entheogenic

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English

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Etymology

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From entheogen +‎ -ic.

Adjective

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entheogenic

  1. Of, relating to, or as a result of an entheogen
    • 1998, Thomas Lyttle, Psychedelics reimagined, page 154:
      During the past twenty-five years, entheogenic mushrooms have been available in food preparations prepared by native peoples of third world countries.

Noun

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entheogenic (plural entheogenics)

  1. Synonym of entheogen
    • 2011, Mark A. R. Kleiman, James E. Hawdon, Encyclopedia of Drug Policy:
      The use of entheogenics declined in areas where Judaism, Christianity, and Islam were popular due to these groups' disapproval of the practice.
    • 2015, Karen Kennedy, Deeply Felt, Reflections on Religion & Violence Within the Anarchist Turn, page 108:
      Sensitive states of awareness, evident in various forms of spiritual/religious practice, for example Shamanism's use of entheogenics and Tantra's practices of sexual transcendence have for Morton become paradoxically refined in contemporary capitalism.
    • 2019, Wim van den Dungen, In Togetherness, page 434434:
      In spiritually inclined individuals taking entheogenics in a proper setting, this may even be easy.