Those engaged in psychedelic science—legit or outlaw flavors—assume, as the ancient profession of shaman has always presumed, that the discoveries, the observations, the affordances, and the actions available to a person in an altered state are useful to the community. How useful?
Certainly the insights of psychedelic science—at least the raw observations—have penetrated the zone [...]
Archive for September, 2007
Self-Editing for Survival
Posted in Francis Crick, Kary Mullis, LSD, consilience, genetic engineering, interconnectivity, psychedelic science on 21 September 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Nomenclature of Psychedelic Experience
Posted in Humphrey Osmond, MK-Ultra, alterity, consciousness, drug policy, entheogen, hallucinogens, psychedelics, psychotomimetic, war on drugs on 15 September 2007 | 4 Comments »
Well, what shall we call them, those substances you ingest, inject, inhale, incorporate into the bodymind that then alter consciousness past the tipping point: “We’re not in Kansas anymore.” We are in the country of alterities. This must be Oz, or one among many Oz’s. The multiverse hypotheses re-examined under [...]
