Zac Kamenetz: Judaism Unbound Episode 225 - Jewish Psychedelics

Written By Lex Rofes

Zac Kamenetz, an educator, rabbi, and aspiring healer who enrolled in a clinical study to give clergy members high doses of psilocybin (a psychedelic compound), joins Dan and Lex for a conversation about mysticism, entheogens (psychedelic substances), and the future of Judaism.

 
 

[1] Learn more about Zac Kamenetz at ZacKamenetz.com. Check out his recent appearance on the jewishLIVE show The IDRA Hour by clicking here.

[2] Give the paper, authored by Roland Griffiths and alluded to by Kamenetz, a read at this link. For a Washington Post article that looks specifically at the clinical study of psilocybin, and its effects on clergy, that Kamenetz took part in, click here.

[3] Both Kamenetz and Dan reference Michael Pollan’s book, which is entitled How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence. Purchase it here.

[4] For Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s “Trip Report” — click here.

Lex Rofes
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