“Ritual use of psychedelic plants and substances has been a particularly effective technology for inducing holotropic states of consciousness.” Has BeensStatesUseConsciousnessTechnologyPlantSubstanceRitualPsychedelicStates Of Consciousness Book:The Cosmic Game: Explorations of the Frontiers of Human Consciousness Source: The Cosmic Game: Explorations of the Frontiers of Human Consciousness
“Rajneeshism is creating a Noahs Ark of consciousness, remaining centered exactly in the middle of the cyclone. You can only escape within, and thats what I teach. I do not teach worship of God or any other ritual but only a scientific way of coming to your innermost core.” WayConsciousnessTeachMiddleCreatingWorshipCoreRitualArkCyclones Author:Rajneesh
“I've studied Kabbalah, as you know, for many years, so there are a lot of things I do that one would associate with practising Judaism. I hear the Torah every Saturday. I observe Shabbat. I say certain prayers. My son was bar mitzvahed. So this appears like I'm Jewish, but these rituals are connected to what I describe as the Tree of Life consciousness and have more to do with the idea of being an Israelite, not Jewish.” KnowsYearsIdeasCertainPrayerConsciousnessTreeSonConnectedBarsMy SonRitualSaturdayAssociatesJudaismTree Of LifeTorahKabbalahBar Mitzvah Author:Madonna Ciccone
“One of the delights of the new age is that it's a turning of consciousness to give us permission to look beyond appearances. But there are traps that come with it. It's brave to throw off the old altars and churches and ceremonies that kept us from discovery, it's not so brave to replace them with chants and rituals and new priests who are retreads of the old.” GivingLooksAgeChurchConsciousnessDiscoveryBraveDelightAppearancePriestsRitualPermissionTrapsNew AgeCeremonyAltars Author:Richard Bach
“A lot of things occurred to me with shamans in Peru.There were a number of different kinds of experiences that you learn from doing ritual and taking ayahuasca [a common tropical forest hallucinogen] is the key to understanding the native consciousness and perception of the world with the Peruvian shamans that you wouldn't get unless you had been with them, but every shamanic tradition, including the Native American tradition of medicine and cleansing ritual, like the Sun Dance or the sweat lodge.” WorldKindDifferentUnderstandingCommonNumbersConsciousnessSunKeysPerceptionTraditionMedicineIncludingForestsNativeRitualSweatDifferent KindsNative AmericanCleansingTropicalLodgesPeruAyahuascaAmerican TraditionPerception Of The WorldHallucinogensPeruvians Author:Fred Alan Wolf