Worldview Legacy | The Think Institute #74 Are DMT and Psychedelics Okay for Christians?
What does the Bible say about dimethyltriptamine (DMT) and other psychedelic and hallucinogenic drugs?
In this episode, you will learn how to respond to a friend who tells you that he is having positive spiritual experiences through using DMT or another hallucinogen.
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Links to articles and sources I used to research for this episode:
“What is the Jesus drug (dimethyltryptamine)?” (Got Questions) https://gotquestions.org/Jesus-drug-dimethyltryptamine.html
“What does the Bible say about sorcery? (Got Questions) https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-sorcery.html
Drug Use (Open Bible) https://www.openbible.info/topics/drug_use
Pharmakeia (Open Bible) https://www.openbible.info/topics/pharmakeia
Sorcery (Open Bible) https://www.openbible.info/topics/sorcery
“It’s Official: DMT Makes You Believe In God” (Vice) https://www.vice.com/en/article/ep4dxk/its-official-dmt-makes-you-believe-in-god
“Ayahuasca” (American Shaman) https://americanshaman.org/ayahuasca/#Origins_in_Indigenous_Culture
“Does Joe Rogan Think the DMT Elves Are Real?” (Powerful JRE) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DQSIzJ9J-g
The Testimony of Pokemon and Bautista (Chief Shoefoot) (Faithful Moms) https://faithfulmoms.org/is-pokemon-safe-children-christian-perspective/
“Chief Shoefoot’s Rebuke” (Touchstone) https://touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=11-05-012-v
“We make the spirits dance” – the world of the Yanomami shaman (Survival International) https://www.survivalinternational.org/articles/3506-yanomamishaman
Ancient medicinal plants of South America (National Library of Medicine) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6561247/
Galatians 5:20 commentaries: Ellicott’s, Meyer’s, Barnes’; Belgel’s Gnomen; etc. (BibleHub) https://biblehub.com/commentaries/galatians/5-20.htm
What Are DMT Elves and Who Reports Seeing Them? (HowStuffWorks) https://health.howstuffworks.com/wellness/drugs-alcohol/dmt-elves.htm#pt4
The Essential Ministry of the Holy Spirit, Part 3 (Galatians 5:16–25) (Grace to You) https://www.gty.org/library/sermons-library/90-332/the-essential-ministry-of-the-holy-spirit-part-3
The DMT ‘elves’ people meet while tripping (Big Think) https://bigthink.com/the-present/dmt-beings/
For OT and NT uses of “pharmakeia”:
The Septuagint (LXX) (Blue Letter Bible) https://www.blueletterbible.org/lxx/mal/3/1/ss0/rl0/s_928001
Greek New Testament https://www.laparola.net/greco/index.php
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