I find it useful to think with Hunter S. Thompson about a few things, especially fear, loathing, and drugs. This seems instructive for thinking about the status of psychedelics in New Religious Movements (NRMs). I’m interested in thinking about different kinds of fear and loathing that are experienced by practitioners of New Religious Movements who use psychedelic drugs, including an analysis of the psychedelic spirituality implicit in Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1972), a cult classic among psychedelic enthusiasts. Like drugs, feelings of fear and loathing can have beneficial or harmful effects depending on the context. The systemic suppression of psychedelics perpetuates harmful cycles of fear and loathing, but in contexts of religious experiences, psychedelics can facilitate inspiring and integrative engagements with fear and loathing. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: February 2016
Fear and Loathing in New Religious Movements
By Sam Mickey
Leave a comment | tags: affect, desert of the real, drugs, fear, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hunter S. Thompson, Jean Baudrillard, loathing, Mark C. Taylor, new religious movements, NRMs, psychedelic renaissance, psychedelics, realized eschatology | posted in theology and religion
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