A Christian Lens on Psychedelics: Faith Meets Altered States
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Episode 344
Hunt Priest
In this episode of The Psychedelic Podcast, Paul F. Austin speaks with Hunt Priest, founder of Ligare, about Christianity, mysticism, and the ethical integration of psychedelic experience within spiritual life.
They discuss Hunt’s participation in a 2016 Johns Hopkins psilocybin study for clergy, Christianity’s long history of mystical experience, and how non-ordinary states can be held within ethical and communal containers. The conversation also explores legality versus ethics, justice and institutional risk, and how psychedelics relate to prayer, meditation, and service within a broader spiritual life.
Hunt Priest is a Christian minister and founder of Ligare, a nonprofit exploring the relationship between Christianity and psychedelics. Formerly an Episcopal priest, he works at the intersection of spiritual formation, ethics, and community-based integration of mystical experience.
Podcast Highlights
- Johns Hopkins clergy study
- Christian mysticism and non-ordinary states
- Psychedelics as catalysts for spiritual practice
- Legal versus ethical tensions
- Institutional risk and grace
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