Episode 133: Professor Thomas B. Roberts: The Anthology of Psychedelics and Spirituality/Sacraments/The Intersection of Entheogens and Religion

Professor Thomas B. Roberts returns to discuss the new anthology he edited:  Psychedelics and Spirituality:  The Sacred Use of LSD, Psilocybin, and MDMA for Human Transformation, 3rd Ed.    In this book, more than 25 spiritual leaders, scientists, and psychedelic visionaries examine how we can return to the primary spiritual encounters at the basis of all religions working with entheogens.  This groundbreaking work contains contributions form Albert Hofmann, Huston Smith, Stanislav Grof, Charles Tart, Sasha Shulgin, Brother David Steindl-Rast, and many others. Professor Roberts earned his Ph.D. from Stanford and taught for many years at Northern Illinois University.  He taught the world's first and longest running catalog listed psychedelics course beginning in 1981.  Professor Roberts is a founding member of MAPS, and former visiting scientist at Johns Hopkins.  He originated the celebration of Bicycle Day. His full CV can be found here:  https://www.innertraditions.com/author/thomas-b-roberts or here:  https://www.amazon.com/Thomas-B.-Roberts-Ph.D./e/B00MD4IUXA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share This new anthology can be purchased here from the publisher Inner Traditions:  https://www.innertraditions.com/author/thomas-b-roberts Cover art for this podcast "MerKabala" provided by the awesome The Ungoogleable Michaelangelo.  More information about this denzien and information about his many works can be found here:  https://www.theungoogleable.com/ This podcast is available on your favorite podcast platform, or here:  https://endoftheroad.libsyn.com/episode-133-professor-thomas-roberts-the-anthology-of-psychedelics-and-spiritualitysacramentsthe-intersection-of-entheogens-and-religion Have a great weekend!