Ecstasy Journal of Divine Experience

Ecstasy Journal of Divine Experience is a full-color newsstand magazine devoted to exploring altered states of consciousness and spiritual experiences from the standpoint of psychedelic mind-altering substances. The magazine's name derives from both the ecstatic experience produced from ingesting a wide variety of substances and the single substance called Ecstasy that became well known for its identification with rave parties. Featured in each issue of the magazine are a number of articles describing the origin, effects, and legal status of different substances. Other articles concentrate on the particular ecstatic state produced by various substances and relate them to traditional spiritual experiences. Many people have come to believe that psychedelic experiences are basic to religious experience and integral to the origin of ancient religious communities.

Like the manufacturers of the various paraphernalia used by individuals for the ingestion of different psychedelics, the publishers of Ecstasy operate on the edge of the laws concerning the use of mood altering substances, many of which are outlawed or strictly regulated by the United States government. Ecstasy is one of the few magazines to carry the names of its lawyers on the title page. Ecstasy carries ads for a wide spectrum of drug-related paraphernalia and different legal substances.

Ecstasy is published by the Center for Sacred Plant Research which may be contacted at P.O. Box 17191, Beverly Hills, CA 90209. Closely related is the Temple of Ecstasy, also headquartered in Beverly Hills, which sells books, paraphernalia, and legal substances, such as Ecstasy tobacco-free cigarettes, and preempts the majority of the magazine's advertising space. Neither Ecstasy nor the center have a webpage, but the Temple of Ecstasy may be contacted at http://www.templeofecstasy.net/, where a page offering subscriptions for the magazine can be found.

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Ecstasy. Beverly Hills, CA, n.d