Episcopal Church removes priest who founded Christian psychedelic society

[littlemissmartypants]

Is there a risk to framing psychedelic experiences as spiritual? An Episcopal priest's removal over concerns that he endorsed psychedelics is sparking church discussions about the religious use of substances.
https://religionnews.com/2025/08/20/episcopal-church-removes-priest-who-founded-christian-psychedelic-society/

Is there a risk to framing psychedelic experiences as spiritual? An Episcopal priest's removal over concerns that he endorsed psychedelics is sparking church discussions about the religious use of substances.
religionnews.com/2025/08/20/e...

— RNS (@rns.org) 2025-08-23T21:01:19.146Z

[IbogaProject]

1. The further back you go in Christian art

The more mushrooms are featured the further back you go. Cathedral building came about immediately after the rapture didn't happen at the turn of the second millenium as a sort of peace movement against the crusades. The Eleventh century had a brief period of hedonism before the church pushed back. First cathedral was started in southern France in 1007, it featured what we might call psychadelic like art.