LSD Church

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LSD Church is an informal name for the League for Spiritual Discovery, a 1960s-era psychedelic spiritual organization associated with Timothy Leary and the use of LSD as a sacrament.

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instanceOf psychedelic spiritual organization
religious organization
abbreviationOf League for Spiritual Discovery NERFINISHED
activeInDecade 1960s
aimsTo integrate psychedelic experience with religious practice
associatedWith Harvard psychedelic research legacy
Timothy Leary NERFINISHED
classification new religious movement
psychedelic religion
coreBelief LSD can facilitate spiritual enlightenment
psychedelic experience can be a religious sacrament
corePractice use of psychedelic drugs in spiritual context
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
era 1960s
foundedBy Timothy Leary NERFINISHED
hasAcronym LSD NERFINISHED
hasConcept set and setting in spiritual use of LSD
hasInformalName League for Spiritual Discovery NERFINISHED
hasKeyFigure Timothy Leary NERFINISHED
historicalContext post-Harvard period of Timothy Leary
influencedBy American counterculture
Eastern mysticism
psychedelic research of early 1960s
movement counterculture of the 1960s
psychedelic movement
opposedBy U.S. drug authorities NERFINISHED
mainstream religious institutions
promotedBy Timothy Leary’s public lectures
religiousOrientation New Age spirituality
psychedelic spirituality
religiousUseOf LSD
status defunct organization
theologicalFocus expanded consciousness
mystical experience
timePeriod 20th century
treatsAsSacrament LSD NERFINISHED
usesSubstance lysergic acid diethylamide

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