Hanegraaff in his keynote says at 2:00 that the term ‘entheogen’ was coined in 1979.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrIMjjPg7uU&t=115s at 1:55
M. Hoffman led me to believe that the term ‘entheogen’ was published by Ruck in 1976: I have definitely seen a citation (a specific claim), but not sure if I saw the actual publication – found it: Hoffman’s article gives “1976”.
I’m sure I’ve seen a 1976 citation. Was it mistaken? Did someone (Ruck himself?) mean the 1979 article but accidentally wrote “1976”?
Findings to try to corroborate that:
Carl Amanita Promoter Ruck. On the sacred names of Iamos and Ion: ethnobotanical referents in the hero’s parentage. Classical Journal 1976; 71(3): 235-25.2
Gordon Wasson, Carl Ruck, et al, The Journal of Psychedelic Drugs, Vol. 11(1-2) Jan-Jun, 1979, pp. 145 [Ruck’s citation says 145-146]
https://www.academia.edu/60867378/Entheogens – Ruck’s papers: that article entry placeholder’s citation is:
1. J Psychedelic Drugs. 1979 Jan-Jun;11(1-2):145-6. Entheogens. Ruck CA, Bigwood J, Staples D, Ott J, Wasson RG. PMID: 522165. MeSH Terms. Hallucinogens*; Medicine, Traditional*; Terminology as Topic. Substances. Hallucinogens.
I found the claim/citation! Mark Hoffman’s 2015 article
Entheogens (Psychedelic Drugs) and the Ancient Mystery Religions
https://www.academia.edu/44235520/Entheogens_Psychedelic_Drugs_and_the_Ancient_Mystery_Religions_Mark_A_Hoffman
claims:
“Ruck, C.A.P., Bigwood, J., Staples, D., Ott, J., Wasson, G., 1976. Entheogens. J. Psychedelic Drugs 11 (1-2), 145-146.”
I tentatively assume that this is a typo by (the evil) M. Hoffman, because multiple other sources claim 1979, and this might be the only place I’ve seen “1976” as the date for this “Journal of Psychedelic Drugs p. 145-146” citation.
So I must tentatively retract my previous statements that Hanegraaff was mistaken in dating the term ‘entheogen’ to 1979; it’s evil M. Hoffman’s fault as far as I can tell.
takeaway: NEVER TRUST AN ENTHEOGEN SCHOLAR
The Egodeath theory 
“Never trust an Entheogen scholar.”
Hope you aren’t including yourself in that statement because you exemplify the meaning of trust/trust worthy through your dedication, hard work, honesty and authenticity.
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It’s a half joke. I experience myself as bringing the completed Core Egodeath theory in 1997 and then descending down into the field of entheogen scholarship with completed Core Theory in hand, giving me a fundamental advantage over the “spot the mushroom” people who are the normal entheogen scholars in the field.
I was able to pull up and direct the field of entheogen scholarship in 1999 (including making regular type of contributions in the field) by standing on a basis that’s outside and above the field of entheogen scholarship.
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Based on this then it’s really quite understandable when normal entheogen scholars are not able to reach above and outside of themselves to grasp the height and depth of your contributions?
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