Church of The Sacred Synthesis
Integration Providersare Analagous to Pastoral Care By. Dr. Chuck Crisco Is there a differencebetween Christian pastoral care and entheogenic integration specialist’s service? Of course, there are similarities and differences. Explore some of those with me. From elementary to middle school, I attended a private Christian school. I then received a B.S. in Bible, a […]
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By: Adam Dince Is there life after death? Or, is there death after life? As a hypnotherapist, I’ve had the privilege of guiding clients through hypnotic regressions that have provided deep insights into the nature of their existence. These experiences have convinced me that life goes on after our physical body dies and that
Change. Transformation. Healing. Those are some of the reasons that people come to plant medicines and begin a spiritual journey. Sometimes it is motivated by curiosity. At other times it is motivated by pain, need or desperation. I personally think that it is in our very human nature to change. Growth is built into the
Part Two: From Evolution to Shamanism For the second part of our series, we will continue to examine and analyze the article entitled “Introduction: Evidence for Entheogen Use in Prehistory and World Religions by Dr. Michael Winkleman.”[1] Our first article in this series provided a general overview of Winkleman’s work and discussed the reasoning behind
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Part One: General Overview Exploring and understanding sacramental entheogens We are pleased to announce that the Church of The Sacred Synthesis will be producing a new series of podcasts and articles examining the archeological and anthropological underpinning of the ancient and sacramental consumption of entheogens. Because we consider our sacrament an entheogen (it produces an experience
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I remember growing up hearing about people who would go off to “find themselves.” I always thought that was a bit weird because wherever you go there you are, right?! But it was explained to me that what that meant was that they needed to get away and figure things out about themselves and maybe
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