. Erik Davis for a conversation on his new book, Blotter: The Untold Story of an Acid Medium. Blotter is the first account of its kind, centering the history, art, and design of the iconic drug delivery device for...
An Interdisciplinary Look at Psychedelics and Ethics
The newly founded Harvard Study of Psychedelics in Society and Culture is an interdisciplinary effort across the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard Divinity School and Harvard Law. It seeks to “transform the psychedelics research landscape by producing...
Video: Bioethics, Legal Ethics, and Ethics of Care: An introduction to psychedelics and ethics
This event launched the CSWR and the Petrie-Flom Center's new “Psychedelics & Ethics” initiative, which brings together interdisciplinary scholars and practitioners to explore ethical questions surrounding psychedelics. The series seeks to create a forum...
News Story: Unlocking Transformation: The Crucial Role of Psychedelic Integration
In a thought-provoking online panel titled "Psychedelics and the Future of Religion: The Curious Case of Integration," hosted by the Center for the Study of World Religions (CSWR) on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, from 5:30 to 7 pm via Zoom, experts delved...
Towards Intersectionality in Critical Psychedelic Studies: The Psychedelic Intersections Conference
The "Psychedelic Intersections: Cross-cultural Manifestations of the Sacred" conference, held at Harvard Divinity School on February 17, 2024, provided an unprecedented forum for the exploration of psychedelic spirituality across diverse cultural and...
News Story: Reflections on the Reimagining Psychedelic Integration Workshop
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...
The Science and Philosophy of Plant Intelligence: A Reflective Encounter with Dr. Luis Eduardo Luna
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...
Video: Psychedelic Intersections: Psychedelic Spirituality and the Underground II February 17, 2024
In this conference breakout, the following panelists participated: Rachel Harris, Author, Swimming in the Sacred and Listening to Ayahuasca ,“Swimming in the Sacred”. Michelle Lhooq, Journalist & Author, WEED: Everything You Want to Know But Are Always...
Video: Psychedelic Intersections: Psychedelic Spirituality and Medicine Panel, February 17, 2024
Psychedelic Spirituality and Medicine Panel, Psychedelic Intersections Conference, February 17, 2024 Panelists include: Sharaday Mosurinjohn, Queens University, 'Psychedelic Medicine, Panpsychism, and Theodicy', Victoria Litman, POPLAR at the Petri-Flom...
Psychedelic Intersections: Cross-cultural Manifestations of the Sacred Conference 2024, February 17, 2024
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...
Video: Psychedelics and the Future of Religion: Mescaline and Psychonauts with Mike Jay
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...
Video: Psychedelics and Philosophy: Metaphysics and Meaning-Making in Psychedelia
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...
Video: Psychedelics and the Future of Religion: Expanding Mindscapes with Erika Dyck and Christian Elcock
As part of the Psychedelics and the Future of Religion Series CSWR Research Assistants, Jeffrey Breau and Paul Gillis-Smith engage in conversation with Erika Dyck and Christian Elcock to discuss their new book, Expanding Mindscapes. In this conversation...
Video: Psychedelics and the Future of Religion: Race and Exoticism in Global Psychedelic Spirituality
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...
Psychedelics and the Future of Religion
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...
Save the Date & Call for Papers: Psychedelic Intersections: Cross-cultural Manifestations of the Sacred Conference, Feb.17, 2024
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...
Video: Explorations in Interdisciplinary Psychedelic Research: Group One
On April 1, 2023, The Harvard Psychedelics Project at Harvard Divinity School, a student organization, held the "Explorations in Interdisciplinary Psychedelic Research" conference gathering together faculty, researchers, and students from across Harvard...
