DRUGS

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Altered States of Consciousness
and the Occult.

Copyright 2002 Steve Sayles

Premise; Altered States of Consciousness (ASC’s) have a direct

relationship with Occult Practice and; certain drug usage is an
occult practice (be it recreational or ritualistic).

This paper presents evidence from a wide range or sources. To my

knowledge all the sources are from non-Biblical worldviews; apart
from Gasson (1985), Bobgan (1984) and Dr John Ankerberg and
Dr. John Weldon in their work ‘The Worldview and Practices of the
Occult’. Nevertheless all the sources offer evidence in support of
the above premise.

The phenomenon that we have come to know as the paranormal is

far from modern. Many identical stories and similar strange events
and practices can be found in all cultures and ages. This paper will
touch upon a number of occult practices such as, hypnotism,
transcendental meditation, astral projection, channeling,
necromancy, alien abduction and certain drug usage. What we shall
discover is startling. The examination of drug usage is of
significance; evidence will be presented that support the premise;
that the use of so-called psychedelic drugs is, in and of itself an
occult practice.
While investigating all types of occult phenomenon; a number of
common factors and motifs begin to emerge. Some of these appear
to be universal. These apparent universal factors will be termed
trans-cultural denominators (TCDs). The first trans-cultural
denominators (TCDs) are the use of ritual, symbols, and various

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methods of inducing Altered States of Consciousness (ASC).
Virtually all occultic methodology’s contain TCD’s of some
description. For example;

Research into the prehistory of magick (sic) is difficult

but there are indications as to the nature of early occult
thought. One of these is the recurrence of various
symbols and concepts in the magiculture of vastly
different societies . For example, the symbol of the
serpent occurs in every mythological system, even in
North Eskimo culture in places uninhabited by snakes.
(Summers & Vayne; 1991, p 15).

Another TCD is; all such practices and phenomenon are always
culturally interpreted. Often such practices are also cultural
supporting; i.e., they serve to strengthen an existing worldview.

Another TCD and one that is relevant to our study is the actual
effect of occult subjection (occultic subjection). Occultic subjection
can be defined as ;

Psychological disturbance, including oppression, depression, and

obsession through the involvement in Occultism.

Symptoms may include, Para-psychical / physiological / physical

manifestations, False Memory Syndrome, Demonisation (spirit
possession) Alien Abduction, Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD),
Schizophrenic behaviour and symptoms, (i.e. voices in the head,
audio and visual manifestations and hallucinations). Paranoid
delusion (belief in the reality of dreams and exploded imagination)
Passivity of the Will, Mind or Body (or parts of, to varying
degrees). Psychic ability, Poltergeist activity, Visionary
experiences, Hysteria, withdrawal, isolation, insecurity, self-doubt,
anxiety, panic, etc.

It should be noted of course that the presence of any of the above

symptoms may have other causes that have no relation to occult
practice.

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Shamanism is another TCD it is found almost universally occurring
in many different regions of the world. From Siberia where the
term ‘shaman’ is found. Types of shamanism occur in North and
South America, among the Aborigines of Australia, in South-East
Asia, Indonesia, China, Tibet, and Japan. (Drury; 1989; p 11).

The TCD’s of ritual and induced ASC are important. Ritual

consists of symbols, dance, dress, incantations etc. These rituals
have a number of roles. The ritual is usually shrouded in mystery or
secrecy giving the shaman respect and authority within his or her
society. Hidden knowledge is the basic meaning of the word occult.
A ritualistic routine is important but not essential . The role of an
ASC as an occult practice need not be part of ritual. ASC’s do not
require the presence of a shaman. These type of ASC’s in and of
themselves are an occult practice.

We will briefly explore the role that ASC’s play in shamanistic,

Occultic rituals and practices Michael Harner PH.D writes,

One of the most typical aspects of the shamanistic

experience is the change to another state of
consciousness, often called a trance. (Michael J
Harner; 1973; p xii).

Hypnosis has had many claims made about it. In spite of much
scientific research, no one yet knows what hypnosis is or how it
works; (Bobgan; 1884; p 9)

Apart from the possible onset of False Memory Syndrome

associated with Hypnosis. Who or what is the origin of such
memories? Evidence suggests that false memories can be the result
of an “exploded imagination”. Some suggest that pseudo-memory
may be a result of contamination or deliberate implantation.
Especially in cases where evidence, or information is given by a
person under hypnosis; information that hypnotic-patient could not
have known, (i.e. correct details of another lifetime, speaking in an
unknown language etc.) In these cases the influence of

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contamination or deliberate implantation must be presumed. And
any “memories that accompany such information are to be treated as
pseudo (i.e. False Memory Syndrome).

Primitive religion and witchcraft made use of hypnotism in ancient

times.

Trance states were induced by means of waking

suggestion practised by tribal witch doctors,
magicians, medicine men and shamans, (Miller;1979 p
9-30)

Hypnosis has been used as a method of mental,

emotional , behavioural and physical healing for
hundreds and even thousands of years. Witchdoctors,
Sufi practitioners, shamans, Hindus, Buddhists, and
yogis have practiced hypnosis; (Bobgan ; 1984; p 13).

Hypnotic trance and demonic possession have some

things in common (ibid ; p 32)

The modern western scientific mind does not fully appreciate the
dangers of hypnotism.

Hypnotism is demonic at its worst and potentially

dangerous at its best. At its worst it opens an
individual to psychic experiences and satanic
possessions; (ibid ; p 53).

An important issue when dealing with occult subjection caused by

ASC is the “flourishing of fantasy” or “ explosion of the
imagination ” (Freedman & Dyrud ;1975; p 236-253.)

