"Consider others as yourself." - DHAMMAPADA 10.1
"Do to others as you would have them do to you." - LUKE 6.31
"He who never harms himself by harming others,
 follows the highest path." - BHAGVAD-GITA

The Church of the Divine Sage is completely non-denominational and is devoted to fundamental freedom of thought and transformation of consciousness through love, compassion, and respect for all living creatures. It is my belief that the strict and responsible use of Salvia divinorum as a holy sacrament and when combined with deep meditation practice, can be a personal catalyst for spiritual revelation and connection with the Divine in ways that no other entheogen can provide.

We are all small community of spiritual explorers who've been having monthly gatherings on a regular basis since July of 2001.  Rather than seving as a point of recruitment, this barely-updated website is more of a testament to the legitimate existence of our church and as a beacon for my mission to spread the word of this sacred teacher plant to as many as possible.  Our Purpose and Creed is stated in our Bylaws in the event that we might, at some point in the future, find someone to help us write a more relevant and comprehenive set, with the eventual goal of being recognized as a legimate church in the eyes of the law.

I always feel that if there ever were such a thing as being the "genuine article" when it comes to being wholly and completely convinced that I have touched the hand of god through Salvia divinorum, it is me, and for that reason, I have no fear with what anyone might say in relation to the legitimacy of my desire for this Church of the Divine Sage.  I now remember, vividly, who I was before I entered this fragile and fleeting frame and now want to use the massive machinery that IAmShaman and Shaman's Garden have become in order to help raise, in any way possible, awareness on so many sacred plant teachers and entheogens that have been demonized throughout recent history.

The Mystery Religions presently form the basis of much of my beliefs partially out of necessity, but the bottom line for me, is this:  As humans, we all unfold from the Divine in equal time and place, and share mutual, single instant of this unfolding known as consensual reality, which is unique, complete, and perfect.

I am also convinced that this unfolding is also only one of many.  Just as an atom awakens to the cell, and the cell awakens to the body, so do we awaken into our higher selves, to the Divine, upon death of the body.  This clarity of vision is not a feeling or a sense; it is the beautiful gift of Salvia divinorum, allowing me to dislodge from this instant of time, releasing me into the greater unfolding; one of love, one devoid of individual self, one of complete surrender to the Divine, and one of extraordinary, inexplicable beauty.

"Buddhist and Christian scholars in the past have often said that Buddha rejected the notion of 'God,' whereas God was of overwhelming importance for Jesus.  But more recent scholarship has suggested that what the Buddha rejected was the notion of a personal god--that is, God as a being separate from the universe." - Jack Kornfield

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