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{{short description|Book by Meher Baba}}
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| name = God in a Pill?
'''''God in a Pill?''''' was a 1966 [[pamphlet]] by [[Meher Baba]] in which he spoke out strongly against taking illicit drugs like [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]] and [[Lysergic acid diethylamide|LSD]], saying they were harmful "physically, mentally, and spiritually."▼
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| country = United States
| language = English
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| published = 1966 ('''Sufism Reoriented''')
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▲'''''God in a Pill? Meher Baba on L.S.D. and The High Roads''''' was a 1966 [[pamphlet]]
The pamphlet, originally titled '''''God in a Pill? Meher Baba on L.S.D. and The High Roads''''', was published in 1966 by [[Sufism Reoriented]] using quotes by Meher Baba where he disparaged the view that [[Hallucinogen|hallucinogenic]] and [[Psychedelic drug|mind-changing drugs]], especially [[Lysergic acid diethylamide|LSD]], but also [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]], [[psilocybin]], and other drugs, might be used to elicit meaningful spiritual insight. Meher Baba wrote, "If God can be found through the medium of any drug, God is not worthy of being God."<ref>''God in a Pill? Meher Baba on L.S.D. and The High Roads'', Sufism Reoriented, Inc. 1966</ref> It was compiled from letters to several academics in the West including Allan Cohen, Robert Dreyfuss and [[Ram Dass|Richard Alpert]].<ref>''Lord Meher'' by Bhau Kalchuri, 1986, p. 6473</ref> ▼
▲The pamphlet
The pamphlet went out of print, but in 2003 the material was republished in ''A Mirage Will Never Quench Your Thirst, A Source of Wisdom About Drugs'' by Laurent Weichberger (Sheriar Foundation, 2003).<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/dp/188061927X Amazon]</ref> The new book has material not contained in the original ''God in A Pill?'' and a section entitled ''God in A Pill? Revisited'', which reprints those quotes from ''God in A Pill?'' which were directly from Meher Baba related to drugs.▼
▲The pamphlet went out of print, but in 2003 the material was republished in ''A Mirage Will Never Quench Your Thirst, A Source of Wisdom About Drugs'' by Laurent Weichberger (Sheriar Foundation, 2003).<ref>[
== History ==
Meher Baba's name spread throughout the [[Counterculture of the 1960s]], his image appearing in the documentary film ''[[Woodstock (film)|Woodstock]]'', on posters and inspiration cards of the era, and on the cover of ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
{{quote|Baba did emphasize to a young devotee going to see Baba in about 1966, that the biggest single gesture a man could make for youth, would be to spend his life trying to show the dangers of dope. Remember, Baba was concerned with a set of people that felt the psychedelics held the key to religious experience, to Universal consciousness. God in a pill.<ref>''Rolling Stone'', No. 71 (November 26, 1970)</ref>}}
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{{quote|Tell those who indulge in these drugs (LSD, marijuana, and other types) that it is harmful physically, mentally and spiritually, and that they should stop the taking of these drugs. Your duty is to tell them, regardless of whether they accept what you say, or if they ridicule or humiliate you, to boldly and bravely face these things.<ref>Meher Prabhu: Lord Meher, The Biography of the Avatar of the Age, Meher Baba, Bhau Kalchuri, Manifestation, Inc. 1986. p. 6403</ref>}}
In addition Baba made
* Meher Baba did say that the user of LSD could never reach subtle consciousness in this incarnation despite its repeated use, unless the person surrendered to a Perfect Master. To experience real, spiritual consciousness, surrenderance to a Perfect Master is necessary.
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== References ==
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