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"Better Living Through Chemistry" - LSD, DMT and The Postmodern Worldview

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"sustained by a unified power structure. Those who occupy the decisive power positions are ready to use their power to impose [their prevailing] definition of reality.

"[Competitive] conceptualizations of the universe [tend to be] liquidated - either physically destroyed ("whoever does not worship our gods must die") - or [publicly invalidated]--

It is not surprising that, until very recently, many psychedelic drugs - including marijuana (a mild psychedelic) were made illegal. Individuals in possession of such substances, if convicted, were sent to prison.

"The Doors - Break On Through (To The Other Side)"

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Enter Entheons: Experiences

It is possible to have the experience of transcending time in such a way that all that exists is the "eternal now." I described this as an infinitely deep, "thunderous silence." Terms like "Sunday" or "Monday" lost all meaning and seemed absurdly arbitrary.

A breathtaking, exquisitely deep sense love and union with all that is - can emerge. One can be struck dumb with awe.

Silent, knowing connection with others may be the ideal mode to communicate the depth of love and "oneness" we are experiencing.

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I work as a psychotherapist with an emphasis on transformational learning - a blend of psychoanalytic and transpersonal approaches, and am the author of Self Actualization and Unselfish Love and co-author of Families Helping Families: Living with (more...)
 

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