The use of language around drugs is really important. So we find that it's increasingly difficult in our society to find the word "drug" not connected to the word "abuse." The notion of a responsible use of drugs is written out in the language of our culture.

I see myself as a journalist reporting neglected stories about our past and trying to bring rigor, reason and intuition to the quest.

Any kind of consciousness that is not related to the production or consumption of material goods is stigmatized in our society today.

All politicians should be required to drink Ayahuasca 10 times before taking office.

This beautiful Earth that we have, this gift that the Universe has given us is precious beyond measure, precious beyond imagination, and we are part of it and we must treat it with Love, respect, and reverence.

Science has often resisted new ideas and fought bitterly to prevent them coming on board.

I believe we are a species with amnesia, I think we have forgotten our roots and our origins. I think we are quite lost in many ways. And we live in a society that invests huge amounts of money and vast quantities of energy in ensuring that we all stay lost. A society that invests in creating unconsciousness, which invests in keeping people asleep so that we are just passive consumers or products and not really asking any of the questions.