Writing about the role of hypnosis in ‘Alien abduction’ cases

Richard L Thompson states;

Thus far, many of the abduction accounts I have

presented have emerged under hypnosis. These cases
might suggest that the process of hypnosis somehow

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 conjures up abduction fantasies from the minds of UFO
witnesses. (Thompson;1993; p145).

Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) was first reported as a

‘medical case’ in 1837. The phenomenon of the coexistence of
multiple personalities within a single individual. (Benner 1985
p736). What is of interest for our study is the relationship between
MPD and ASC;

The child who will later become a multiple may attempt

to cope with such traumas by entering a state of self-
hypnosis.........One multiple says “Now I know what
hypnosis is, I can say that I was often in a trance when I
was young..........When self - hypnosis is used frequently
writes Bliss, It brings with it the attended risk of amnesia,
multiple personality and a host of other terrifying
experiences. (Restak; 1984 p76).

Writing about the link between abuse in childhood, hypnosis and

Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD).

Because only a small percentage of abused children

develop the disorder, the presence of another key
seems necessary: a natural ability to dissociate- or
hypnotize oneself. ( Hale; 1983; p 100).

In the same article we read of a question put to an MPD sufferer;

‘Are there more than one of you living in your

body?’....Ann answered “yes ”. ( Hale; 1983; p 100).

Compare these words

The altered state of consciousness most frequently

associated with possession is “ trance”, defined by the
Penguin Dictionary of Psychology as “ a condition of

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 dissociation, , .............illustrated by hypnotic and
mediumistic conditions. (Garrison; 1977; p 7-12).

One of the earliest modern day experiments with hypnosis (it was
then called magnetism or mesmerism) is recorded by The Marquis
de Puysegure, the owner of an estate at Buscany. One day he
hypnotized his gardener: he then asked his gardener a number of
questions, and discovered that this simple gardener who normally
could only just put a sentence together became another ‘being’. The
Marquis writes

it is from this man that I derive instruction and

knowledge....he is no longer a peasant ....he is a being , to
describe whom I cannot find a name. I need not speak, I
have only to think before him, when he instantly
understands. (Mackey; 1995; p 331).

In the conclusion of their well researched booklet ‘Hypnosis and the

Christian’ Martin and Deidre Bobgan write;

We contend that hypnosis is potentially lethal for

whatever purposes it us used. The moment one
surrenders himself to the doorway of the occult, even
in the halls of science and medicine, he is vulnerable
to the powers of darkness. (Bobgan ; 1984; p 53).

The Eastern meditation techniques (yoga, sufi, Hindi, Buddhist etc)

Meditated State; { Transcendental Meditation (TM), Unitive
Consciousness, Ego-Transcendence, Cosmic Consciousness, Zen ,
Nam Sumran, Tantristic religions, etc}.
Are all methods of inducing self-hypnosis.

There are many dangers associated with

TM............severe depression, attempted suicide, and
schizophrenic breaks. (Nystul , 1987; p 1132).

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Although many beneficial claims are made on its behalf, this type of
meditation is nothing but a method of inducing an ASC and carries
all the dangers associated with occult practice.

Dr John Ankerberg and Dr. John Weldon in their work ‘The

Worldview and Practices of the Occult’ write;

..the research of Tal Brooke in Riders of the Cosmic

Circuit offers a detailed examination and critique of
Eastern metaphysics, including the altered states of
consciousness found in the meditative disciplines of
endless numbers of gurus. It reveals that altered states
of consciousness are typically the means to spirit
contact and possession. Consider again the late
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, the influential Indian guru.
His early experiences on the road to “enlightenment”
brought him temporary insanity, possession, and almost
killed him. Through intense absorption into various
altered states of consciousness, the personality of the
old Rajneesh literally and completely disappeared. In
fact, it was permanently replaced by a new
consciousness that was entirely alien. The new
personality recalls, “The one who died, died totally;
nothing of him has remained… not even a shadow. It
died totally, utterly…. Another being, absolutely new,
not connected at all with the old, started to exist.”
Rajneesh had become possessed by a “new
consciousness,” a living personality that directed his
mind and body from that day forward…..

The real problem, however, is one of dabbling in a forbidden,

demonic area, one which frequently induces demonization
and carries its own set of consequences. As noted
philosopher and theologian Dr. John W. Montgomery
observes of many young people today:
They seek another kind of answer—an answer perhaps
hidden in the Subjective depths of their own souls. But what
key will unlock this hidden treasure? Some go the whole

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 experiential route: sex, drugs, masochism, satanic occultism.
Others seek salvation in the
inward-focused Eastern religions. But the path of drugs and
the occult is strewn with the wrecked lives of those who have
given themselves to these false gods. And, as Arthur Koestler
has so definitively shown in the account of his frustrating
pilgrimage in search of
Eastern wisdom, the ambiguities of the Tantristic religions
open them to the most immoral, destructive, and demonic
possibilities. (http://www.ankerberg.org/
Articles/_PDFArchives/new- age/NA3W1102.pdf) (accessed
Aug 2005).

Channelling and mediumistic trance.

Necromancy the attempt to contact the dead, and the ‘channelling

of Higher Beings’ also “aliens” (or what ever name they call
themselves, Ascended Masters. Etc). Is usually achieved by entering
a trance (ASC) . Raphael Gasson an ex-medium who for many
years practiced necromancy; wrote concerning the training of
students to become mediums,

It is possible that there may be several sittings before

anything takes place. ...........In any case the student is
learning to relax his body and to keep his mind on one
thing until he has reached a state of what could be
regarded as self-hypnosis........he becomes an automaton
through which evil spirits take advantage of his passivity.
(Gasson;1985; p 82),

Spiritualism is an attempt to communicate with what is

presumed to be the spirits of the dead. Those that indulge
in this cult give themselves up to demons, who pose as
“spirit guides ” and “ loved ones. (Gasson;1985; p 32),

When mediums go into hypnotic trances and contact the

“dead” , when clairvoyants reveal information which
they could not possibly know, when fortune tellers

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 through self-hypnosis reveal the future, Satan is at work.
(Bobgan; 1984; p53)

Astral Projection, Remote Viewing, and Out Of the Body

Experience. Is the belief that the ‘soul’ or conscious spirit part of
the self can leave the physical body and travel through space and
time and even other dimensions.

