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Saturday, September 17, 1966 The Ottawa Journal Experts in Theology and Psychiatry Re Religious IS Groups Should Explore Uses of Drug NEW YORK (RNS) Religious groups should be actively involved in exploring the serious uses of the substance, LSD, accord-. ing to two experts in theology and psychiatry. Writing in the current issue of the quarterly Journal of Religion and Health, published by the Academy of Religion and Mental Health here, the authors discussed their extensive study of the psychedelic, drug. They maintained that response to it should be "not suppression, but informed education and an expanded program of research" into both the benefits and dangers in its use. A main thesis of the article was that mysticism now can be studied scientifically under laboratory conditions through the controlled use of LSD.

In this connection they suggested establishment of a training and research centre with a staff to include "psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, and professional dimension that contains many ed experience of mystical conminutes before the start of the "Yet, in retrospect, Christian religious persons already in poor states sciousness, enjoy the enriched service. theology, including biblical inN. Pahnke. MD, Ph.D., and mysticism, Dr. Pahnke and Mr.

LSD life that may be unauthentic and one given to the volunteers the nature of reality always The article, "Implications of of mental health." fife that may follow, and serve On the basis of three ques. terpretation, has been greatly LSD and Experimental MystiIn addition to opening new other persons during the greattionnaires, the first two given enriched by the convictions of cism," was written by Walter opportunities for the study of er part of his life than to live a within a week of the service these men. New glimpses Into William A. Richards, STM. Richards cited instances where and withdrawn until old age.

six months after the Good Fri-; seem first to evoke defensive The authors expressed conLSD has been used with enwhen such an experience may day date, Dr. Payake said that reactions of fear and, only later. cern that because of sensational couraging results in the treatoccur by means of ascetic practhose students who received the reactions of wonder and praise. publicity and alarmed reactions, ment of alcoholism and drug tices." LSD type drug experienced "With these drugs, science LSD may receive the same addiction. Also, they noted, a or hermit, though he did not phenomena of a mystical.

stands: on air awesome threstreatment as hypnosis the patient with terminal cancer use a psychedelic, substance, did To support their conclusions, has hold, Some religious leaders serious use of which was was able through use of the deprivation, sleep the authors described an experiwould undoubtedly onsider it long been acsup- use sensory ment conducted by Dr. Pahnke cused by sociologists of being pressed for a century. psychedelic substance "to view deprivation, meditative discipimproper for man to tread upon Citing a recent estimate that his life and death in a new perlines and fasting. to reach the on Good Friday in 1962. Using prime illustration of the phenothe holy ground of the unconone million doses of the drug spective." unconscious levels of the mind.

20 carefully screened and testmenon of the 'cultural protesting against the will be ingested in the U.S. this The authors stated that "at They also mention the Hindu ed volunteers, half were given Bruno burned at the stake exploration of 'inner space' as year, they criticized the articles long last, research into mystiyogin practising breath control an LSD type drug and the for his adherence to the Coperthey have campaigned against in the popular press "that have cism need no longer be limited and the Christian monk spendothers vitamin that caused nican view of the forced to rethe exploration of outer space. presented somewhat slanted acto the scholarly scrutiny of variing long hours at prayer as feelings of warmth and tingling nican view of the universe. For But mag's. apparent destiny to counts of the bizarre and lurid ous devotional 'or metaphysical other evidence that biochemical of the skin.

the same heretical belief, Galiseek an ever greater compreeffects of these drugs rather documents left behind by such changes in the body induced The 20 volunteers were all leo was condemned and forced hension of the nature of reality than their potential usefulness." historic personages as Shantheir mystical experience. graduate students with middleto recant, even though the cannot be thwarted or is unfortunate," they kara. Plotinus, Meister EckUnder sach system, the class Protestant backgrounds Truth of the panoramas he has ed. The Importance of research wrote, "that, at present, public hart, William Blake and Teresa authors say that the yogin or from one denominational semiseen through his telescope were proceeding in harmony with the is being molded primarily on In discussing the mystics in social action. taken any LSD prior to the exSimilarly, Darwin was ciples, however, is clear.

