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Newsletter Nr. 1.123
Amsterdam, September 27, 2023


DO AXIAL AGE ADEPTS ‘GO UP AND OUT’? - A Brief Review of Axial Age Teachings: A Response to Chris Bache - BRAD REYNOLDS

There is a tendency among modern scholars of religion and mysticism, and therefore of the public in general, to believe that the Teachings of the Axial Age Adepts or sages and philosophers are simply about transcending “this world” or seeing the earth and life as “an illusion.” I have recently seen this gain popular appeal again in the writings Christopher Bache, a religious studies professor at Youngstown State University, who has released his decades long exploration with high-dose LSD sessions in a book called LSD and the Mind of the Universe (2019, Park Street Press), thus gaining the interest of many people. 

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