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SUMMARY:Lecture: Diviner's Sage Salvia Divinorum by Martin W. Ball, Ph.D.
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DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Lecture: Diviner's Sage Salvia Divinorum and the Entheogenic Experience=0D=0A=
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 Salvia divinorum, or "Diviner's Sage" is a unique, visionary sage plant=0D=0A=
 from the Mazatec region of Mexico, where it has been used as a shamanic=0D=0A=
 and healing tool for countless generations.  Now widely and easily=0D=0A=
 available in the United States and the West, Salvia divinorum is sold=0D=0A=
 as a "legal high" with virtually no legal restrictions.  Often=0D=0A=
 misunderstood, salvia is commonly likened to LSD in the mainstream=0D=0A=
 media with little to no appreciation of its actual effects or the=0D=0A=
 nature of the experience it engenders.=0D=0A=
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 In this presentation, author Martin W. Ball, Ph.D. will discuss the=0D=0A=
 unique nature of Salvia divinorum, how it can be used responsibly, its=0D=0A=
 role in ritual practice, and the changing cultural contexts in which=0D=0A=
 Salvia divinorum finds itself as well as how it can be incorporated=0D=0A=
 into contemporary neo-shamanic and spiritual practices in the West.=0D=0A=
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 Short lasting, radically introspective and often overpowering, Salvia=0D=0A=
 divinorum, in stark contrast to other so-called "party" drugs, has=0D=0A=
 virtually no recreational value.  Instead, salvia is best understood as=0D=0A=
 an entheogenic agent - a plant that "awakens the divine within."=0D=0A=
 However, the term entheogen also implies a reverential treatment of the=0D=0A=
 plant and its use.  The presentation will therefore focus on how the=0D=0A=
 plant can be approached and used as a creative and spiritual catalyst=0D=0A=
 for those who choose to visit with the sage on their own spiritual=0D=0A=
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 Presenter's Biography:=0D=0A=
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 Martin W. Ball holds a Ph.D. in Religious Studies with an emphasis=0D=0A=
 on shamanism and Native American spiritual traditions from UCSB.  For=0D=0A=
 his doctoral dissertation he studied with Mescalero Apache medicine=0D=0A=
 people while researching the Mescalero Mountain Spirit tradition.  He=0D=0A=
 is the author of several books, including his most recent, Sage Spirit=0D=0A=
 - Salvia Divinorum and the Entheogenic Experience by Kyandara=0D=0A=
 Publishing, 2007.=0D=0A=
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 More information: e-mail: martinball@verizon.net=0D=0A=
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 Website: http://www.martinball.net=0D=0A=
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