Introduction
Traditionally, entheogens were used in a range of fields, such as therapeutic or medical purposes, recreational medicine, religious practices, and support for the spiritual growth of a person. These substances should be employed in future societies to transform spiritual rites and practices with the aim of providing a better world. Entheogens are used to imply just the substances that may be used in a liable and constructive approach. It has been literally defined as “generating the god within or that which reveals the divine” (Harvey 4). This can be all hallucinogens and psychedelics, but it depends on every person’s decision whether a certain substance is a part of entheogens or not. This paper discusses how entheogens can transform society in the future.
Analysis
The predicted conditions and practices that may be experienced in the future need intense voices to request for the rebirth of spiritual practices to manage the issues that will be faced by humanity. However, one solution for these answers can be found in the use of entheogens, where people or societies should not misinterpret or place it under controversies. Entheogens modify consciousness in such an intense manner that, relying on the set and setting, these religious substances can generate the definitive human experience, which is the unification with God and disclosure of various spiritual veracities.
According to Harvey (4), if entheogens are applied with sincerity and correct intentions, they can provide a significant approach to enhancing religious practices and life in the future. Entheogens can unite and make several spiritual currents stronger in future societies. These societies have some similar objectives and intentions, such as an objective of creating, through altering consciousness in most human beings, a position for a better universe and a place free from war and environmental harm. Since these spiritual practices carried out in the past helped most people to have certain behaviors that were acceptable and respected in the society, it can also help in modifying some behaviors that have entrenched and expected to be intense in the future society. These practices should not be ignored by these societies.
The significance of some entheogens should be in its capability to lift unconscious items, prevail over resistance, or make latent neural paths active with the purpose of bringing in consciousness. Therefore, these benefits can also be adopted in the future to change or introduce alternative ways of solving personal issues (Mann). Entheogens can be used also to recover or manage the withdrawn issues or memories of a person. Entheogens are useful in generating provisional conditions of psychological insight, strong relationships among people, and spiritual conversion. The use of entheogen should be employed also to reduce recidivism that is caused by psychological insight and strong relationships among people. According to Barfoot (56), psilocybin (a type of entheogen) is a radically positive, informative, and rehabilitative substance.
Conclusion
In conclusion, entheogens can provide a vital function in changing some practices in society. Specific behaviors in our society have gone into a level that is unacceptable, therefore, making use of entheogens for a spiritual element can provide a significant platform for the future society to change these unconditional actions. It may act as an alternative for some harmful substances, such as alcohol and other addictive drugs. However, some governments have tried to ban particular entheogens, but it is less likely that they will be capable of opposing an expected effort to enable the logical description of entheogens in the cure of psychological and physical disorders and the development of consciousness.
Works Cited
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Harvey, Andrew. The Essential Mystics: Selections from the World’s Great Wisdom Traditions. New York: Harper San Francisco, 1997. Print.
Mann, Rod, dir. Entheogen – Awakening the Divine Within. Critical Mass Productions, 2007. Film.