1.0A Pagan's Bloghttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/apagansblogGus diZeregahttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/apagansblog/author/gdizeregaEntheogens and Contemporary Science - A Pagan's Blogrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="vhdeiiGjxI"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/apagansblog/2010/04/entheogens-and-contemporary-science.html">Entheogens and Contemporary Science</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/apagansblog/2010/04/entheogens-and-contemporary-science.html/embed#?secret=vhdeiiGjxI" width="600" height="338" title="“Entheogens and Contemporary Science” — A Pagan's Blog" data-secret="vhdeiiGjxI" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Mark Kleiman has a very interesting post up on the gradual opening of science and medicine to the value of entheogens that had been smothered as part of the mindless backlash against the Sixties. As older Pagans know, entheogens played an important role in opening many of us to spiritual dimensions of reality. They certainly…