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Speaker: Joseph Gelfer

Sunday 5 December 2010
Entheogenesis Australis Conference
Melbourne, Australia

Synopsis: Dextromethorphan (DXM) is an ingredient of some cough suppressants which, when consumed in large amounts, can have dissociative and psychedelic effects. Some people within the DXM-user community use DXM to facilitate what they perceive to be spiritual experiences. This paper argues that DXM can therefore be understood within the DXM-user community as a sacrament, and its use located within the neo-shamanic tradition. I also pass comment on the reception of such an investigation within the academic community.

Bio: Dr Joseph Gelfer is a researcher in the School of Political and Social Inquiry at Monash University, Australia. He is author of "Numen, Old Men: Contemporary Masculine Spiritualities and the Problem of Patriarchy" (Equinox Publishing, 2009) and editor of Journal of Men, Masculinities and Spirituality. His anthology, "2012: Decoding the Countercultural Apocalypse" will be published later this year (Equinox Publishing). More information can be found at gelfer.net

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