Greetings to you all!
A year ago, a friend messaged me an ad from Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. It was an ad seeking spiritual leaders and clergy for a study on how psilocybin impacted the lives of said leaders and clergy. My good friend, Andy, thought this would be a perfect thing for me to do.
And so I did.
In December of 2018 and January of 2019, I did two ‘trials’, or ‘journeys’, or ‘trips’ with the Johns Hopkins Psychedelic Research lab. The first journey was a ‘high dose’, or about 20mgs per 70 kilos (about 22 mgs for me). The second was what they call a ‘heroic dose’, or about 30mgs per 70 kilos (about 35mgs).
This blog will be a playground where I work out ideas, excerpts, and confusions around the book I will be writing about my experiences.
The working title for the thing is “The Shimmering Cathedral of Beauty”. I don’t have a subtitle yet.
So stay tuned for a long, strange trip!
Peace and grace.
The Psychedelic Pastor
I am SO thrilled to hear there is at least one pastor out there that is doing this! I have a theory that many scenes depicted in the Bible could very well be influenced by psychedelics (though, I do believe in uninfluenced visions as well). This isn’t to belittle visions- God created psychedelics! I fully believe that he placed them on earth as path openers for us.
Thank you for your reply! I share your perspective on this.