Entheogen: Awakening the Divine Within

Jan 1, 2006

1h 10m

★ 5.0

Overview

A feature length documentary which invites the viewer to rediscover an enchanted cosmos in the modern world by awakening to the divine within. The film examines the re-emergence of archaic techniques of ecstasy in the modern world by weaving a synthesis of ecological and evolutionary awareness,electronic dance culture, and the current pharmacological re-evaluation of entheogenic compounds.

Genres

Documentary

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Cast

Narrator (voice)

Shannon Engemann

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Rick Doblin

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Jorge Ferrer

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Charles Grob

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Stanislav Grof

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John Halpern

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John Markoff

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Barbara Marx Hubbard

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Terence McKenna

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Ralph Metzner

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Michael Mithoefer

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Daniel Pinchbeck

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