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Jeffrey Breau
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Program lead for psychedelics and spirituality at Harvard Divinity School's Center for the Study of World Religions.

I research novel psychedelic spiritual communities in the USA: cswr.hds.harvard.edu/people/jeffrey-breau

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Join me at @breakingcon (17-19 April @UniofExeter)! A multi-disciplinary conference offering the latest ground-breaking research and insights into #psychedelics.

Event details: breakingconvention.co.uk

#BreakingConvention25
March 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
How can clinical #psychedelic research better support Muslim participants? Learn about this and related questions at tomorrow's Psychedelics and Islam event. with Sughra Ahmed, Kamal Abu-Shamsieh, @AyizeJamaEveret, and Teren Sevea.

Register for zoom: harvard.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Psychedelics & the Future of Religion: Psychedelics and Islam. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
As psychedelics gain recognition for their medical and spiritual potential, what role, if any, might they play in the lives of Muslims? Does the Quran's prohibition of intoxicants extend to psychedeli...
harvard.zoom.us
March 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Fascinating study on the accuracy of stereotypes about drug users, by Matthias Forstmann and Christina Sagioglou.

TLDR: Stereotypes are mostly inaccurate.

Also interesting that across the board drug users are stereotyped as being more open and less religious. osf.io/preprints/ps...
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March 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Harvard's Psychedelic Intersections 2025 conference recordings are up on the Center for the Study of World Religions' YouTube: And recordings of the panels and keynotes are up on YouTube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=yodS...
Keynote Address with Marian Goodell
YouTube video by HDS Center for the Study of World Religions
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March 4, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If you missed the 2025 Psychedelic Intersections conference, the Harvard Gazette has a great summary of the day: news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Unveiling the mystical: How scholars are advancing psychedelics study
The term “psychedelics” can conjure surreal images of mind-altering journeys through a mystical realm that connects the body to the soul and the soul to divinity. Dreamlike visions can pave…
news.harvard.edu
March 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Christian Greer will be joining us at Harvard Divinity School tomorrow (March 4th at noon) to discuss his forthcoming article "Historians on Drugs." It's a critical intervention that will improve how the psychedelic-history sausage is made.

Register here: cswr.hds.harvard.edu/news-events/...
March 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I'll be sharing my research on novel psychedelic churches at Harvard Law School next Thursday, along with a truly remarkable group of speakers. Online registration is still available. Hope to see you there! www.psychedelicsandreligion.info
Psychedelics and Monotheistic Traditions
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February 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
@psychedelicalpha.bsky.social has a wonderful article by Mia Cara Cosco about Harvard's Psychedelic Intersections conference. It is really exciting seeing the depth of inquiry this event is generating. When Paul and I started it in 2023, we never imagined! psychedelicalpha.com/news/a-cruci...
A Crucible of Academia, Psychedelics, and Religion: Psychedelic Intersections 2025 at The Harvard Divinity School - Psychedelic Alpha
Mia Cara Cosco attended Psychedelic Intersections at Harvard earlier this month and provides this Dispatch for Psychedelic Alpha. In her article, Cosco explores some of the major discussions at the…
psychedelicalpha.com
February 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Interviewing historian Benjamin Breen tomorrow (25th) about his fantastic book "Tripping on Utopia: Margaret Mead, the Cold War and the Troubled Birth of Psychedelic Science."

Register here to join on Zoom at 5:30pm Eastern (there will be lots of time for Q/A): harvard.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Book Talk: Tripping on Utopia with Benjamin Breen, PhD. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
At the dawn of Western psychedelic research, utopia was close at hand. Or so it seemed to Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson, two renowned anthropologists whose contributions to the study of psychedeli...
harvard.zoom.us
February 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The Psychedelic Intersections Anthology is live! Check it out to find some of the most exciting (imho!) research happening at the intersection of psychedelics and religion cswr.hds.harvard.edu/publications...

Plus, you can still register for the 2025 conference: cswr.hds.harvard.edu/psychedelic-...
Psychedelic Intersections 2024 Conference Anthology | Center for the Study of World Religions
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February 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
In our first psychedelics and spiritual talk of the semester, @resobscura.bsky.social will be joining us Feb. 25th to discuss his fantastic book "Tripping on Utopia" and its implications for contemporary psychedelic studies, spirituality, and more. Register here: cswr.hds.harvard.edu/news-events/...
Calendar | Center for the Study of World Religions
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January 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
@harvard.edu's Psychedelic Intersections conference is Feb. 15th. In-person registration is almost full (it's free). A livestream options is also available. cswr.hds.harvard.edu/psychedelic-...
Psychedelic Intersections 2025 | Center for the Study of World Religions
cswr.hds.harvard.edu
January 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Reposted by Jeffrey Breau
Do psychedelics heal for the wrong reasons? Can RCTs correct that?

Here's the (subtitled) video of my November 2024 talk at @harvard.edu, together with other 7 great talks in the Psychedelics in Context conference 🤓

youtu.be/wrlY5gAtgdY?...
Who is Blind in Psychedelic Research? | Eduardo Schenberg
YouTube video by Mahindra Humanities Center
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January 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Thrilled my essay about intention setting rituals is finally live! This piece is drawn from my ongoing ethnographic research into novel psychedelic churches and is part of the Psychedelic Intersections anthology, to be released later this month.

cswr.hds.harvard.edu/news/2024/12...
With Best Intention: Psychedelic Intention-Setting Rituals as Rites of Sacralization | Center for the Study of World Religions
This essay assesses the ritual function of psychedelic intention-setting ceremonies, using ethnographic data from Burning Man 2023. The piece argues that intention settings are rites of separation tha...
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January 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If you're in Cambridge, Paul and I will be leading the last Harvard's Psychedelic History Walking Tour of the semester. The 90-minute tour covers the first wave of #psychedelics research at Harvard, from William James to Lisa Bieberman

Register here: cswr.hds.harvard.edu/news-events/...
Calendar | Center for the Study of World Religions
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December 7, 2024 at 6:36 PM
This Tuesday Christine Hauskeller will be presenting on her semester long Decolonizing #Psychedelics workshop at @harvarddivinity.bsky.social. Join us for this important conversation bridging critical theory, bioethics, and religion.

Registration here: cswr.hds.harvard.edu/news-events/...
Calendar | Center for the Study of World Religions
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December 7, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Registration is available for our 2025 Psychedelic Intersections conference at @harvarddivinity.bsky.social.

Date: Feb. 15, 2025

Keynotes: Marian Goodell (@burningmanorg.bsky.social) and Elías Gárcia Méndez (Casa Adobe Galería).

Free registration here: cswr.hds.harvard.edu/psychedelic-...
Psychedelic Intersections 2025 | Center for the Study of World Religions
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December 5, 2024 at 10:37 PM