The effects of mescalin or LSD can be, in some respects, far more satisfying than those of alcohol. To begin with, they… — Colin Wilson Copy Share Image
That authentic experience that happens both in the artist and in the audience you can classify as a mystical experience. You can… — Janaka Stucky Copy Share Image
I think that what these psychedelics do, is they actually do connect you to the whole circle. You stand outside of the… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
Use them with care, and use them with respect as to the transformations they can achieve, and you have an extraordinary research… — Alexander Shulgin Copy Share Image
The first kiss ideally signals rapture, exchange of hearts, and imminent marriage. Otherwise it is a kiss that lies. All very crude… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
It's my belief that one of the unconscious reasons which underlies the odd attitude of the establishment toward hallucinogens is the fact… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
It's possible to see the whole human growth movement of the 1970s as a wish to continue the inward quest without having… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
LSD was not a pharmacological agent generating exotic experiences by its interaction with the neurophysiological processes in the brain. This remarkable substance… — Stanislav Grof Copy Share Image
“Part of what psychedelics do is they decondition you from cultural values. This is what makes it such a political hot potato.… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
The psychedelic experience is simply a compressed instance of what we call understanding, so that living psychedelically is trying to live in… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
I feel like the inspiration is that I've managed to change my songwriting over the past couple of years and also production… — Marika Hackman Copy Share Image
His hair has the long jesuschrist look. He is wearing the costume clothes. But most of all, he now has a very… — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
“Can we perceive those inorganic beings, don Juan?" I asked. "We certainly can," he replied. "Sorcerers do it at will. Average people… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
There is nothing as dreamy and poetic, nothing as radical, subversive, and psychedelic, as mathematics. It is every bit as mind blowing… — Paul Lockhart Copy Share Image
The cultural integration of psychedelics won't happen overnight, and the question of young people is perhaps the most difficult involved. The first… — Rick Doblin Copy Share Image
I am surprised by the word psychedelic. João Gilberto Noll does not accept realism in a straightforward way, but I am more… — Adam Morris Copy Share Image
No wonder psychedelics are threatening to an authoritarian religious hierarchy. You don’t need faith to benefit from a psychedelic experience, let alone… — Dennis McKenna Copy Share Image
I think the real test of psychedelics is what you do with them when you're not on them, what kind of culture… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
Hallucinations are bad enough. But after awhile you learn to cope with things like seeing your dead grandmother crawling up your leg… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
If you are serious about your religion, if you really wish to commit yourself to the spiritual quest, you must learn how… — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
LSD is a unique and powerful tool for the exploration of the human mind and human nature. Psychedelic experiences mediate access to… — Stanislav Grof Copy Share Image
Sometime in the last 50,000 years, before 12,000 years ago, a kind of paradise came into existence. A situation in which men… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
LSD caused a lot of experimenting going on. And we're thinking, 'Wait a minute, what if we've got...' I always thought, 'What… — Len Wiseman Copy Share Image
Where psychedelics comes together with that is that it's going to require a transformation of human language and understanding to stop the… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
