Resources For Clergy
Griffiths, Roland R., Robert Jesse, William A. Richards, et al. “Effects of Psilocybin on Religious and Spiritual Attitudes and Behaviors in Clergy from Various Major World Religions.” Psychedelic Medicine 3, no. 4 (2025): 172–91. https://doi.org/10.1089/psymed.2023.0044.
McCarthy, Bryan. “Christianity and Psychedelic Medicine: A Pastoral Approach.” Christian Bioethics: Non-Ecumenical Studies in Medical Morality 29, no. 1 (2023): 31–57. https://doi.org/10.1093/cb/cbac008.
McCarthy, Bryan, and Hunt Priest. “Psychedelic Christianity: From Evangelical Hippies and Roman Catholic Intellectuals in the Sixties to Clergy in a Johns Hopkins Clinical Trial.” Journal of Psychedelic Studies 8, no. 2 (2024): 143–52. https://doi.org/10.1556/2054.2024.00356.
See also the multi-authored response to the essay:
Winkelman, Michael J., G. William Barnard, Marc G. Blainey, et al. 2024. “Psychedelic Christianity: Commentary and Reply.” Journal of Psychedelic Studies 8 (2): 153. https://doi.org/10.1556/2054.2024.01356.
Resources For Chaplains
Transforming Chaplaincy Psychedelic Care Network
Lewis, Stephen P., Jaime Clark-Soles, Oriana Mayorga, et al. “Chaplains in Psychedelic Assisted Therapy: Rationale and Competencies.” Journal of Religion and Health 65, no. 2 (2026): 1562–86. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-026-02591-9.
Pasricha, Ishan, Caroline Peacock, Roman Palitsky, et al. “What Motivates Spiritual Health Practitioners in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy? A Qualitative Study and Implications for Facilitator Training Practices.” Psychedelics 1, no. 2 (2025): 31–39. https://doi.org/10.61373/pp025r.0008.
Peacock, Caroline, Jennifer S. Mascaro, Erin Brauer, et al. “Spiritual Health Practitioners’ Contributions to Psychedelic Assisted Therapy: A Qualitative Analysis.” PLOS ONE 19, no. 1 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0296071.
Resources For Therapists and Clinicians
Rajcok, Brian, Timothy Hanna, Paul Deal, William Richards, and Jon Dean. Spiritually Significant Psychedelic Experiences: A Qualitative Study of Personal Accounts of Mental Health Professionals. 57, no. 1 (2025): 23–49.
Vieten, Cassandra, and David Lukoff. “Spiritual and Religious Competencies in Psychology.” American Psychologist 77, no. 1 (2022): 26–38. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000821.
Clark-Soles, Jaime. “Psychedelics, the Bible, and the Divine.” Religions 15, no. 5 (2024): 582. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15050582.
Clinician Psychedelic Education Program: https://psychedeliceducationpartnership.org/cpep/
Resources For Professors
Psychedelic Educators Network (PEN): https://www.psychedelic-educators-network.com/
University Psychedelic Education Program – U-PEP:
Resources For General Interest
Pollan, Michael. How to Change Your Mind. Penguin Press, 2018.
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See also the related Netflix series: How to Change Your Mind. Directed by Lucy Walker and Alison Ellwood; presented by Michael Pollan. Released July 12, 2022.
Richards, William A. Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics and Religious Experiences. Columbia University Press, 2016. https://doi.org/10.7312/rich17406.
Christianity and Psychedelics
Ligare: A Christian Psychedelic Society, established by Rev. Hunt Priest: https://ligare.org.
Cole-Turner, Ron. Psychedelics and Christian Faith: Exploring an Unexpected Pathway to Healing and Spirituality. With Hunt Priest. Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2025.
Clark-Soles, Jaime. “Psychedelics, the Bible, and the Divine.” Religions 15, no. 5 (2024): 582. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15050582.
Psychedelics Across Diverse Religious Traditions
Emory Center for Psychedelics and Spirituality: https://psychedelics.emory.edu/
MOSAIC: Exploring Psychedelics through Ancient Religious Traditions: https://psychedelics.emory.edu/mosaic
“Psychedelics in Monotheistic Traditions: Sacramental Practice and Legal Recognition.” Videos of presentations from this interdisciplinary symposium are available here: https://www.psychedelicsandreligion.info/
Judaism and Psychedelics: Shefa, established by Zac Kamenetz: https://www.shefaflow.org/
Islam and Psychedelics: Ruhani, established by Sughra Ahmed: Ruhanispirit.org
Resources For Challenging Experiences and Adverse Effects
Challenging Psychedelic Experiences Project: challengingpsychedelicexperiences.com.
Fireside Project: https://firesideproject.org/
Post-Psychedelic Challenges Study: https://www.psychedelicchallenges.org/
Resources For Justice and Ethics Issues
Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines: Chacruna.net
Indigenous Medicine Conservation Fund: https://imc.fund
Documentary: A Table of Our Own. Directed by Ayize Jama-Everett. 2023/2024: https://www.atableofourown.org/
Bartlett, Amy, Challian Christ, Bradford Martins, Kellen Saxberg, and Terence H. W. Ching. “The Library Is Open: A Scoping Review on Queer Representation in Psychedelic Research.” Frontiers in Public Health 12 (December 2024): 1472559. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1472559.