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[[File:Flowering San Pedro cactus.jpg|200px|thumbnail|right|Flowering San Pedro, an entheogenic cactus that has been used for over 3,000 years | [[File:Flowering San Pedro cactus.jpg|200px|thumbnail|right|Flowering San Pedro, an entheogenic cactus that has been used for over 3,000 years<ref>http://www.mescaline.com/sanpedro/</ref>]] | ||
An '''entheogen''' ("generating the divine within")<ref>http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/entheogen</ref> is a chemical substance used in a religious, shamanic, or spiritual context<ref>http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132008000500010&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en</ref> that may be synthesized or obtained from natural species. The chemical induces altered states of consciousness | An '''entheogen''' ("generating the divine within")<ref>http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/entheogen</ref> is a chemical substance used in a religious, shamanic, or spiritual context<ref>http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132008000500010&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en</ref> that may be synthesized or obtained from natural species. The chemical induces altered states of consciousness (psychological or physiological). | ||
Entheogens have been used in a ritualized context for thousands of years; their religious significance is well established in anthropological and modern evidences. Examples of traditional entheogens include [[psychedelics]] like [[peyote]], [[psilocybin mushrooms]], [[ayahuasca]], [[Tabernanthe iboga]], atypical [[hallucinogen]] like [[Salvia divinorum]] and [[Amanita muscaria]], quasi-psychedelics like [[cannabis]] and [[deliriants]] like [[datura]]. | Entheogens have been used in a ritualized context for thousands of years; their religious significance is well established in anthropological and modern evidences. Examples of traditional entheogens include [[psychedelics]] like [[peyote]], [[psilocybin mushrooms]], [[ayahuasca]], [[Tabernanthe iboga]], atypical [[hallucinogen]]s like [[Salvia divinorum]] and [[Amanita muscaria]], quasi-psychedelics like [[cannabis]] and [[deliriants]] like [[datura]]. | ||
With the advent of organic chemistry, there now exist many synthetic drugs with similar psychoactive properties, many derived from these plants. Many pure active compounds with psychoactive properties have been isolated from these respective organisms and chemically synthesized, including [[mescaline]], [[psilocybin]], [[DMT]], [[salvinorin A]], [[ibogaine]], [[ergine]], and [[muscimol]]. Semi-synthetic (e.g. [[LSD]] used by the New American Church) and synthetic drugs (e.g. [[DPT]] used by the Temple of the True Inner Light and [[2C-B]] used by the Sangoma) have also been developed.<ref>http://evolver.civicactions.net/user/chen_cho_dorge/blog/2cb_chosen_over_traditional_entheogens_south_african_healers</ref> | With the advent of organic chemistry, there now exist many synthetic drugs with similar psychoactive properties, many derived from these plants. Many pure active compounds with psychoactive properties have been isolated from these respective organisms and chemically synthesized, including [[mescaline]], [[psilocybin]], [[DMT]], [[salvinorin A]], [[ibogaine]], [[ergine]], and [[muscimol]]. Semi-synthetic (e.g. [[LSD]] used by the New American Church) and synthetic drugs (e.g. [[DPT]] used by the Temple of the True Inner Light and [[2C-B]] used by the Sangoma) have also been developed.<ref>http://evolver.civicactions.net/user/chen_cho_dorge/blog/2cb_chosen_over_traditional_entheogens_south_african_healers</ref> | ||