EN THEO GEN

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entheogen |enˈthēəˌjen, -jən|

noun

a chemical substance, typically of plant origin, that is ingested to produce a nonordinary state of consciousness for religious or spiritual purposes.

DERIVATIVES

entheogenic |enˌthēəˈjenik|adjective

ORIGIN 1970s: from Greek, literally ‘becoming divine within’; coined by an informal committee studying the inebriants of shamans.