Psychedelic Christianity: From evangelical hippies and Roman Catholic intellectuals in the sixties to clergy in a Johns Hopkins clinical trial
Journal of Psychedelic Studies June 21, 2024 Bryan Mccarthy, Hunt Priest 6 citations
Three historical and contemporary examples illustrate what the authors call 'psychedelic Christianity': hippies who converted during the Jesus movement while still using psychedelics, mid-20th-century Catholic intellectuals who experimented with the compounds for spiritual and therapeutic reasons, and contemporary clergy who participated in Johns Hopkins and NYU studies with psychedelics. The authors highlight the healing these Christians experienced through their psychedelic practice, addressing a gap in academic literature that has largely focused on historical or ethical questions rather than how such a practice might look.