This type or phenomena like the others that we have briefly touched
upon, is experienced during an ASC. Most people who experience
an OOBE (Out Of the Body Experience) do so in an ASC. The
experience could be classified as pseudo-memory. Pseudo-
memories that contain insights or knowledge that the host could not
have known or come into a knowledge of, then we should assume
an external influence; possibly demonic and occult subjection.
Nicholas Saunders in his book “Ecstasy and the Dance Culture”
writes concerning Astral Travel and Ecstasy.

People who believe in a spirit world would say that

Ecstasy, as well as hallucinogenic drugs............opens
your soul...to the influence of outside spiritual
forces.........practices like Astral Travelling in such
states could result in our souls being “ squatted” by
alien spirits. (Saunders 1995; p 40).

What Saunders fails to mention is that Astral Travelling itself may

lead to “ squatters ”, the risk is increased by the use of drugs. The
evidence shows that spirits can communicate with , and influence
humans more effectively , when the human is in an ASC; (trance,
hypnotic, drug induced, astral projection, Meditated State , etc) . In
Western culture the oldest and most widespread method of
entering an ASC is not widely recognised as a spiritual practice.
Namely the use of drugs.
Drug induced ASC (Pharmakia).

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Nevill Drury earned his Master’s degree for a thesis comparing
traditional shamanism and modern Western magic. In his book
‘Elements of Shamanism’ referring to ‘certain drugs’ he writes;

Psychologists have produced various terms to describe

the substances which produce such radical shifts in
consciousness. Dr Humphry Osmond…..coined the
term psychedelic meaning ‘mind revealing’ of ‘mind
manifesting’ ……substances within this category are
capable of inducing temporary psychotic states of such
intensity that a ‘visionary’ or ‘dream’ world appears
profoundly real. In shamanic societies experiences
like this are highly valued. Sacred plants remove the
barriers between humankind and the realm of gods and
spirits. (Drury; 1989; p45).

In 1931 Aldous Huxley wrote his ‘Treatise On Drugs’; he writes;

Drug-taking, it is significant, plays an important part

in almost every primitive religion. ……How many of
the current ideas of eternity, of heaven, of supernatural
states are ultimately derived from the experience of
drug-takers?........All existing drugs are treacherous
and harmful. The heaven into which they usher their
victims soon turns into a hell of sickness and moral
degradation. (Huxley; 1931; in Horowitz and
Palmer;1977,
p 4).

In 1955 Huxley gave an address at the first American symposium

on psychedelic substances titled ‘Mescaline And The ‘Other
World’’. In this address he presented many ideas that would be
further explored and developed in his book Heaven and Hell. He
recognises the importance of ASC’s in occult practice;

This brings me to a very interesting and, I believe,

significant point. The visionary experience, whether
spontaneous or induced by drugs, hypnosis or any
other means, bears a striking resemblance to ‘the

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 Other World’, as we find it described in various
traditions of religion and folklore. (Huxley;1955; in
Horowitz and Palmer;1977; p 64).

The use of drugs for spiritual purposes has been known for many
thousand of years. Almost all cultures and ages have had their,
shaman, witchdoctors, voodoo men, magicians etc. The use of mind
altering drugs has been essential in the practice of sorcery
(conjuring of spirits).

The Greek word Pharmakia (Sorcery, Witchcraft ) is where the

English word pharmacy finds its root. In the New Testament the
Apostle Paul writes against this practice

Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are:

adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry,
sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of
wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy,
murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which
I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time
past, that those who practice such things will not inherit
the kingdom of God. (Galatians 5:19-21).

The word sorcery used in this portion of scripture, is the English

translation of the Greek Pharmakia. A person who partakes of
sorcery is a sorcerer. The Greek term ‘Pharmakos’ translates as
‘sorcerer’ and is also referred to within the New Testament
scriptures,

But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers,

sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars
shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire
and brimstone, which is the second death.(Rev. 21:8).

But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually

immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever
loves and practices a lie. (Rev. 22:15).

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The use of such drugs, (Drugs that induce ASC’s); is to practice
sorcery (pharmakia). And as shall be presented in this paper; it is the
effect that the drug has upon the taker, and not necessarily the reason
for taking the drug, which make the use of such drugs an act of
sorcery. The drugs have an effect upon human consciousness that
leave the taker in an extremely vulnerable psychological and spiritual
condition,

The drugs themselves are ‘PHARMAKEUTIKOS’. The use of

Pharmakeutikos drugs is an act of sorcery. Pharmakeutikos drugs,
places the drug user in a state of consciousness, which leaves them
extremely vulnerable to ‘Occultic Subjection’.

For a brilliant survey of the relationship and history between magic

and the use of drugs, see the excellently researched book edited by
George Andrews. (Drugs And Magic; 1997; IllumiNet Press).

The Church, and Western society in general must wake up to the fact
that the use of such drugs is an occult practice. The so-called
recreational usage of these drugs and the Western worldview are no
safeguards against the dangers involved. In the introduction to the
book ‘Hallucinogens and Shamanism’ Harner writes,

The use of psychedelic agents is only one of the ways

of achieving the trance-like states conducive to a sense
of seeing and contacting the supernatural. One of the
most typical aspects of the shamanistic experience is
the change to another state of consciousness, often
called a trance, with the shaman feeling that he is
taking a journey. During the past years it has become
common to speak of ‘taking a trip’ with psychedelic
substances, and this is no coincidence.(Harner;1973; p
xii).

