Christianity Beyond Itself w/Hunt Priest: Psychedelics & Christian Ministry

About this episode

The episode explores the intersection of psychedelics and Christianity through a dialogue with Hunt Priest, focusing on spiritual rediscovery and the church's relationship with indigenous cultures.

n this dialogue with Hunt Priest, we explore how psychedelics can support a rediscovery of the fire of the holy spirit, reconnection with God re-imagining of the symbolic depth of Christianity. We consider the perennial tensions between the alive spirit and the church as institution. Colonial mindsets and evangelism. The Church's relationship to indigenous cultures. Jesus as Shaman and the overlaps between Shamanism and Christianity in the work of Mircea Eliade. Hunt Priest is the Executive Director and Founder of Ligare - A Christian Psychedelic Society. Hunt is a former Episcopal priest who, after a profound mystical experience during a psilocybin research study at Johns Hopkins, founded Ligare to help Christians explore psychedelic healing within a religious context. https://www.ligare.org/ Jacob Kishere is a professional dialogue facilitator, writer, rapper, and philosopher. The creator of Culturepilgrim, SENSESPACE Podcast & Studio and The Resonant Man. He began my research into the crisis of the modern west with my award winning BA thesis (History, QMUL) and MA (Terrorism, Security & Society, KCL). Over the last decade I’ve searched deeper answers to that crisis…

People in this episode

Host: Jacob Kishere

Guest: Hunt Priest

Topics covered

• psychedelics
• Christianity
• spirituality
• indigenous cultures
• shamanism

Keywords

• holy spirit
• evangelism
• Mircea Eliade
• Christian Psychedelic Society

Mentioned in this episode

Products: psilocybin research study

Books & works: The Resonant Man, BA, History, MA, Terrorism, Security & Society

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