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Minnesota pastor explores psychedelic drugs and faith in provocative new book
Rob Zahn says psychedelics helped stir the Jesus Movement and contemporary Christian music, while his new book also draws on his father’s smuggling past.
- Pastor Rob Zahn of Zumbro Lutheran Church in Rochester authored "LSD to Galilee: Incarnation in Psychedelic Subculture," exploring how psychedelics intersected with Christian faith and spiritual awakening.
- Using the 1966 Time magazine cover "Is God Dead?" as a framing device, Zahn explores religious decline and the Jesus Movement that emerged as a spiritual response during that era.
- Personal history shaped the narrative; Zahn's father was a drug smuggler along the historic Hippie Trail, informing his theological exploration of LSD's role in Christian experience.
- Addressing the subject matter, Zahn stated "I'm not advocating for nor condemning," instead exploring theological possibilities regarding how psychedelics affected the church and divine consciousness.
- Zahn argues that spiritual perception prevents relegating the "sacred" and the "profane" into separate categories, a perspective he views as essential for understanding modern faith communities.
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Minnesota pastor explores psychedelic drugs and faith in provocative new book
Pastor Rob Zahn's new book, "LSD to Galilee," is about psychedelic drugs, rock 'n' roll and finding the divine in the least likely places.
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