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The use of entheogens — substances historically used in Indigenous and religious traditions to occasion spiritual or mystical states — within a therapeutic or clinical framework. The term sits at the intersection of two traditions this field is still working out how to reconcile: sacred/ceremonial use and evidence-based medicine.

Example: That reconciliation is still going badly in places — our reporting on overseas clinic safety found facilities blending spiritual and medical framing with neither's usual safeguards in place.