We experimented and we experienced many altered states of awareness. We used the power plants. I did that for a year or… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
No one in human history has given as much thought to the interweaving of altered states of consciousness and religion as I… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
“Sexual arousal and penal erections are associated with both altered states of consciousness and sleep.” — James David Lewis-Williams Copy Share Image
When there are miles to go before we sleep, altered traits are more important than altered states. — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
For me, being a writer is not an altered state. It's very ponderous, and very - it's like being a shoemaker. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“The behaviour of the human nervous system in certain altered states creates the illusion of dissociation from one’s body (less commonly understood… — James David Lewis-Williams Copy Share Image
Write. No amount of self-inflicted misery, altered states, black pullovers or being publicly obnoxious will ever add up to your being a… — A.L. Kennedy Copy Share Image
You don't meditate to experiment with altered states of consciousness or whatever else. You meditate only to perceive by yourself that everything… — Daniel Odier Copy Share Image
To stop thought, you have to go above it. We are collecting energy. When it is freed, it is like a flood… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It has always been the role of the shaman to go into an altered state of consciousness and track down where the… — Sandra Ingerman Copy Share Image
“In altered states of consciousness, the nervous system itself becomes a ‘sixth sense’ that produces a variety of images including entoptic phenomena.” — James David Lewis-Williams Copy Share Image
It is not advisable for persons who are in the early stages of meditation to mediate on the two lower chakras. You… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When I experienced altered states of consciousness, my whole philosophical structure crumbled, and that terrified me. And what scared me the most… — Susan Schneider Copy Share Image
“In southern Africa, a great many figures are ithyphallic. This feature has generally – and rather vaguely – been taken to refer… — James David Lewis-Williams Copy Share Image
the heart of religion is not altered states but altered traits of character. For me, then, the test of a substance's religious… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
“Just because you think clearly doesn’t mean you talk to God.” “Aha!” Vetra exclaimed. “And yet remarkable solutions to seemingly impossible problems… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
Drugs took me to places; they were like portals. It's kind of a cliché, but they were like portals to altered states… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“A metamorphosis had come over us. It was something internal, an electrical pulse in the brain, some slight variation in the aortic… — Cliff James Copy Share Image
“The genius craves inspiration: she craves altered states and fresh perceptions. She will have them either through evolving closer to the divine… — Carolyn Elliott Copy Share Image
The great Initiates in the spirit world have vast and imposing plans for the musical future. What is this plan? It is… — John Todd Copy Share Image
The popular prophets have underestimated how strange the truth can be. The human brain, that 'perfect instrument,' that 'fabulous electronic dance,' can… — Marilyn Ferguson Copy Share Image
“For example, Dell’s (2006b) Multidimensional Inventory of Dissociation (MID) is a highly regarded psychometric instrument specifically designed to provide a comprehensive, content-valid… — Paul Frewen Copy Share Image
More than anything, rave was an intentionally designed experience. The music, lighting, and ambience were all fine-tuned to elicit and augment altered… — Douglas Rushkoff Copy Share Image
“The major goal of the Cold War mind control programs was to create dissociative symptoms and disorders, including full multiple personality disorder.… — Colin A. Ross Copy Share Image
“So, when we do experience a non-ordinary state that gives us access to something more, we feel it first as something less—and… — Steven Kotler Copy Share Image
“although those who exhibit structural division of the personality commonly exhibit altered states of consciousness, only relatively few individuals who experience altered… — Paul Frewen Copy Share Image
Though we [Humanists] take a strict position on what constitutes knowledge, we are not critical of the source of ideas. Often intuitive… — Fred Edwords Copy Share Image
“[T]he self “is not an unmitigated blessing,”6 writes Duke University psychologist Mark Leary in his aptly titled book, The Curse of the… — Steven Kotler Copy Share Image
“[ Dr. Lois Jolyon West was cleared at Top Secret for his work on MKULTRA. ] Dr. Michael Persinger [235], another FSMF… — Colin A. Ross Copy Share Image
“The postmodernist belief in the relativism of truth, coupled with the clicker culture of mass media, in which attention spans are measured… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
Certain drugs provide brief excursions into altered states of consciousness. The problem is that the perceptions and understandings that come from these… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I love to think. I once considered taking drugs as an attempt to better understand an altered state of mind; however, I… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
A residual sea of symbols which is shared by all mankind, usually accessed through dreams or altered states, and from which cultures… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
“They luxuriated in the feeling of deep and all pervading satisfaction, a feeling of knowing absolutely that all was well with the… — Hubert Selby Jr Copy Share Image
What fascinates me about addiction and obsessive behavior is that people would choose an altered state of consciousness that's toxic and ostensibly… — Moby Copy Share Image
“Certainly, the sensory deprivation afforded by the remote, silent and totally dark chambers, such as the Diverticule of the Felines in Lascaux… — James David Lewis-Williams Copy Share Image
This is part of the complexity of grief: A piece of you recognizes it is an extreme state, an altered state, yet… — Meghan O'Rourke Copy Share Image
What I don't like in movies dealing with the illustration of altered states of consciousness is that usually you see the guy… — Gaspar Noe Copy Share Image
I can’t reveal the mystery to either saint or sinner; I can’t state at length what I’ve said curtly; I achieve an… — Omar Khayyam Copy Share Image
![“Though we [Humanists] take a strict position on what constitutes knowledge, we are not critical of the source of ideas. Often intuitive feelings, hunches, speculation, and flashes of inspiration prove to be excellent sources of novel approaches, new ways of looking at things, new discoveries, and…” quote by Fred Edwords](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/28d/fred-edwords-80428_altered_though-we-humanists-take-a-strict-positi_2300891.jpg)
![“[T]he self “is not an unmitigated blessing,”6 writes Duke University psychologist Mark Leary in his aptly titled book, The Curse of the Self. “It is single-handedly responsible for many, if not most of the problems that human beings face as individuals and as a species . . . [and] conjures up a…” quote by Steven Kotler](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f1d/steven-kotler-7422_altered-states_t-he-self-is-not-an-unmitigated-blessing_2045970.jpg)
![“[ Dr. Lois Jolyon West was cleared at Top Secret for his work on MKULTRA. ] Dr. Michael Persinger [235], another FSMF Board Member, is the author of a paper entitled “Elicitation of 'Childhood Memories' in Hypnosis-Like Settings Is Associated With Complex Partial Epileptic-Like Signs For Women But…” quote by Colin A. Ross](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/aaa/colin-a-ross-35098_altered-states_dr-lois-jolyon-west-was-cleared-at-top-s_2433891.jpg)
