Ritual index

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Set and setting

Create appropriate physical and mental state for the experience. Common practices includes:

• Diet
• Fasting
• Meditation
• Sexual abstinence

Psychoactive substances used in rituals (optional)

Hallucinogens used in rituals

This section outlines various hallucinogens (deliriants, dissociatives, and psychedelics) employed in ritual contexts, adhering to the strict definition of entheogens. Historically, entheogens have played pivotal roles in religious practices, ranging from the use of ayahuasca in religions like Santo Daime and União do Vegetal to the modern adoption of the synthetic phenetylamine 2C-B by the Sangoma.

Deliriants

Animals

• Bullet ant venom (Paraponera clavata)

Plant

• Angel's trumpet
• Jimson weed (Datura stramonium)
• Labrador tea
• Mad honey
• Hebane (Hyoscyamus niger)

Dissociative

Plant

• Salvia

Dissociative/depressant

Mushroom

Amanitas with a mixture of dissociative and depressant effect:

• Fly agaric
• Panther cap

Psychedelics

Animal

• Bufotoxins from Colorado River toad (Incilius alvarius) and a few other toads

Mushroom

• Psilocybin mushroom

Plant

• Ayahuasca
• Cannabis
• Chacruna
• Chaliponga
• Iboga
• Mescaline cacti:
  • Bolivian torch cactus
  • Peruvian torch cactus
  • Peyote
  • San Pedro cactus
• Morning glory
  • Beach moonflower (Ipomoea violacea)
  • Hawaiian baby woodrose
  • Mexican morning glory
  • Turbina corymbosa
• Myristica sebifera (Virola sebifera)
• Nyakwána (Virola elongata)
• Peganum harmala
• Vilca
• Yopo

Chemicals

2C-x:

• 2C-B

Lysergamides:

• LSD (LSD-25)

Base tryptamines:

• DPT

Substituted tryptamines:

• Psilocybin (4-PO-DMT)

Non-hallucinogenic substances used in rituals

Depressant

Animal

• Kambo

Plant

• Blue water lily (Nymphaea caerulea)
• Kava
• Kratom
• Opium

Oneirogen

Plant

• African dream herb (Entada rheedii)
• African dream root (Silene undulata)
• Bitter-grass (Calea ternifolia)

Stimulant

Plant

• Aztec tobacco (Nicotiana rustica)
• Coca, coca tea (Erythroxylaceae spp. )
• Cocoa (Theobroma cacao)
• Coffee (Coffea spp.)
• Ilex guayusa (Ilex guayusa)
• Khat (Catha edulis)
• Tea (Camellia sinensis)

Facilitate transcendence

To advance deep spiritual or introspective experiences, guide the ceremony using elements such as:

• Singing
• Drumming
• Prayer

See also

• Hallucinogens

External links

• List of substances used in rituals (Wikipedia)