Don Lattin

Jews have been writing about – and experiencing altered states of consciousness for millennia. There’s the Zohar, the thirteenth-century classic of medieval Kabbalah, along with the eighteenth century Eastern Europe mystical teachings of Hasidic rabbis. In researching his new book, God on Psychedelics – Tripping Across the Rubble of Old-time Religion, author Don Lattin found that Jewish-born psychonauts are, in many ways, now leading the charge of those seeking psychological healing and spiritual insight through the use of psychoactive drugs and sacred plant medicines. Read more here.