Process Pop-Up: Psychedelics, Religion, and Transformation
“Institutional religion has a lot to learn from psychedelics… And the psychedelic community has a lot to learn from organized religion.“
Hunt Priest, quoted in “This is Your Priest on Drugs” by Michael Pollan in The New Yorker, May 26, 2025
Ligare: A Christian Psychedelic Society works at the intersection of psychedelics, religion, and transformation, taking seriously the notion that reality is relational, dynamic, and open to novelty. Psychedelic experiences often bring a heightened sense of interconnectedness and becoming. In this light, psychedelics are not merely therapeutic but serve as catalysts for deeper awareness of God’s lure toward beauty and harmony.
Psychedelic experience can offer an invitation to partner with God in the regeneration of self and community. Such experiences often dissolve rigid ego-boundaries, opening participants to new integrations and fresh possibilities. When supported by community and theological reflection, psychedelics attune individuals to the divine order and greater wholeness.
Ligare understands Christianity as being supple, innovative, and life-affirming rather than static. By weaving contemplative traditions with psychedelic insight, Ligare help show Christian faith as an unfolding process of becoming more fully attuned to God’s aim.
About the Speaker
Hunt Priest
Hunt Priest, MDiv, based in Savannah, Georgia, is a former Episcopal priest and the founder of Ligare: A Christian Psychedelic Society. After two decades of pastoral ministry and a pivotal experience in a Johns Hopkins psilocybin clergy study in 2016, Priest is a leading proponent of integrating psychedelics and Christian spiritual care. In August, he was removed from ordained ministry in the Episcopal Church due to concerns about his public advocacy regarding psychedelics. Despite the change in his ordination status, Hunt continues to lead Ligare and encourages church leaders to find their ministry at the intersection of Christian faith and practice and psychedelic exploration.
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