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
If we think about folk forms, they belong to disenfranchised people, people who have not been allowed access to the poetry of… — Eliza Griswold Copy Share Image
I never experienced anything in my natural state that was as shocking as salvia divinorum's effects. The condensed extract is murder. I'd… — Jim Woodring 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
“the Altered States Economy totals out to roughly $4 trillion a year. That’s a sizable chunk of our income that we annually… — Steven Kotler 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
“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 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
“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
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
“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