Elsewhere Saunders writes;

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 The combination of the drug with music and dancing
can produce an exhilarating trancelike state, perhaps
similar to that experienced in tribal rituals. (Saunders ;
1995;P 41).

Saunders’s book openly admits that the use of Ecstasy and other
hallucegenic drugs is a spiritual exercise, he dedicates a whole
section to personal accounts that have a spiritual dimension for
example;

…it must have been 50 minutes after the

ingestion........lifting me into a supernatural dimension.
(Saunders: 1995; p 230).

W T Space who is a well respected authority on mysticism was

asked whether the drug experience is similar to mystical experience
he replied;

It’s not a matter of its being similar to a mystical experience;

it is a mystical experience. (Smith; 2000;
p 24)

There is an amazing statement . One that should arrest our attention

in the preface to the 1997 edition of the book ‘Drugs and Magic’
George C Andrews writes,

Other-worldly entities can be invoked or banished

according to the rules of ritual magic, and since time
immemorial certain specific types of psychoactive
incense, potions and ointments have played an essential
part in these rituals. One of the main functions of the
psychoactive substances used in such rituals is to
enhance the telepathic communication between human
and non-human intelligences……….When I wrote the
original preface to this book in 1974, I was not aware
that the entities referred to by different names in the
different traditions were real and actually do exist.
(Andrews;1997; p 11).

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The Council for Spiritual Practices openly promotes the use of
drugs. Their website (http://www.csp.org/) contain many files that
show that the use of certain drugs is a spiritual practice. They use
the term ‘entheogen’ to categorise this type of drug.

In the Entheogen Project they actually encourage the use of so

called ‘entheogenic’ substances. Entheogen is another word for
pharmakeutikos. The Council for Spiritual Practices (CSP) define
entheogen as:

en·theo·gen [god within; god- or spirit-facilitating] a

psychoactive sacramental; a plant or chemical
substance taken to occasion primary religious
experience. Example: peyote cactus as used in the
Native American Church.
The purpose of the Entheogen Project is to
systematically gather knowledge about the immediate
and long-term effects of entheogen use and to explore
how public policy might accommodate responsible
spiritual practices incorporating entheogens.
(http://www.csp.org/practices/entheogens/entheogens.html)
(accessed Aug 2005).

The CSP website has many files claiming “advanced beings” can be
contacted by the use of this type of drug. What they fail to inform
their readers (possibly through ignorance of the fact); is the ethical
nature of the beings contacted.

Donald J Degrecia conducted a survey asking people about their

experiences with hallucinogenic drugs, and writes,

The idea of Kundalini derives from Tantric yoga ...By

practicing specific yoga exercises, one supposedly can
awaken this kundlini, which in turn leads to severe
alterations in consciousness including the onset of
psychic abilities .........These Tantric ideas have also
been adopted by certain Western occult

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 traditions........However, what strikes me is the
overwhelming similarity between reports by people
who have undergone kundalini awakening and what
occurs to people who take hallucinogenic drugs.
According to Charles Tart, both of these states can be
considered altered states of consciousness.
(http://www.csp.org/practices/entheogens/docs/kundalini_survey.ht
ml), (accessed Aug 2005).

This fact needs to be hammered home; it can not be understated; the

mere usage of such drugs is in itself the act of sorcery (pharmakia).
One is not required to be a shaman or a witch doctor etc, to partake
in pharmakia.

In the ‘Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Drugs (Mushrooms)’,we read

the following;

The Koryaks and other Siberian people believed that

anyone- even if he or she were not a shaman- who ate
wa’paq would be told the future, the nature and origin
of an illness, and the meaning of dreams. In addition,
by ingesting the wa’paq a person in the mushroom-
induced, ecstatic trance would be able to travel to the
realm of celestial beings, (Snyder (ed);1986, p 44).

During the first stage of intoxication the traditional

mushroom eater would often sing and dance….During
the second stage of intoxication a person experienced
hallucinations. He might hear strange voices bidding
him to perform bizarre acts. …spirits might appear and
even converse with the mushroom eater. (Snyder
(ed);1986, p 60).

Like other Asiatic and American Indian people, the

Chukchi felt the world was multi-layed; several layers
of heaven above and several layers of underworld
below the earth’s surface, all connected by a cosmic
central axis. Each cosmic level, in turn having its
ruling spirits. In times of communal or individual

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 crisis, the shaman travelled to these different levels to
consult with the spirits. Normally only shamans could
do this, but with the help of the mushroom spirits,
even ordinary people could make such journeys, ,
(Snyder (ed);1986, p 61).

Concerning the link between mescalin , LSD and the occult Colin
Wilson writes;

They (the occult powers) are certainly related to the

states of ‘receptivity’ produced by mescalin and LSD.
(Wilson; 1986; p 754).

The occultic nature of these types of drugs is understood by many

Western Occult practitioners. But the ignorance of many people;
who believe that the drugs are taken by themselves for purely
recreational and hedonistic reasons; leaves them in an extremely
dangerous and vulnerable state.

When people go ‘raving’; dancing and taking ecstasy and similar

drugs. They may not be aware of the spiritual nature of their
activity. But rather sinisterly; there are many who are fully aware;
and actually exploit the situation. In the Book ‘In Search Of the
Ultimate High’ Saunders, Saunders and Pauli. Inform the reader of
the following; (note; Pendgragon, Return to Source and Escape
from Samsra were all names of Rave clubs).

