Bob Jesse: “Entheogens, Awakening, and Spiritual Development” | Horizons 2009

Profound experiences of non-dual consciousness sometimes lead to lasting, and lastingly beneficial, changes in values and behavior. Various activities (prayer, meditation, chanting, dancing, fasting) have been used to occasion such “primary religious experiences,” and various wisdom traditions have developed practices and social vessels to increase the chances that a given experience will lead to lasting benefit.