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Podcast: The Conversation, Cannabis & Christianity podcast
Episode: S4 E15: Ordained Minister & Founder of Ligare, Hunt Priest
Description: Hunt is an ordained minister who founded the non-profit, Ligare in Savannah, Georgia. Ligare is a collaborative community of clergy, religious educators, scholars, spiritual guides, philanthropists and psychedelic researchers.
In 2000, Johns Hopkins University re-opened its studies of healing properties and spiritual experiences with psychedelics, specifically psilocybin. In the 2010's, Hunt was screened and participated in a John Hopkins University study that focused on what trained religious leaders (Christian and non-Christian), who had not used psychedelics before, would experience under the influence of psilocybin. You can learn more about Ligare at, www.ligare.org