What one commonly takes as 'the reality,' including the reality of one's own individual person, by no means signifies something fixed, but rather something that is ambiguous - that there is not only one, but that there are many realities, each comprising also a different consciousness of the ego.
Albert HofmannThe productive sender is the outer world, the external reality including our own body. The receiver is our deep self, the conscious ego, which then transforms the outer stimuli into a psychological experience.
Albert HofmannWhen you study natural science and the miracles of creation, if you don't turn into a mystic you are not a natural scientist.
Albert HofmannPsychedelic substances, if they are used in proper ways, are very helpful for mankind.
Albert HofmannWe need a new concept of reality and a new set of values for things to change in a positive direction. LSD could help to generate such a new concept.
Albert HofmannBy observing natural scientific discoveries through a perception deepened by meditation, we can develop a new awareness of reality. This awareness could become the bedrock of a spirituality that is not based on the dogmas of a given religion, but on insights into a higher and deeper meaning. I am referring to the ability to recognize, to read, and to understand the firsthand revelations.
Albert Hofmann