BIOL 319 Lecture : Lesson 11 Altered States, The Use of Plants in Mysticism, Spirituality, and Religion, and The Biochemical Basis of Ethnobotanically Useful Plant Compounds.pdf
29 Jul 2014
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Lecture 11. 1: altered states: the use of plants in mysticism, spiritualism, and religion. De ne the terminology and develop an understanding of the differences between mysticism, spirituality and religion. Identify the various roles that plants and plant derived products play in the attainment of altered consciousness and the relevance of that state to indigenous cultures. Identify the hallucinogens used by indigenous cultures that have become incorporated into modern drug culture. Mysticism: knowledge or power gained through transcendent experience. Information that becomes a part of the culture or individual consciousness due to dreams, transrevelations, prayer, meditation, or profound personal epiphany. Mystics = often held in high regard in a community for their perceived ability to communicate with the spirit realm and in particular for gaining foreknowledge of events that affect individuals or the community. In modern society, mysticism = often frowned upon (d/t our devotion to science and our need to compare everything else to scienti c fact )
