I have seen Salvia referred to as an “entheogen.” Whats that?
A. The word comes from the Greek, loosely translated as “making possible (contact with) the divine within (oneself)”. Drugs (and drug plants) which can transport their user to mystical states of consciousness are often called entheogens.. More properly entheogen refers to a type of drug usage, not a type of drug. Salvia CAN be used as an entheogen. It is used as such when taken as part of a serious spiritual quest; but most ‘Western’ salvia usage would not qualify as entheogenic. The issue of the spiritual/religious use of salvia has been a hotly debated in the Salvia email list–to say the least! Perhaps one of the few statements that most list members can agree upon regarding entheogenic use of salvia is “Some people take salvia with the intent of having a spiritual or religious experience and claim to be able to achieve one from it”. Beyond that the issue gets extremely controversial dealing with such questions as what are true religious beliefs, the nature of: God,/Goddess, gods, s
A. The word comes from the Greek, loosely translated as “making possible (contact with) the divine within (oneself)”. Drugs (and drug plants) which can transport their user to mystical states of consciousness are often called entheogens. More properly entheogen refers to a type of drug usage, not a type of drug. Salvia CAN be used as an entheogen. It is used as such when taken as part of a serious spiritual quest, where the user is trying to learn and understand the deeper levels of consciousness, self, and existentialism.
A. The word comes from the Greek, loosely translated as “making possible (contact with) the divine within (oneself)”. Drugs (and drug plants) which can transport their user to mystical states of consciousness are often called entheogens.. More properly entheogen refers to a type of drug usage, not a type of drug. Salvia CAN be used as an entheogen. It is used as such when taken as part of a serious spiritual quest; but most ‘Western’ Salvia usage would not qualify as entheogenic. The issue of the spiritual/religious use of Salvia has been a hotly debated on in the Salvia e-mail list — to say the least! Perhaps one of the few statements that most list members can agree upon regarding entheogenic use of Salvia is “Some people take Salvia with the intent of having a spiritual or religious experience and claim to be able to achieve one from it”. Beyond that the issue gets extremely controversial dealing with such questions as what are true religious beliefs, the nature of: God,/Goddess,
