Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly

Psychedelics Used in Buddhist Practice

The term “psychedelic” was coined in the 1950s by the psychiatrist Humphry Osmond and championed by Aldous Huxley, Al Hubbard, and Timothy Leary. The Greek roots of the word are , “mind” or “soul,” and , “manifest” or “visible,” with a combined meaning of was coined in 1979, meaning “generating God within.” The following are the entheogen/psychedelics substances most commonly used by American Buddhists.

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