The drug may not be toxic, but you may be self-toxic, and you may discover this in the drug experience.
Terence McKennaWhat I've observed, and I think it's fair to give credit to the psychedelic experience for this, what I've observed is that nature builds on previously established levels of complexity.
Terence McKennaCultural conditioning is like bad software. Over and over it's diddled with and re-written so that it can just run on the next attempt. But there is cultural hardware, and it's that cultural hardware, otherwise known as authentic being, that we are propelled toward by the example of the shaman and the techniques of the shaman. ... Shamanism therefore is a call to authenticity.
Terence McKennaNobody is smarter than you are. And what if they are? What good is their understanding doing you?
Terence McKenna