What constitutes an entheogen?
John Lilly had amazing insight on Ketamine — is that an entheogen? Is Salvia Divinorum an entheogen? Scopaline plants such as Datura are categorized as deliriants, partially overlapping the entheogen category. Opium was likely an ingredient in Hellenistic entheogenic “mixed wine”, serving largely as a digestive stabilizer. Cannabis is entheogenic at the uppermost dosages, such as eating a significant amount of hashish. LSD and psilocybin mushrooms are candidates for the most definative entheogens. LSD is very pure and clean and dosage-controllable, long-lasting (~10 hours), and very comprehensive in its effects, and also surprisingly safe compared to others — there have been no reported deaths from physiological reactions. Psilocybin mushrooms are common, clean — no side effects — conveniently medium-length duration (~4 hours), and have a full range of classic effects, including visual distortion and loosening of cognitive associations. Salvia Divinorum has only subtle visual effec