Raving can be viewed as a transcendental mind-

altering experience providing psychic relief to
alienated people in a secular, repressive and
materialistic society. Ecstasy and other drugs are the
keys to unlock the doors to these desired states of
consciousness……DJs are the high priests of the rave
ceremony, responding to the mood of the crowd, with
their mixing desks symbolising the alter (the only
direction the ravers face). Dancing at raves may be
construed as the method by which ravers ‘worship’ the

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God of altered consciousness. (Saunders, Saunders
and Pauli; 2000; p 168).

Setting is a crucial factor in influencing an

entheogenic experience. Some clubs attempt to bring
out the spiritual side of a rave by consciously creating
spaces which are conducive to spiritual expression. In
London, Escape from Samsara, Pendragon, and Return
to the Source are renowned for providing an
environment in which the spiritual element in rave can
be explored fully. (Saunders, Saunders and Pauli;
2000; p 169).

Pendragon, for example, coincide their nights with the

full moon and each night commences with a ritual.
They use pagan imagery in their flyers, urging
clubbers to ‘invoke the tribal Celtic spirit’ and
celebrate festivals such as Samhain and Lammas.
(Saunders, Saunders and Pauli; 2000; p170).

Return to Source organisers see the dance floor as a

sacred space and prepare it accordingly. A crystal,
symbolising cosmic energy, is hung above it. Spring
water from Glastonbury is ritually sprinkled. And an
American Indian
Sage is burnt to cleanse the energy. Return to Source
describe their vision. The all-night dance ritual is a
memory that runs deep within us all; a memory that
takes us back to a time when people had respect for
our great mother earth and each other. Dancing was
our rite of passage, our shamanistic journey into
altered states of reality where we embodied the Great
Spirit and the magic of life…….The ancient memory
had reawakened, the all-night dance ritual has
returned. At Return to the Source, it is our vision to
bring back the dance ritual. A ritual is a sacred act
with focused attention. We aim to create a modern day
positive space, created with love where we can join as
one tribe to journey into deep trance, just as our

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 ancestors did. (Saunders, Saunders and Pauli; 2000; p
170).

The above references inform us that the rave organisers at certain

venues are fully aware that they are involved in ritualistic trance
inducement for spiritual purposes. ‘They use pagan imagery in their
flyers, urging clubbers to ‘invoke the tribal Celtic spirit’ This is
pure sorcery, pure pharmakia. An Australian woman is quoted in
the same chapter ;

The more magical techno activists understand the

power of the gnosis of trance, and may use lots of
tricks and techniques to ‘direct’ the energy of the
dance in certain directions. Sound is the most obvious
one but artists have buried crystals under the dance
area……..I’ve found myself dancing on a black floor
covered in a 22-pointed star. (Saunders, Saunders and
Pauli; 2000; p 171).

John C Lilly, MD, in his report for a government agency

(USA; National Institute of Mental Health; 1964-66).
Lilly likens the human brain to a bio-computer. He experimented
with the effects of LSD on about thirty persons, and discovered that
“beings” where actually contacted, (note; the computer being
referred to is the human brain; the bio-computer). He writes,

Some of these beings are programming us in the long

term…. ...With this metatheory, this type of
experience is not just the computer operating in
isolation, confinement and solitude on pre-programmed
material being elicited from memory, but is really in
communication with other beings, and the influence on
one’s self by them is real .(Lilly; 1972).

Michael J Harner PH.D undertook a number of expeditions to the

upper Amazon rain forest were he was engaged in ethological
research among the indigenous tribes; the Jivaro, Achuara and
Conibo-Shipibo Indians. These tribes all use hallucegenic drugs. He
published a paper ‘The Sound of Rushing Water’ in Natural History

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Magazine, [Vol 77, No 6 (June-July). 1968]. In this paper Harner
writes of his experiences of digesting the drugs of the Indians. The
paper is reprinted in the book ‘Hallucinogens and Shamanism’. He
writes

For several hours after drinking the brew, I found

myself, although wide awake, in a world literally
beyond my wildest dreams. I met bird-headed people,
as well as dragon-like creatures who explained that
they were the true gods of this world. (Harner :1973;P
16).

The use of the hallucinogenic natermä drink among

the Jivaro makes it possible for almost anyone to
achieve the trance state essential for the practice of
shamanism; (Harner. ed:1973; p 17).

In the same book we read of Gerald Weiss PH.D who conducted

similar research among the Campa Indians of the eastern Peruvian
rain forest. Campa shamans use the hallucinogen Ayahuasca.
Regarding the drug and its use by the shaman Weiss comments,

Ayahuasca is an hallucinogen which puts him directly

into communication with the spirit world, as spirits
visit him, or as his soul leaves his body to visit the
abodes of the spirits. (Harner ed; 1973: p 43.)

The book “DMT Spirit Molecule” records how from 1990 to 1995
Dr Rick Strassman conducted a DEA-approved clinical research at
the University of New Mexico in which he injected sixty volunteers
with the powerful psychedelic DMT. Many volunteers reported
encounters with non-human entities, especially “aliens”. He writes;

When reviewing my bedside notes, I continually feel

surprised how many of our volunteers “made contact”
with “them”, or other beings. At least half did so in one
form or another. Research subjects used expressions
like “entities”, “beings”, “aliens”, “guides”, and
“helpers” to describe “them”.(Strassman; 2001; p 185).

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On the following page he writes, ‘Thus, these are “nonmaterial”
beings.’ Later the truth is touched.

Aaron summarized his encounters with these beings

after a subsequent double-blind high dose: There is a
sinister backdrop……It’s more like being possessed.
During the experience there is sense of someone, or
something else, there taking control……Its like they
have an agenda. (Strassman: 2001; p189).