Those opinion concerning these drugs of Avila." monk had very little time for nary, none of whom had ever indelibly fixed upon his mind. highest known ethical printhe basis of the response of the history, Dr. Pahnke and Mr. "It would seem better for periment. They were adminisdemned for his heretical theory who undertake such research beatnik dimension of society, a Richards argued that the monk person to have a drug-facilitattered the drug of the placebo of evolution.

carry a heavy responsibility." African Methodists Are Christians First By ERNEST M. HOWSE nouncements with which the opening days that the worldSpecial Journal Correspondent church mummified its meswide gathering was merely of the world sage. The conference was well organized denominationalism unite: You have nothing to through when he spoke; but on a binge. lose but your brains." So one he charged that it had been To the observer at first it speaker of the World Methoonly a conveyer belt for enddid seem that the central dist Conference expressed his less platitudes. dynamic was the greater objection to the general UPSURGE OF VOICES glory of Methodism.

A pro: character of the conference An upsurge of other voices posed tenet of belief almost schedule. speaking in terms no less explicitly stated that God had He was referring in part to vivid and forthright were suflast spoken to the world in the static theological termificient to clear the conference the days of the Wesleys. nology and the stilted proof any judgment made i in the The language of official Producer Turned Pastor Says 'Bible' Bad Movie ORDINATION Francis McEvoy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond McEvoy, will be ordained to the priesthood which will be conferred by the Most Rev.

M. Joseph Lemieux on Saturday, Sept. 24, at 8 p.m. in St. John's Church, Osgoode.

Youth for Christ Begins 21st Year Youth for Christ begins its 21st season of Saturday night rallies, planned and presented for teenagers, this evening at 8 p.m. Since 1945, when it was founded by Torrey Johnson and Billy Graham, Youth for Christ, International, and its local chartered rallies have become a successful teen program. For this first fall rally, a new teen film entitled, "Summer Decision," will be shown. The music program spotlights Lars Kleynhans, outstanding accordionist, and Heather Waldorf, soloist. A special teen summer report will also be presented along with other exciting surprises.

All are welcome. CHICAGO (RNS) The couple from Rev. Malcolm Boyd, a sucexplodes and cessful Hollywood film-maker God before he entered the Episangrier when copal priesthood, has called murdering the highly publicized John hell." Huston production, "The In the film's Bible," "bad movie" and "God is suggested that the church share some of the blame for vengeful, failing to help the producers pantheistic understand the meaning besensitive man: hind the literal words of atheist," Mr. Scripture. He added Reviewing the film for the comes angry Christian Century, ecumenical dom and weekly published here, in "ad- "Hollywood's vance of its public release, orgy" with Mr.

Boyd objected to the ie's length (174 minutes plus this time by intermission), the fact that "its title does not honestly reflect what it really is," and agonizingly when Lot's the "DeMille spectacular" nature of the production. pillar of salt the cities' But his main criticism was only speculate leveled at the "over-literalisthis God is tic, pseudo historical porthing trayals of poetry and myth. done about The makers of this movie may In New argue that they have followed the script. Yet there is a dispute spirit well as letter nical process as a connected with this script. atre showing sulted in a "Where was the church hidThe U.S.

ing when it might have helped that in ed such creative gentlemen as cities across these moviemakers to inter which the pret the meaning of the to open on mighty acts depicted in their tion equipment film?" the new According to Mr. Boyd, the cess must film is "a stringing together cess uses a of a few Old Testament epiproject the sodes, not the story of the mous, deeply Bible." It includes, he stated, around screen. Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah's Although Ark, the Tower of Babel, Sowith cameras dom and Gomorrah and Abra150, a ham. ed Artists The onetime film making distributors Eden as thunder rain pours down becomes even he consigns the Cain to a living story of Noah, deity, capricious, unrelenting enough to turn into a Boyd that God beagain in the SoGomorrah sequence inevitable sex His thoughts on and mass murder, fire the point in the long proceedings wife changes into after watching destruction, one can as to how, not dead, someconstructive could be matter." York, meanwhile, centring in the tech. used in the the of the film recourt injunction.

Court of Appeals rulthe 30 principal the country film was scheduled Sepjt. 28, projecincorporating Dimension 105 probe used. This prosingle machine film onto an enor- curved wrapthe film was shot leased from D- subsidiary of UnitTheatre Circuit, Inc. had planned partner of Mary Pickford and use an enlarged 70 mm. print Buddy Rogers objected to the and more conventional projecconcept of God in the John tors for theatre showings.

