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entheogen
[ en-thee-uh-jen ]
noun
- a hallucinogenic or psychoactive substance, usually derived from a plant or fungus, and typically used as part of a religious or spiritual experience:
The plant, a type of salvia, has a long history of use as an entheogen by the Indigenous Mazatec in Mexico.
Other yvlog Forms
- ·ٳ··· [en-thee-, uh, -, jen, -ik] adjective
Example Sentences
Humans have been using them as an entheogen — that is, a drug with a spiritual purpose — since ancient times in Europe, Asia and the Americas.
"It has been speculated that it may well be the oldest entheogen or hallucinogen known to mankind," Blom wrote.
In 1979, a group of classical scholars and ethnobotanists writing in the Journal of Psychedelic Drugs proposed a new word, “entheogen,” meaning that which brings the presence of God within us.
The flower contains the alkaloids scopolamine and atropine, which are considered an entheogen—a psychoactive compound used in a spiritual context.
“Those words trigger the audience into thinking of a recreational purpose when ‘entheogen’ means getting in touch with the spirit within you or having an experience with God.”
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