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Entheogens are psychoactive substances that have traditionally been used in a religious context, such as psilocybin-containing mushrooms and Peyote cactuses. When used in a looser sense, other substances which produce similar effects are also called entheogenic. The term entheogen was proposed as an alternative for the term Psychedelic drugs1. The word is derived from the Greek word entheos (god within) and the word root gen (becoming). While the designation psychedelic drugs is associated with Western culture of the 1960s, entheogen has an ahistorical religious connotation. Since consumption of some entheogenic substances may lead to visions, the term overlaps with hallucinogenic drugs
See also entheogen
Reference
Ruck, C. A. P., Bigwood, J., Staples, D., Ott, J. & Wasson, R. G. (1979). Entheogens. Journal of Psychedelic Drugs, January-June 1979.
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