To what degree do the arts open us to religion and spirituality? To what degree is creativity part and parcel of spirituality and religion? The CSWR creates the conditions to model the intersection of spirituality and the arts—to discuss, practice, and...
Novel psychedelic spiritual communities are often radically inclusive spiritual communities that do not require members to have the same beliefs. They set forth pluralistic, non-binding doctrines, whose common belief is the possibility that psychedelics...
This research seeks to understand the ways in which psychedelic use is both informing, and reforming, religion in North America. The project engages diverse psychedelic communities through fieldwork, in-depth interviews, and digital ethnography.
In 1975, American writer Annie Dillard won the Pulitzer Prize for her book A Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, in which she describes her year-long journey through Virginia, reflecting on transcendence in nature.1 The book reflects what, decades later, Dillard...