Entheogens are psychoactive substances that have traditionally been used in a religious context, such as psilocybin-containing mushrooms and Peyote cactuses. When used in a looser sense, other substances which produce similar effects are also called entheogenic. The term entheogen was proposed as an alternative for the term Psychedelic drugs1. The word is derived from the Greek word entheos (god within) and the word root gen (becoming). While the designation psychedelic drugs is associated with Western culture of the 1960s, entheogen has an ahistorical religious connotation. Since consumption of some entheogenic substances may lead to visions, the term overlaps with hallucinogenic drugs
Entheogen: Awakening the Divine Within is a feature length documentary which invites the viewer to rediscover an enchanted cosmos in the modern world by awakening to the divine within.
Entheogen invites the viewer to consider that the answers to these questions lie within the consciousness of each and every human being, and are accessible if only we give ourselves permission to awaken to the divine within.
Stan Grof, Marilyn Schlitz, Ralph Metzner, Alex Grey, Terrence McKenna, John Markoff, Daniel Pinchbeck, and Kat Harrison among others, postulate how the disenchantment of the modern world may be remedied by summoning the courage to take the next leap in the evolution of planetary consciousness.
A more straightforward label is entheogen, which literally means "generating the divine within." In laymen's terms, that means "becoming god." We could also go with a purely phenomenological description and call them "consciousness expanding agents" because that's what they do.
Entheogens break down boundaries of habitual, unexamined behavior and aid in the creative process.
Entheogens are not illegal because a loving government is concerned that you're going to hurt yourself by smoking pot or tripping in your bedroom.
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