For eons, most of the world's cultures have utilized a variety of herbs and mushrooms to facilitate a divine connection. Western societies have trivialized this approach, but it raises a interesting question even in our own culture, "Can psychoactive sacramentals - entheogens - have a place in contemporary religious practices as they did in ancient times?" We know they were used by early Christians, who held mushroom rituals before Roman intervention. Search 'manna mushroom' on the Internet and you'll find that local author James Dure and many other ethnobotanists point out that MANNA is the psychoactive in the bible that was even kept in the Ark of the Covenant, the most holy of holies. We know that Emperor Constantine eliminated most Christian practices and eviscerated the bible to further his own goals. To answer the question above, The Chicago Theological Seminary and the Council on Spiritual Practices recently collaborated on an international conference and released a book of essays by the participants, Psychoactive Sacramentals: Essays on Entheogens and Religion. Rev. George Cairns for example finds common ground between Gospel-based prayer and the sacramental use of entheogens: through both practices we can experience the understanding of our divine connection with each other and all Creation. The answer coming from the experts is mainly, yes.


Can the careful use of entheogens really aid in spiritual development? Many who have experienced it first-hand would answer in the affirmative. In a famous psilocybe experiment in 1962, of nine divinity students given the placebo, five (55.5 percent) were still in the ministry 25 years later; of the ten given the manna, eight (80 percent) were still in the ministry. The researcher remarked, "All of the psilocybin subjects…but none of the controls, still considered their original experience to have had genuinely mystical elements and to have made a uniquely valuable contribution to their spiritual life. The positive changes… had persisted over time and had deepened in some cases."

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If researched, drug use is equated to witchcraft when studying the Word!

True born again Christians don't need magic mushrooms or other herbs to increase their spiritual awareness. We have something far better, the Holy Spirit. When the promised Comforter dwells within you nothing else is needed.
I'm afraid this forum will not be a good place to peddle your herbs. Who needs an artificially induced spirituality when you have the real thing?