April 2023

Psychedelics as a Means of Revelation in Early and Contemporary Mormonism (Part 2)

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Read part one here. The Spiritual Leaves the Physical Twenty-three years after Joseph’s death, in a 1867 church conference, George A. Smith (Joseph Smith’s cousin) took up the question of the waning visionary experiences in the years following Joseph’s death and the LDS saints’ subsequent move to Utah. He addressed “the question often arisen among […]

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Psychedelics as a Means of Revelation in Early and Contemporary Mormonism (Part 1)

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This paper was presented at the Forms of Psychedelic Life conference at UC Berkeley (April 14-15, 2023). It’s meant to give an overview of different facets and themes of the use of psychedelics within the Mormon tradition. Many of these themes will be further expanded upon in future posts and papers. (This can also be

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