Posted on 07/24/2017 9:05:13 AM PDT by be-baw
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When psychologist William Richards looks at religion, he sees mystical experiences everywhere. The same sort of experiences, he reasons, that come from mind-altering drugs.
That’s why he’s giving magic mushrooms to religious leaders, for a research project based at Johns Hopkins University and New York University.
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In the Hopkins and NYU study, two dozen clergy — including priests, pastors and rabbis — are taking controlled doses of psilocybin, the drug found in psychedelic mushrooms, under the watchful eye of scientists.
“People see incredible things with their eyes closed that are often very, very beautiful,” including visions of Jesus, he said. “That seems to happen whether people are of religious training or not. It doesn’t seem to be something that’s learned. It seems to be something that’s genetic.”
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Riddle of Pope Francis SOLVED!!!
Bill Wilson dropped LSD, hoping something in it would help the alcoholic.
I did ‘research’ on that in the 70’s, too!...............
Nothing new. I read years ago(1968) that some liberal seminary students were given LSD to “enhance” their experiences.
I am going to have a fit if even one dollar of tax money was spent to fund this.
At some point they’ll figure out that much of religion was ultimately inspired by mind-altering substances in the first place.
But they will spend a lot of OPM first.
Sure, I imagine that inviting the devil in via psychedelic drugs could lead to a great deal of religious and spiritual experiences... just not the kind I would consider profitable.
When Timothy Leary was kicked out of Harvard in the early 60s he went across the river to divinity students.
These are Schedule 1 drugs. You can’t write a prescription for these things.
I assumed that made it impossible to perform scientific research on them, but perhaps that is incorrect.
“Visions of Jesus” can also be obtained, safely, by meditating on his words.
I had two experiences with nitrous oxide, one recreational, one medical. The first time the people around me seemed like demons, the second time I saw an evil, pulsing mandala. Laughing gas, not. Fortunately it wears off quickly. I have no desire to seek the transcendent in drugs - I’d probably go bad places
“I used to be all messed up on drugs. Now, I’m all messed up on the LORD!”
That murderous bastard, Mandela, is rotting in Hell. I hope that it is in a very hot area. His wife should be with him as well. (Read about tires, gasoline and ways to enhance a torturous death)
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