Download or read book The Psychedelic Sacrament written by Dan Merkur and published by Inner Traditions / Bear & Co. This book was released on 2001-08 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this companion work to The Mystery of Manna, Dan Merkur sheds new light on the use of psychedelics in the Western mystery tradition.. He discusses certain teachings of Philo of Alexandria, Rabbi Moses Maimonides, and St. Bernard of Clairvaux, which refer to special meditations to be performed while partaking of the "psychedelic sacrament."