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From personal experience and readings a very interesting aspect of a powerful psychedelic experience is the strong urge that everyone you know should try it. "
by Whitespace 6y ago
From personal experience and readings a very interesting aspect of a powerful psychedelic experience is the strong urge that everyone you know should try it. "What if all the senators did LSD/MDMA together!"
Many popular religions spend a great deal of time/energy getting others to join.
I wonder if that desire to proselytize is endemic to all powerful religious/spiritual experiences, or if it's just excited delirium in the case of psychedelics.
- Dumblydorr 6y agoIt's not excited delirium. Delirium is a medical condition, its found in older frail individuals who are stressed and become disoriented and delirious. The reason psychonauts want others to take psychedelics is because they find it removes filters and mental heuristics and brings the mind to a fresh, inspirational view. Have you taken psychedelics or read Michael Pollan's book? It's a wonderful experience, it's not delirium, which is an unfortunate medical condition.
- Whitespace 6y agoYes, I have taken many, many psychedelics, in high doses up to ++++ on the Shulgin scale. Delirium was the wrong word, delusion was what I should have said. cf: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/Delusion#Delusion_of_enlightenment https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/Delusion#Delusion_of_enlight...