03/04/2026
Sacramental plants and fungi: historical and scientific insights for the religious life (Seminar)
Normally, I would not have gone to a seminar about sacramental plants and fungi, but when the people within the group I was with heard that Richard Rohr was on the panel, we all decided to go hear what he had to say on the subject.
While sitting through this seminar, others, including Richard Rohr, discussed how, in 1993, psychedelics were used for treating OCD and depression, but then the thought came up of “what happens to happy normals take psychedelics”. The answer was finding meaning in transcending our sense of self. But the main interest is connecting psychedelics and the church. The panel went into how psychedelics have helped people encounter God in very deep and powerful ways. One of the panelists stated she had experienced a range of emotions of joy, an awe of wonder, grandeur, majesty, and she had cried and cried some more. The final experience she had was this feeling of rest and in communion with God. The goal is not the religious experience of this but this needs to be implemented into religious life.
Others talked about their experiences taking psychedelics, but the takeaway was there were changes in the ways how they taught and spoke; there’s a need to train clergy within the use of psychedelics, there needs to be psychedelic chaplaincy, psychedelic assistant therapy, and other people creating resources for other Christians to help them achieve this experience.
Richard Rohr then spoke...
This is a segment from JC Files written by the Christian apologist Christina Bartlett. Ms. Bartlett visits many pagan and witchcraft-related events to challenge their way of thinking while spreading the gospel. To finish reading the blog entry, visit
https://jcfilesapologetics.blogspot.com/2024/12/sacramental-plants-and-fungi-historical.html