Dr Strassman writes;

Shocking and unsettling as they were, contact with

life-forms from another dimension was never on the
list of volunteers’ reasons for participating in our
research. Neither was it something I expected with any
frequency. Rather, it was the transpersonal, mystical
and spiritual states to which they aspired.
(Strassman;2001: p 219)’

During the 1960’s research took place exploring the possible

psychedelic and psycholytic use of the powerful hallucegenic LSD.
Two leading PH.D holding researchers Dr Timothy Leary and Dr
Richard Alpert, were in the forefront of LSD psychotherapy. Both
also began to experiment upon themselves. They subsequently
became mystics, leaving their academic careers to pursue ‘spiritual’
paths outside of Christ.
Dr Richard Alpert changed his name to Baba Ram Dass and
became a Hindu mystic. Concerning the 1960’s research Caldewell
comments,

Yet LSD inspired more than religious reverence and

mystical ecstasy. Under the influence people became
convinced that they could.. …..communicate with
spirits. (Caldewell; 1969; p14).

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Writing about a woman that had taken LSD and became psychotic
after a single dose. She began to have frightening and ugly
hallucinations after taking the drug. One would have expected the
drug and its effects to wear off, but the hallucinations continued for
months. W V Caldwell continues the story,

It was not all bad. Once the woman got hold of herself,
she assumed some kind of reasonable control over
them. They were for the most part pleasant.
Psychologically semi educated, she explored them,
extended them, tried to understand them. But
gradually they took over more and more of her time
and become real. One night she found herself in the
bathroom performing a magic ritual with some Indian
from the world of dreams. (Caldewell; 1969; p 63).

Cannabis, Hashish, Marihuana, Hemp.

In the UK Cannabis was reclassified by the British Home Office

from a Class B to a Class C drug. There appears to be a dangerous
“soft” attitude both from the government and the general public
perception concerning the use of cannabis.

Cannabis is probably the most dangerous of all pharmakeutikos

drugs, if only for the reason that it is seen and used as a ‘soft and
safe’ recreational drug. It is the Western Worldview that has made
this sorcerer’s drug so dangerous today. The drug has a history of
shamanistic usage, across many ages and continents.

William A Emboden, Jr in his excellent paper ‘Ritual Use of

Cannabis Sativa L.; A Historical-Ethnographic Survey’ writes,

By the fifteen century B.C. the Chinese book known as

the Rh-Ya was complied, and in it there is a mention of
the herb Ma, the Cannabis Sativa plant…..the Rh-Ya
describes the first ritualistic or shamanistic use of the
plant, (Hurst, (ed); 1990;
p 217).

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 The historically documented use of Cannabis in the
funeral customs of the ancient Scythians, a nomadic
people who ranged eastward as far as what is now
central Siberia, appears to have originated with their
defeat and brief domination by the Thracian Getae in
the early sixth century B.C. The Getae were a well
organised society of horsemen and hunters……..Their
shamans known as Kapnobatai, used hemp smoke to
induce visions and oracular trances, (Hurst, (ed); 1990;
p 223).

The soviet archaeologist S. I Rudenko discovered

additional archaeological evidence for the use of
Cannabis sativa to induce trances in Scythian funeral
rites, (Hurst, (ed); 1990; footnote p223).

It is true, however according to one tradition in India

the resin of cannabis, under the name Vijaya was the
favourite drink of the god Indra and that he gave it to
the people so that they might attain elevated states of
consciousness, (Hurst;(ed); 1990; p225).

The dervishes used Cannabis resins mixed with oils of

seeds to produce a ‘hypnotic’ which, when drunk in that
strength, induced a trancelike sleep. (Hurst;(ed); 1990;
p 226).

Of late there have been reports of rituals in which

marihuana has come to replace hard-to-get aboriginal
hallucinogens. (Hurst;(ed); 1990;p 229).

Historically cannabis has been used as a pharmakeutikos drug, as a

means to ‘connect’ with the spirit realm. The book title ‘Cannabis
Spirituality’ by Stephen Gaskin speaks for itself, Gaskin writes,

Another reason I use cannabis is because I find it open

religious experience to be one step closer. (Gaskin;
1997; p 40).

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 Cannabis can be the focus for a freelance , ad hoc
spiritual meeting. A group of people, partaking of the
good herb together, not perhaps even thinking of
anything spiritual. (Gaskin; 1997; p 59).

The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Drugs (flowing plants)’ informs

us of the pharmakeutikos properties of cannabis;

It is not known when the Chinese first used cannabis

to achieve hallucinogenic effects....
However, in the 1st century C . E the seeds of the plant
were still being burned in incense burners to give
people the ability to see spirits. , (Snyder (ed);1986, p
43).

The book ‘Green Gold The Tree Of Life’ has a number of

photographs on the back cover, the descriptive comments are as
follows,

The world’s oldest living god, Shiva preparing bnang

(Cannabis sativa). Shiva has been worshipped by the
holy ones , now known as Sadhus, continually since at
least 2700BCE. (Bennet, Osbum & Osbum; 1995)

Mithras sacrificing the bull of creation in order to

renew life. The sacred drink of the mysteries (three
pointes Cannabis sativa leaf) flows from the wound.
(Bennet, Osbum & Osbum; 1995)

The comment on the back cover states in bold type,

Cannabis Sativa played a major role in every religion

in the Old World from the dawn of civilization to the
dark ages when its sacramental use was prohibited.
(Bennet, Osbum & Osbum; 1995)

The authors quote Dr Sumac ;

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 The sorcerers of these Thracian tribes were known to
have burned female cannabis flowers (and other
psychoactive plants) as a mystical incense to induce
trances. (Bennet, Osbum & Osbum; 1995; p 133)

The book is over 470 pages in total, the whole theme of the book
relates how cannabis is a means to achieving spiritual knowledge.
The book’s position is from a non Biblical perspective. The book
does what this paper is also presenting namely that cannabis is a
pharmakeutikos, a shamanistic drug.

