List/ritual index

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Set and setting

Create appropriate physical and mental state for the experience. Common practices includes:

• Fasting
• Meditation

Psychoactive substances used in rituals (optional)

Hallucinogens used in rituals

This page outlines various hallucinogens (deliriants, dissociatives, and psychedelics) employed in ritual contexts, adhering to the strict definition of entheogens. Historically, entheogens have played pivotal roles in religious practices, ranging from the use of ayahuasca in religions like Santo Daime and União do Vegetal to the modern adoption of the synthetic phenetylamine 2C-B by the Sangoma.

Deliriants

• Animal

  • Bullet ant venom (Paraponera clavata)

• Plant

  • Angel's trumpet
  • Datura stramonium
  • Labrador tea
  • Mad honey
  • Hebane (Hyoscyamus niger)

Dissociative

• Plant

  • Salvia

Dissociative/depressant

• Mushroom

  Amanitas with a mixture of dissociative and depressant effect:

  • Fly agaric
  • Panther cap

Psychedelics

• Animal

  • Bufotoxins from Colorado River toad (Incilius alvarius) and a few other toads

• Mushroom

  • Psilocybin mushroom

• Plant

  • Ayahuasca
  • Cannabis
  • Chacruna
  • Chaliponga
  • Cacti
    • Bolivian torch cactus
    • Peruvian torch cactus
    • Peyote
    • San Pedro cactus
  • Iboga
  • Peganum harmala
  • Morning glory
    • Beach moonflower (Ipomoea violacea)
    • Hawaiian baby woodrose
    • Mexican morning glory
    • Turbina corymbosa
  • Myristica sebifera (Virola sebifera)
  • Nyakwána (Virola elongata)
  • Vilca
  • Yopo

• Chemicals

• Lysergamides
  • LSD (LSD-25)
  Base tryptamines
  • DPT
  Substituted tryptamines
  • Psilocybin (4-PO-DMT)
  2C-x
  • 2C-B

Non-hallucinogenic substances used in rituals

Depressant

• Plant

  • Blue water lily (Nymphaea caerulea)
  • Kava
  • Kratom
  • Opium

Oneirogen

• Plant

  • African dream herb (Entada rheedii)
  • African dream root (Silene undulata)
  • Bitter-grass (Calea ternifolia)

Stimulant

• Plant

  • Aztec tobacco (Nicotiana rustica)
  • Coca, coca tea (Erythroxylaceae spp. )
  • Cocoa (Theobroma cacao)
  • Coffee (Coffea spp.)
  • Ilex guayusa (Ilex guayusa)
  • Khat (Catha edulis)
  • Tea (Camellia sinensis)

Facilitate transcendence

To advance deep spiritual or introspective experiences, guide the ceremony using elements such as:

• Singing
• Drumming
• Prayer

See also

• Hallucinogens

External links

• List of substances used in rituals (Wikipedia)