Sacred Drugs explores the ways in which psychoactive substances from alcohol, cannabis, and pharmaceuticals to coffee and tobacco, intersect with religious life. This book will be the go-to volume for readers interested in the complex relationship between religious life and psychoactive substances.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Part I Introduction 1. Sacred? Drugs? : Disorientations 2. Why Alter Consciousness, Religiously? 3. The Impact of the Psychoactive Revolution in the West: A New Drugged World Order Part II 4. Everyday Drugs and Sacred Potentialities 5. Faith in Pharmaceuticals 6. Addiction and the Sacred 7. Psychedelic Awakenings Conclusion