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“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 say at the outset that the experiences recounted here were preceded by careful preparation, where the trip was presented as a learning experience and a process of self-discovery. They all took place in safe, supportive environments. They generally did not fit the stereotypical model of teenagers dropping acid at a rock concert, looking for awesome visuals and good vibes.”

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Rick Doblin

Rick Doblin, born on November 30, 1953, is a scholar and activist active in the fields of mysticism, drug research, and psychological exploration. His research focuses on plant drugs and their effects on human consciousness and mental states. more

“To deprive a gregarious creature of companionship is to maim it, to outrage its nature. The prisoner and the cenobite are aware that the herd exists beyond their exile; they are an aspect of it. But when the herd no longer exists, there is, for the herd creature, no longer entity, a part of no whole; a freak without a place. If he cannot hold on to his reason, then he is lost indeed; most utterly, most fearfully lost, so that he becomes no more than the twitch in the limb of a corpse.”

Ifs Reason Whole Lost Creatures Aspect Prisoner Freak Entity Companionship Limbs Exile Corpses Herds Outrage Gregarious

Author:John Wyndham

“The simple rely on a bolstering mass of maxim and precept, so do the timid, so do the mentally lazy – and so do all of us, more than we imagine.”

Simple Imagine Mass Rely Lazy Maxims

Book:The Day of the Triffids

Source: The Day of the Triffids

“No... souls are just counters for churches to collect, all the same value, like nails. No, what makes man man is mind; it's not a thing, it's a quality, and minds aren't all the same value; they're better or worse, and the better they are, the more they mean.”

Men Mind Mean Soul Values Church Quality Nails

Author:John Wyndham

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