Do any Christians incorporate hallucinogens into their practices?
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Some Christians consume hallucinogens as part of their religious practice.
Ayahuasca
The União do Vegetal (WP) is a Brazilian Christian tradition which has hundreds of chapters. They serve a trademarked ayahuasca blend at their ceremonies.
Additionally, The Church of the Holy Light of the Queen uses ayahuasca in their rituals; they do not have a website, but a 2009 newspaper article discusses the legal struggle related to their practices. Quoting from that article:
According to the church's lawsuit, the tea is the central ritual and sacrament of the religion where members believe "only by taking the tea can a church member have direct experience with Jesus Christ."
Salvia divinorum
The Mazatec are known to use several hallucinogens in combination with Catholic beliefs and rituals, including Cannabis and P. cubensis. Most notably, they call S. divinorum "La María" and overlap references it with references to the Virgin Mary. Quoting from Ethnopharmacology of ska María Pastora (Salvia divinorum, Epling AND Játiva-M.), p6:
The Mazatecs … are nominally Catholic Christians, but they have incorporated many features of their traditional beliefs into their conceptions of God and the Saints, whom they consider to have been the first healers.
This phenomenon is partially motivated by the narrow native range of S. divinorum. As the first sentence of The Botany of Salvia divinorum (labiatae) summarizes:
Salvia divinorum, ceremoniously employed by the Mazatec Indians of Oaxaca, is endemic to the sierra inhabited by the Mazatec, its distribution anthropogenic.
Combinations / Unclear
The Oklevueha Native American Church of Inner Light, or ONAC of Inner Light, does not advertise their psychedelics on their front page, but a 2016 local news article quotes them as using cannabis and peyote in addition to psilocybin-bearing mushrooms.
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