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#74 Are DMT and Psychedelics Okay for Christians?


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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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