Shamanistic traditions of great antiquity in Asia and

the near East have as one of their most important
elements the attempt to find God without a vale of
tears; that cannabis played a role in this, at least in
some areas, is born out in the philology surrounding
the ritualistic use of the plant. (Bennet, Osbum &
Osbum; 1995; page 4).

Aleister Crowley (Who called himself the Beast) the infamous

occultist became a member of the magical (occult) society of the
1890’s known as ‘The Order Of The Golden Dawn’. Crowley
believed that drugs were a means of penetrating beyond the realm
or veil of matter. He would use drugs often in ritualistic settings.
Bennet writes,

In a 1907 Essay, The Psychology of Hashish, Crowley

wrote that in his extensive studies into the history of the
occult he "found this one constant story. Stripped of its
local chronological accidents, it usually came to this –
the writer would tell of a young man, a seeker after
hidden Wisdom, who, in one circumstance or another,
meets an adept; who, after sundry ordeals, obtains from
the said adept, for good or ill, a certain mysterious drug
or potion, with the result (at least) of opening the gate
of the other world. …..

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 After "poisoning" himself with "every drug in (and out
of) the Pharmacopoeia" in search of the above
preparation, Crowley came to believe that this
substance was a "sublimated or purified preparation of
Cannabis Indica." Preceding the theories of Gordon
Wasson, Jonathan Ott, Terrence Mckenna and others by
more than half a century, the Beast went so far as to
speculate that "this ceremonial intoxication constitutes
the supreme ritual of all religions.
(http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/80.html)
(Accessed Aug 2005).

On Sunday June 19, 2005; 21:20 GMT. The BBC broadcast a

Panorama television programme entitled "Cannabis: what every
teenager should know". The relevant information and the
programme transcript are available on line, Terry Hammond was
interviewed by the Panorama team.

Terry’s son, Steve, developed schizophrenia in 1999. Terry believes

that Steve's illness was brought on by his use of cannabis. He says.

I personally believe, and Steve himself has got no

doubt, that cannabis was the trigger, because he was
smoking cannabis, he was beginning to binge on it and
he actually talks about this period of time when he took
it and collapsed and when he woke up after collapsing
from eating a small piece of resin, he had the voices in
his head thereafter.

Terry further explains.

It was sudden and it was in a period of, I'd say, 2 - 3

weeks. Steve actually now tells us why that was. He
said he was heavily smoking it, he was smoking 5 or 6
a night, maybe for 4 or 5 nights, but he said that the day
that actually caused the big problem was when he ate a
piece of resin in a disco and he collapsed and when he

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woke up in the toilet he heard a voice saying "it's okay
Steve, you can get up now, you're okay."

When he looked around there was nobody in the

cubicle, nobody in the toilets and then he realised they
were voices in his head and those voices in his head,
he's had them ever since, that was nearly 6 years ago.
And it was at that time... and it was the voices in his
head that obviously terrified him, I mean he was a
terrified young man, he didn't know what to do. He
would scream and shout at these voices in his bedroom,
he would hit his head against the wall.

Steve is a gentle man and he was a gentle kid. He was a

lovely child as all fathers would say but he was really
violent to himself, in as far as bashing the wall and
screaming and he would throw things through windows
and, you know, he was just terrified.

Looking back on it now, and I have talked to him about

that now and he says that it was the voices, he said he
had 3 or 4 voices screaming at him telling him all sorts
of awful things and he said I was just trying to get them
out my head.

Steve was convinced he'd been taken over by aliens

and he thought that we were aliens, or that we'd been
taken over and he felt that he had to get them out to
protect himself and protect everybody. He's not a
religious lad, so as far as he was concerned, he said to
me later, "well where else can they come from? How
can I have voices in my head?"

He was totally convinced and you know, he would go

out and he would scream out in the garden, he'd look up
into the sky and he'd go down into the park, he would
shout and tell them to go away.

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 (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/410
4744.stm) (Accessed Aug 2005).

It is interesting that Terry says that Steve believed that the voices
were ‘aliens’. This comes from Steve’s worldview, for he was not a
‘religious lad’. The question he asks is potent, "well where else can
they come from? How can I have voices in my head?" An interesting
question. If they are not aliens; where else can they come from?

“Alien” Contact.

From a Christian and biblical worldview the communication and

contact with ‘alien life-forms’ is non other than the communication
and contact with demons and or evil spirits. An important TCD is
cultural interpretation. The scientific Western interpretation is one
that has a ‘space-age’ bias. We live in the space-age. We are more
than familiar with ‘alien’ motifs via Hollywood and the television.

Our space-age cultural interpretation of contact with other ‘beings’

is. The ‘beings’ are not spirits but visitors from a more scientifically
advance race of aliens. For over fifty years ; ever since human
technology took us into outer-space. The UFO phenomena has been
reported.

John E Mack MD has researched the “Alien Abduction”

phenomena. He writes,

These phenomena cannot be understood within the

framework of the laws of Western Science, although as
I have indicated, they are fully consistent with the
beliefs developed thousands of years ago by other non-
Western cultures, (Mack ; 1994; p32).

He writes that abduction begins by a “subtle shift in consciousness”

(p 33). An interesting point is made by an ‘abductee’ named Sheila,
Mack records,

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 She also began to have recurring dreams in which she
would experience terror, be unable to move, and her
body would feel as if it were vibrating or ‘full of
electricity’. At first she called these ‘spiritual dreams’,
and they made her feel like someone or something else
was controlling her body, as if she were ‘possessed by
demons. (Mack; 1994; p 70).

