LSD was not a pharmacological agent generating exotic experiences by its interaction with the neurophysiological processes in the brain. This remarkable substance was clearly an unspecific catalyst of the deep dynamics of the human psyche. The experiences induced by it were not neurochemical artifacts, symptoms of a toxic psychosis as mainstream psychiatrists called it, but genuine manifestations of the human psyche itself.
Stanislav GrofConsciousness does not just passively reflect the objective material world; it plays an active role in creating reality itself.
Stanislav GrofLSD is a catalyst or amplifier of mental processes. If properly used it could become something like the microscope or telescope of psychiatry.
Stanislav GrofIt became much more complicated politically to work with psychedelics because of the unsupervised experimentation with psychedelics, particularly among young people.
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