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| − | In 1964, Leary co-authored a book with Alpert and [ | + | In 1964, Leary co-authored a book with Alpert and [https://www.press.daynal.org/catalog/unfolding_self.html Ralph Metzner] called ''The Psychedelic Experience'', based upon the '[https://www2.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/dead/ 'Tibetan Book of the Dead]''. In it, they wrote: |
| − | "A psychedelic [[experience]] is a [[journey]] to new realms of [[consciousness]]. The scope and [[content]] of the experience is [[Infinite|limitless]], but its characteristic features are the [[transcendence]] of verbal [[concept]]s, of [[space-time]] [[dimensions]], and of the [[ego]] or [[identity]]. Such experiences of enlarged consciousness can occur in a variety of ways: [[Senses|sensory]] deprivation, yoga exercises, [[discipline]]d [[meditation]], religious or [[aesthetic]] [[ecstasies]], or [[spontaneous]]ly. Most recently they have become available to anyone through the ingestion of psychedelic drugs such as [ | + | "A psychedelic [[experience]] is a [[journey]] to new realms of [[consciousness]]. The scope and [[content]] of the experience is [[Infinite|limitless]], but its characteristic features are the [[transcendence]] of verbal [[concept]]s, of [[space-time]] [[dimensions]], and of the [[ego]] or [[identity]]. Such experiences of enlarged consciousness can occur in a variety of ways: [[Senses|sensory]] deprivation, yoga exercises, [[discipline]]d [[meditation]], religious or [[aesthetic]] [[ecstasies]], or [[spontaneous]]ly. Most recently they have become available to anyone through the ingestion of psychedelic drugs such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LSD LSD], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psilocybin psilocybin], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mescaline mescaline], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimethyltryptamine DMT], etc. Of course, the drug does not produce the [[transcendent]] [[experience]]. It merely acts as a [[chemical]] key—it opens the [[mind]], frees the nervous system of its ordinary [[pattern]]s and [[structures]]." |
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Latest revision as of 02:36, 13 December 2020
In 1964, Leary co-authored a book with Alpert and Ralph Metzner called The Psychedelic Experience, based upon the ''Tibetan Book of the Dead. In it, they wrote:
"A psychedelic experience is a journey to new realms of consciousness. The scope and content of the experience is limitless, but its characteristic features are the transcendence of verbal concepts, of space-time dimensions, and of the ego or identity. Such experiences of enlarged consciousness can occur in a variety of ways: sensory deprivation, yoga exercises, disciplined meditation, religious or aesthetic ecstasies, or spontaneously. Most recently they have become available to anyone through the ingestion of psychedelic drugs such as LSD, psilocybin, mescaline, DMT, etc. Of course, the drug does not produce the transcendent experience. It merely acts as a chemical key—it opens the mind, frees the nervous system of its ordinary patterns and structures."