During 1992; the influential and prestigious Massachusetts Institute

of Technology was the venue for a five day conference exploring
the ‘Abduction’ phenomena. The prize winning author C. D. B
Bryan attended the meeting and wrote a book on the subject. He
states,

Some abductees go into a New Age group or

channelling. It’s a normal dissociative state. (Bryan ;
1995; P 33).

Writing about an abductee named Sue, Bryan records that she;

Has become a highly religious person…..and believes

these experiences were caused by demonic forces.
(Bryan ; 1995; page 40).

Bryan refers to Keith Basterfield, who is the research officer for UFO
Research Australia;

Basterfield proposes that a correlation may exist

between UFO events (including abductions) and
paranormal phenomena such as poltergeists,
apparitions, and psychic healing. (Bryan ; 1995; P 40).

Bryan quotes Thomas E Bullard’s work on Folkloric Dimensions of

the UFO Phenomenon,

The recognition of folklore parallels to UFO events

have become a staple element in the literature as
researchers expand ever further on Vallee’s pioneering
work. The dwarfish occupants reported in most UFO

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 landings have their parallels in the almost worldwide
beliefs about diminutive supernatural being. Physical
and mental effects of close encounters such as time
lapse, paralysis, or subsequent illness resemble effects
of encounters with ghosts, fairies, and
demons………..the bedroom intrusion of strange
beings in the night [compares] with incubus
visitation……Comparison has focused on imagery
motifs, narrative structures, and extended mythological
patterns, most notably initiation and shamanic journeys.
…..communion with the spirit world. (Bryan ; 1995; P
143).

The question that follows is revealing;

These similarities seem too impressive to dismiss as

chance, and weighty with clues about the ultimate
nature of UFO’s. Why aliens should act like fairies or
demons makes no sense; (Bryan ; 1995; p143).

Bulllard poses the question the wrong way round. The question is
why demons should act like aliens. Is the whole UFO phenomena is a
deception? This possibility has been touched upon by some UFO
researchers. And especially the Frenchman Jacques Vallee. Richard
L Thompson referring to Valee’s theory writes,

…the UFO phenomena, which Valee portrayed as a

control system that intervenes in human affairs but is
unknown to us and perhaps unknowable. He suggested
that this phenomenon may be giving people remarkable
experiences that are essentially false but are more than
simple illusions generated by their own minds. In other
words, the UFO phenomenon is a deceiver. (Thompson;
1993; P 188).

In the preface to the 1997 edition of the book ‘Drugs and Magic’
George C Andrews, writing about the reality of the entities that can
be contacted during ritual magic and drug use, states;

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 Entities involved may be either other-dimensional or
extraterrestrial, or simultaneously of both natures, since
the two terms are not mutually exclusive. In some
cases, deities of ancient religions may turn out to be
identical to contemporary extraterrestrials, the same
types of entities that manifested to our ancestors now
manifesting to us (Andrews; 1997; p11).

Dr Strassman correlates the research that he partook with DMT and

draws a rather telling and insightful conclusion. One should
remember that Strassman is not coming from a Biblical position, but
is merely analysing the evidence. He compares his research with
DMT with the research of Dr John E Mack, whose area of research
was ‘alien abduction’; Strassman writes:

The resemblance of Mack’s accounts of alien

abduction of ‘experiencers’ to the contacts described
by our own volunteers is undeniable. How can anyone
doubt , after reading our accounts in these last two
chapters. That DMT elicits ‘typical’ alien encounters?
If presented with a record of several of our research
subject’s accounts, with all references to DMT
removed, could anyone distinguish our reports from
those of a group of abductees?(Strassman;2001: p
219)’

The evidence is overwhelming many other passages could have

been quoted. The danger of ASC and especially drug induced ASC
is very real. When this type of drug is taken it leaves the user in a
state of mind were the possible influence of demons and evil spirits
is increased. Depending upon the drug used, this influence can in
some instances be virtually guaranteed. To use the illustration of an
house. Smoking cannabis is rather like leaving the front door open.
It does not mean that you will be burgled or definitely attract
squatters. But the ‘normal’ safeguards are removed. But stronger
doses of cannabis and stronger psychedelic substances actually
attract squatters.

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Would you stay in a room, or continue to sit at a table; if your
friends began to use a Ouija board? Even though you yourself
would play no direct part in the boards use? Or would you remain
in a room were a séance or Occultic ritual was taking place?

Knowing and understanding the pharmakeutikos nature of certain

drugs. Would it be wise to sit at a table, or to remain in a room
were you knew people were under the influence of hallucegenic
drugs?

To remain among a group of persons who are all sharing a cannabis

joint, even if you do not actually smoke it yourself; is to put
yourself in an Occultic situation. Aldous Huxley wife Laura
writes;

That day, as on many others when I was a companion to

a ‘voyager’, I became slightly affected by the drug,
although I did not take it……It is one of the many
unaccountable qualities of these chemicals. Perhaps the
breath of a person who has taken LSD has some trace of
it; maybe it comes out from the skin pores. Or is this
phenomenon due to hypnosis, imagination, energy-
transfer, telepathy? Or to a yet unexplained osmotic
process. I do not know. It is a fact, however, that some
of the most sensitive companions feel a slight effect of
LSD when in the presence of a person who has taken it.
In slang, this is called having a ‘free ride’, (Horowitz
&Palmer 1977; p76).
Church of Jesus Christ wake up to the dangers of recreational
drug use among our youth. We are in a war, recognise the
enemies presence in our society.

May God give all readers understanding

~
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