Political commentator and author Andrew Sullivan is planning a new book that will discuss the role of cannabis in religious practice.
“Cannabis and psilocybin have been really important parts of my own
faith life,” he told Marijuana Politics. “People always regard these
things as antithetical to religion or to spirituality, whereas of course
nothing could be further from the truth.”
Sullivan says that when he’s “had a little bit of a joint,” and he
prays and meditates that it becomes an “avenue” to understanding God.
According to Marijuana Politics, Sullivan is Catholic. He says the part
about marijuana and Christian spirituality will only be a “tiny sliver”
of the book.
“As a believing Christian, I want to reintroduce Jesus to people who
have only heard the worst and the most awful descriptions of
Christianity.
“I figured that a gay man like me, who has survived HIV, might be able
to get a hearing about what Christianity really needs to be about and
what it really is,” he said.
In 2009, Sullivan was cited for pot possession at the Cape Cod National Seashore. The charge was dismissed.
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