“Soul Quest Ayahuasca Church of Mother Earth v. The DEA: Religious Sincerity and Situational Adjustments in the Process of Defining a Church and a Plant”

Tarryl Janik, CSWR, Psychedelic Intersections: 2024 Conference Anthology

Tarryl Janik draws on his ethnography of Soul Quest, a Florida-based entheogenic church, to document how the organization attempted to navigate myriad legal and regulatory requirements. In complying with the government’s demands, Janik argues that Soul Quest undermined its religious sincerity case, ultimately leading to the church’s dissolution.