Psychedelic Quotes

174 quotes by 94 authors

I believe that the totemic image for the future is the octopus. This is because the squids and octopi have perfected a form of communication… — Terence McKenna
Terror of the future can be put out to pasture with psychedelic shamanism. — Terence McKenna
No one can accuse Stuart Young of avoiding the big issues - with insight and verve, he tackles head on the existence of God, the… — Mark Chadbourn
It should come as no surprise to readers of the MAPS Bulletin that psychedelic plants are used as a sacrament by many native cultures all… — Rick Doblin
Students of the psychedelic realm know that one's expectations are a powerful determinant of the direction, content, and outcome of the experience. So, we should… — Rick Doblin
When you read the psychedelic literature, there is a distinction between the so-called natural psychedelics and synthetic psychedelics that are artificially produced. — Stanislav Grof
We were like psychedelic folk combined with Sonic Youth's noise. — Scott Putesky
As long as I had easy access to psychedelics at the government-sponsored research project, most of my energy went into psychedelic sessions. — Stanislav Grof
It became much more complicated politically to work with psychedelics because of the unsupervised experimentation with psychedelics, particularly among young people. — Stanislav Grof
Who is to say what is real and what is not?'Real' is a distinction of a naÃ¯ve mind... — Terence McKenna
The pineal gland of evolutionarily older animals, such as lizards and amphibians, is also called the 'third' eye. Just like the two seeing eyes, the… — Rick Strassman
The dullard finds even wine tasteless, while the sorcerer is intoxicated by the mere sight of water. — Hakim Bey
Pursuing the religious life today without using psychedelics drugs is like studying astronomy with the naked eye because that's how they did it in the… — Timothy Leary
The Mandrake is the "Tree of Knowledge" and the burning love ignited by its pleasure is the origin of the human race — Hugo Rahner
Know what [drug] you're using, decide just why you're using it, and you can have a rich experience. — Alexander Shulgin
The first narcotics bust in history is Jehovah busting Adam and Eve for eating of the fruit of the tree of knowledge. — Timothy Leary
LSD is a catalyst or amplifier of mental processes. If properly used it could become something like the microscope or telescope of psychiatry. — Stanislav Grof
Surrealism to me is reality. Psychedelic vision is reality to me and always was. — John Lennon
The worst prohibition, it must be said, is a prohibition on thinking - and that, sadly, is what the U.S. government is guilty of today. — Ethan Nadelmann
Life is an ecstasy. Life is sweet as nitrous oxide. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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