The Huston production. He said court agreed with the conthat in the Garden of Eden setention of D-150's attorney quence He is an angry God that the reputation of the nature God who baning process would be damaged ishes the washed out young by such showing. UNION APPROVED Dr. Ernest Long (left), general secretary of the United Church of Canada, shakes hands with Bishop R. H.

Mueller of Indianapolis, presiding bishop of the Evangelical United Brethren Church, after the United Church General Council unanimously approved union with the Canada Conference of the EUB church in Waterloo, Monday. At centre is Rt. Rev. Wilfr ed C. Lockhart, United Church moderator.

De Dedication on of Multi-Purpose ose Centre First Cleric Comment: Church and Labor In a certain affluent Canafind their spiritual home in a dian suburb on Labor Day Gospel Hall or revival tent. evening, many of the men of I am indebted to the Presthe community were engaged byterian Record for remindin the following way: ing me that our British grandThe top management boys fathers contributed to this were at the 19th hole of the growing estrangement. Some Golf and Country Club drinkof the great preachers in Pauling Scotch. ine fashion reminded their The middle management working men to be content with their wages and obedient and junior professionals were to their masters. at one of the local Protestant and listening to speaker ential Churchmen such as churches, eating roast beef The Record reports: "Influtrying to inspire them to Thomas Chalmers in Scotland build an addition to the and William Wilberforce in church.

England spent their time provThe working men were at ing Marx. correct by preachthe Legion and the beverage ing to the workers such opium beer. doses as the following from room drinking Over simplified? 'A little! Wilberforce's View Practical But it points to a certain of the System of Christianity." problem which we of the reminds the class Protestant churches lesser orders that their lovely should not overlook so much. path has been allotted to We aren't doing so well with them by the hand of God: that working-men. We may not be it is their part carefully to doing so well with the econodischarge its duties and conmically privileged either.

But tentedly to bear its inconveniwe do try. If a man of wealth ences that the present state of or position in one of our comthings is very short and munities shows an interest in finally that all human distincthe church we will likely be tions will soon be done away." pretty And the No wonder Marx dismissed time of every-member cansuch "pie in the sky religion" vass or building fund drive as an opiate of the people. By he'll be given a chance to dem1850 in Great Britain it was onstrate his interest. estimated that 75 per cent of And even if we don't try the working people had turned very hard for some minfrom the Church. In Russia isters and lay people won't let the Church that gave this sort themselves be caught running of thing didn't get its comeafter the rich for fear of ediuppance until 1918.

In Spain, torial writers and columnists and some parts of Latin Amermaking cracks we al' know ica it hasn't learned the lesthat the well to do can son yet. always find a church with the Dr. Howard Thurman, a welcome mat out. great American colored And we do well with the middle class. In fact we are preacher, says that when his a middle c'ass country and slave grandmother was a child there are so many middleher master called them togethclass people that we seem to er regularly to listen to the be able to fill our churches 6th Chapter of Ephesians and have a vigorous fellowwhere Paul enjoined slaves to ship whether we reach the be obedient to their master.

other social c'asses or not. And we remember that But the gulf which is still through the long slave ownnarrow and shallow between ing centuries the Christian the church and the workingethic for the slave owner man in this country is widenwas "be good to your slaves." ing. In the above named and for slaves. "Be obedient suburb I know that the minto your masters whether they ister can boast that his two are good to you or not." senior elders who walk down Today in Canada the workthe well carpeted aisle are ing man is in many of our both carpenters. The three communities the pillar of the Protestants ministers in the church.

In many places he has town come from working-class withdrawn. He should be a or farm homes. Many of the respected pillar. Where he best church men belong to isn't we should try to get him unions. But proportionate 1 back.

For the church to be things are out of balance. And truly a church must be uniincreasingly the laboring peoversal and all inclusive. A absent themselves from class church is not and canthe Protestant churches or not be a true part of the body MULTI-PURPOSE CENTRE Arkell House, a multi-purpose centre for church and community activities will be dedicated Sunday afternoon in memory of the late Mr. and Mrs. H.

S. Arkell. The property has been presented to Britannia United Church by their daughter. spokesmen seemed to suggest a vague misgiving about the ecumenical movement and reassurance that there was more meaning in loyalty to a family group than to a worldwide, centralized church. But the voices in the discussion groups and the debates on the council floor in time made it clear that the assembled delegates were anything but docile company, and were by no means disposed to have their thinking decided by minds of two centuries ago.

