Jaime Clark-Soles

" Caught Up to the Third Heaven": Psychedelics and Spiritual Experience Psychedelics have long been used for spiritual purposes in various cultures. Today more people, including adherents of institutional religions such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, are exploring this path. In clinical, spiritual, or recreational settings, psychedelics can occasion spiritual, existential, religious, or theological experiences. Let's explore how such experiences might shape spiritual (trans)formation.

Rev. Dr. Jaime Clark-Soles on how Christians think about Psychedelics

Jaime joined Stephen Bauman on Living in the Meantime for a wide-ranging conversation on psychedelics, mysticism, and the Christian faith. Both scholars took part in the landmark Johns Hopkins/NYU psilocybin study, and their shared experience grounds a discussion that moves through ego dissolution, the nature of mystical encounter, and what Scripture itself has to say about direct experiences of God. Rather than treating psychedelics and Christianity as opposing forces, Jaime and Stephen...