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[novapsyche]

It has been three months since I last took any DXM.

I don't suffer from cravings anymore, not really, not the urgent, compulsive feelings I used to have. I do still think about it, though. Often in a wistful way. I miss it.

I hope in a few more months I will be in a position where I can use it again in a ceremonial context. Because what I miss most about it is the connection it gave me to what I sense as the Divine. In the proper context, I think I may yet be able to use DXM in a responsible (i.e., non-recreational) fashion.

Comments

[dionysus1999.livejournal.com]

I'm with the x, but then you already know that. My magickal teachers were all against mixing spirituality with drug use.

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

I realize your stance, and I respectfully disagree. In fact, to me it makes more sense, at least ethically, to use substances magickally than recreationally.

Most people who are against the use of entheogens are against drugs of all sorts. Those who are okay with the use of drugs, that they would be against the use of entheogens doesn't make any sense to me.

[sarahmichigan.livejournal.com]

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).