Vigorous objection was raised to any lockstep denoninational consensus. Rev. Dudley Hyde from Australia said that the present church needed terminology more modern than the creeds, if, he added, we have to have the creeds at all, "which I doubt very much." Another speaker (from of Zambia) poured scorn on the church's habit of attributing all national and international was a graduate of McMaster University and the Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph. Before coming to Ottawa he held teaching posts at Ohio State University, Macdonald College and the Ontario Agricultural College. In 1909 he married the former Kate MacLaurin of Vankleek Hill, a graduate in science from McMaster University.

The Arkells bought the old Hughes homestead in 1911 and built the present building the following year. The property wag originally part of a 200- acre United Empire Loyalist grant acquired in 1810 by Ira Honeywell. Bernard Hughes buiit the first log house on the property about 1840, where the ills to religious unbelief. He added that to suggest that in politics the Christian can march through the murk, speaking what is true and doing what is good, while others wallow in confusion, is gratuitous nonsense. D.

T. Niles, from India, in a major address, declared that Christians should be concerned not with the church but with the world, that Christ was not building a church but a Kingdom. -By and large, though with notable exceptions, the most pietistic voices came from continental Europe, and the most radical not from the Western world but from the colored peoples in many lands THE BIBLE SPEAKS "Facing Up to a New School Year," (part two) is the title of the Christian Science program "The Bible Speaks to You." over radio station CKOY, Sunday at 10.15 a.m. present Britannia United Church building stands. parents lived in the old Hughes home the first year they moved here," says Miss Arkell.

During his years in Ottawa Mr. Arkell travelled extensively in Canada, Great Britain, Europe and South America as Canada's Dominion Livestock Commissioner. In 1937 he was appointed by the Federal Minister of Agriculture to make a detailed study of marketing and Agricultural policies in Europe and South America. The dairy farm, he operated with his son, Robert, at Britannia Heights, was a land mark in Ottawa west for nearly half a century. The farm was subdivided in 1957.

Mrs. Arkell died in 1964 Mr. Arkell, the following year. where Christianity, now perhaps in the third, or second, or even the first generation, had been spread through Methodist missionaries. Christians in such lands think of themselves as bling the tiny Christian companies of 1900 years ago.

They often have small sympathy with the elaborate theologies and liturgies that grew up in long centuries of European history. They ask explicitly that we not bother them with our denominational differences and theological systems. They consider it of small moment to be Methodist, or Quaker, or Anglican. They are content to be Christian. And the vitality of their Christian life attests the validity of their emphasis.

They may not be much concerned about the survival of Methodism as such; but they to make clear that Methodism has still much to contribute to the church universal. in to to (CP-Journal Wirephoto) The dedication of "Arkell House" by the congregation of Britannia United Church will be held Sept. 18, at 3 p.m. Officiating at the service will be the minister, Rev. John R.

Wayling and the Chairman of Ottawa Presbytery, Rev. Maurice E. Nerny. Arkell House, the former home of the late Mr. and Mrs.

H. S. Arkell on Pinecrest Road, has been presented to the Britannia congregation by Miss Margaret Arkell, in memory of her parents. It has recently been renovated to meet fire regulations and will become a multi-purpose centre for the church and community. A work-shop has been installed in the basement for the use of boys' groups and part of the building will be used as a community service centre, including a used clothing depot.

This summer the spacious grounds, were children's the day camp headquarters operated by the Kairos Central Council. "The redecorating of the building, following the renovations was a real community effort," says Mr. Wayling. "For three months, the laymen of our congregation have been painting, sanding and varnishing each evening and on Saturdays." The teen-aged Hi-C group finished painting the basement last week. The late Mr.

Herbert S. Arkell, M.A., B.S.A. was born at Teeswater, Ont, in 1880. He Britannia United Church grew out of Methodist services held in the home of Ira Honeywell, the first settler in Nepean Township. When the church building was constructed in 1874, Elkanah Honeywell, Ira's grandson was named trustee.

The congregation moved to its present site on Pinecrest Road, adjacent to the Arkell home in 1961. "Because of the historical significance of our congregation and of this property, it has been suggested, name the various rooms after pioneer families of the area," says Mr. Wayling. "'Collecting pictures and histories of these families for display may become part of a Centennial Project to furnish the house.".