
Religion means different things to different people. For the members of the Zide Door Church of Entheogenic Plants in Oakland, it means communing with God through a fog of cannabis smoke and hallucinogenic mushrooms. Dave Hodges leads the unconventional church, preaching in a pot leaf-patterned robe while his congregation of up to 100 parishioners gathers every Sunday at 4:20 p.m. and smokes communal joints. Hodges elaborates on the teachings of Terence McKenna and shares spiritual experiences he’s had while taking up to 30 grams of mushrooms at once, 10 times a typical dose, and enough to make even the most fervent atheist see heavenly beings...
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