title: Sacramental and spiritual use of hallucinogenic drugs.
abstract: Arguably, the religious use of hallucinogenic drugs stems from a human search of metaphysical insight rather than from a direct need for cognitive, emotional, social, physical, or sexual improvement. Therefore, the sacramental and spiritual intake of hallucinogenic drugs goes so far beyond other biopsychosocial functions that it deserves its own category in the drug instrumentalization list.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland. leve@utu.fi http://users.utu.fi/~leve.
authors.forename: Levente
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Móró
authors.forename: Valdas
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Noreika
mesh_terms: D055030:Drug Users / Q000523:psychology*; D058999:Drug-Seeking Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011582:Psychological Theory; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000187:drug effects*; D012651:Self Medication / Q000523:psychology*