List/ritual index

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Set and setting

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

Psychoactive substances used in rituals (optional)

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

Animals
  • Bullet ant venom (Paraponera clavata)
Plant

Dissociative

Plant

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
Plant
Chemicals

Lysergamides:

Base tryptamines:

Substituted tryptamines:

2C-x:

Depressant

Plant

Oneirogen

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

Stimulant

Plant

Facilitate transcendence

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

  • Singing
  • Drumming
  • Prayer

See also

References