01-02-2015, 09:04 AM
Hi everybody
I have browsed around this forum a bit and am impressed with how many of you seem to have very mature views on the spiritual role of drugs like psilocybin, cannabis, LSD and so on.
I am here as a researcher in comparative religion, doing a project with the University of Bergen where I ask basically how people use entheogens (or psychedelics) in spiritual contexts and what consequences this has for life, spirituality, mental health and so on. I want to know where you come from (existentially and in terms of background), what you are doing in your entheogen-practice and what this practice does for you in the long term.
If you or anyone would like to participate, I have a simple homemade website for the study at entheogenstudy.org, and you can reach me at petter@entheogenstudy.org.
I have no hidden agenda with this, except maybe the following: I suspect that there are many people out there who have a genuine spiritual relationship with entheogenic drugs, and who are able to use such drugs in a balanced and fruitful way that enhances their lives. If the academic world knew more about such people (right now almost nothing is known), a lot would probably change for the better in society.
So please get in touch if you have a story to tell. (Note that the above 'suspicion' will not stop me from asking critical questions!)
With an anonymous webmail account, we can communicate while your real-world identity remains completely unknown to me - so there should be no big risk of any kind.
Don't be shy
I have browsed around this forum a bit and am impressed with how many of you seem to have very mature views on the spiritual role of drugs like psilocybin, cannabis, LSD and so on.
I am here as a researcher in comparative religion, doing a project with the University of Bergen where I ask basically how people use entheogens (or psychedelics) in spiritual contexts and what consequences this has for life, spirituality, mental health and so on. I want to know where you come from (existentially and in terms of background), what you are doing in your entheogen-practice and what this practice does for you in the long term.
If you or anyone would like to participate, I have a simple homemade website for the study at entheogenstudy.org, and you can reach me at petter@entheogenstudy.org.
I have no hidden agenda with this, except maybe the following: I suspect that there are many people out there who have a genuine spiritual relationship with entheogenic drugs, and who are able to use such drugs in a balanced and fruitful way that enhances their lives. If the academic world knew more about such people (right now almost nothing is known), a lot would probably change for the better in society.
So please get in touch if you have a story to tell. (Note that the above 'suspicion' will not stop me from asking critical questions!)
With an anonymous webmail account, we can communicate while your real-world identity remains completely unknown to me - so there should be no big risk of any kind.
Don't be shy
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