After the wild experiences of the 1960s psychedelic drugs were banned. However, Western philosophy has a huge debt to psychedelics, according to a new book on the philosophical significance of drugs. Plato wrote more than 2,000 years ago that he was inspired by an ancient religious ceremony that was influenced by the participants taking a psychoactive substance. Recently The Optimist Daily also reported on the influence of hallucinogens in Christianity.
From Plato to the Christian mystics: Western philosophy is rooted in psychedelics
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