"Enthogens: Religion and Drugs". Taught by Thomas Roberts, Northern Illinois Univ., Naperville Campus, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, IL. Spring 2002.
Overview
Entheogens are psychoactive plants and chemicals which are sometimes considered to engender the experience of the divine within. This course will consider these claims and associated topics in psychology, anthropology, theology, popular culture, religious studies, and related fields.
Meeting times
6 Saturdays
Instructor
Thomas B. Roberts, Ph.D. is the editor of "Psychoactive Sacramentals: Essays on Religion and Entheogens" and other writings on psychedelics and drug policy. He organized and chaired a conference co-sponsored by the Chicago Theological Seminary and the Council on Spiritual
Practices on entheogens, and is coeditor of the online reference resource Religion and Psychoactive Sacraments http://www.csp.org/chrestomathy. (815) 753-8467
Texts
Among the texts being considered (selection to be made later) are:
Forte, R. (ed.) Entheogens and the Future of Religion
Huxley, A. The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell
Roberts, T. (ed.) Psychoactive Sacramentals
Smith, H. Cleansing the Doors of Perception
Wasson, R. G. et al Persephone’s Quest
Wasson, R. G. et al. The Road to Eleusis
If you are a student at Northern Illinois University, use TRACS to register.
If you are a graduate student elsewhere or if you have completed college and just want to take the course for the fun of it, contact NIU’s graduate school and ask for a "Student at Large" application. (815) 753-0395.
If you are an undergraduate student at another university, contact NIU’s Admissions Office and ask for a Visiting Student Form (815) 753-0446. A smart move for students from other universities is to check with your advisor first to make sure the credits will be transferred into your program.
The usual conversion of semester credit hours to quarter credit hours is 1 semester credit hour = 1.5 quarter credit hours.
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