Psychedelics, Sufism, and Kabbalah: Mystical Techniques, Spiritual Paths
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at University of Wisconsin
WI Idea Lounge, Pyle Center
Madison, WI
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With the advent of the so-called “psychedelic renaissance,” once-taboo mind-altering compounds are entering both the medical mainstream and the religious lives of thousands of Americans. Last month, over 700 Jews, Christians, and Muslims gathered for a first-of-its-kind symposium at Harvard Law School entitled “Psychedelics in Monotheistic Traditions: Sacramental Practice and Legal Recognition.” In this talk, one of the symposium’s organizers, Rabbi Dr. Jay Michaelson, a visiting professor at Harvard and a field scholar at the Emory Center for Psychedelics and Spirituality, will reflect on some of the mystical traditions in Islam and Judaism, and how they influenced one another. With and without psychoactive compounds, these mystical traditions cultivated (and sometimes co-cultivated) numerous practices to cultivate the enlightened mind.
