Psychedelics and the Future of Religion: Race and Exoticism in Global Psychedelic Spirituality
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Full title: Psychedelics and the Future of Religion: Panel discussion on Race and Exoticism in Global Psychedelic Spirituality with Professors Lucia and Saldanha Drawing from their respective perspectives and scholarship, Professors Lucia and Saldanha led a conversation around the racialized politics/ethics of the hallucinogenic experience (or discourses thereof) within the context of modern spiritualities. Amanda Lucia is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California-Riverside. She is author of White Utopias: The Religious Exoticism of Transformational Festivals and is the Principal Investigator for the Religion & Sexual Abuse Project. Arun Saldahna is Professor in the Department of Geography, Environment, and Society at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of Psychedelic White: Goa Trance and the Viscosity of Race and Space After Deleuze. This event took place October 26, 2023. For more information: https://cswr.hds.harvard.edu/ A transcript is forthcoming.
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