u/PsychedelicsAndFaith

Hi, my name is Rev. Kaleb Graves. I am a progressive, LGBTQ+ Baptist minister and psychedelics researcher. I've been hot on the trail of modern-day psychedelic conversion therapy for the past 6 months. Please check out my latest interview about it with Psymposia. I've met W Bryan Hubbard and many other colorful characters along the way.

I love psychedelics, and I love Christianity. I am also acutely aware of the horrific damage both can cause when misused. Right now, we are in grave danger of such damage. The political climate is creating psychedelic Christian Nationalism and other psychedelic authoritarianisms, with all the bigotry and militarism that entails.

We cannot afford naivete. We cannot afford compromise. This moment demands moral courage.

We must confront this threat wherever we find it, from the White House to our local orgs.

Hey folks,

My name is Kaleb Graves, and I'm a minister and psychedelics and religion researcher in the USA. I focus on lesser-known examples of psychedelic use in religious contexts. You can find some of my work here and here.

Believe it or not, Dallas was the center of MDMA/Ecstasy use in the world in the mid-80s. According to multiple sources like Life Magazine, Southern Methodist University students consumed massive amounts of MDMA/Ecstasy before it was criminalized in summer 1985.

I'm looking to write an article about this era, and I'd love if any SMU alumni would be willing to share their stories with me. Interviews can be published or quoted anonymously if preferred. If you're interested, please comment below or send me a DM.

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