Shortt & Salzhauer is happy to provide Entheogenic Churches and Religious Bodies in the United States: A Directory. This useful tool is compiled by J. Gordon Melton, Distinguished Professor of American Religious History with the Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor University, with attorney John Rapp and published by the Institute for the Study of American Religion.

Professor Melton describes the Directory as follows:

This directory is an effort to locate all of the Entheogenic churches and religious groups currently existing in the United States. For each, the compilers have attempted to include a physical address and contact points provided by an Internet page. Additional documentation of the existence, beliefs, and practices of the group from news articles and social media has also been added. Many of the Entheogenic groups listed below do not publish their headquarters and/or meeting address as they still exist in contested space given the very fluid state of laws concerning the possession and use of entheogenic substances and the ongoing conflicts relative to enforcement between federal, state and local law enforcement agencies. In those cases, a means of initial contact with the group is most often provided through their Internet and/or social media site. In a few cases, the current status of the group is unsure due to their recent interaction with law enforcement agencies and/or the courts. Some groups have as yet no permanent physical location, but meet in temporary borrowed and/or rented facilities.

The Directory includes listings for the following:

• Intrafaith Organizations
• Native American Churches
• Ayahuasca-focused Churches
• Cannabis and Mushroom-focused Churches
• Rastafarian Centers
• Churches Using Toad Venom
• Jewish Entheogenic Groups
• Additional Groups

The Directory also provides a list of helpful additional resources and is an invaluable research for anyone interested in entheogenic religious organizations in the United States. We expect version 2.0 to include a collection of Canonical Creeds and invite readers to send any such collections to info@salzhauershortt.com.