It was one part practical and one part ideology. We had a couple of coven members who were recovering from addiction, and it was important to them not to have mind-altering substance use going on in ritual space when they were there.
The other rationale is that drugs are the "easy" way to reach enlightenment, and that it's preferable to teach yourself to touch the divine or alter your consciousness sans drugs FIRST. Then, if you want to experiment with chemically-assisted magical practice, go ahead. But it's nice to have access to non-drug methods because the ritual drugs might not always be accessible, but the non-drug techniques are.
I'm not saying I wholly agree with that rationale, I'm just saying that I think it's coherent, rational, and reasonable (for some, anyway).
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Date: 2005-03-24 10:28 pm (UTC)The other rationale is that drugs are the "easy" way to reach enlightenment, and that it's preferable to teach yourself to touch the divine or alter your consciousness sans drugs FIRST. Then, if you want to experiment with chemically-assisted magical practice, go ahead. But it's nice to have access to non-drug methods because the ritual drugs might not always be accessible, but the non-drug techniques are.
I'm not saying I wholly agree with that rationale, I'm just saying that I think it's coherent, rational, and reasonable (for some, anyway).