Only responsible human beings can exist in an anarchistic society.

One way of assessing the toxicity of a drug is how do you feel the next day?

For talking monkeys to speak of truth is hubris of the highest degree. Where is it writ large that talking monkeys should be able to model the cosmos? If a sea urchin or a racoon were to propose to you that it had a viable truth about the universe, the absurdity of that assertion would be self-evident, but in our case we make an exception.

Because the planetary culture is becoming ever more closely knitted together all its parts are becoming co-dependent.

The Gaian process is more than a process. It is s self-reflecting entelechy of some sort.

The shaman is a person who is able to transcend the dimensional confines of cultural existence. They know more than the people they serve. The people they serve are like children within the game of culture. Only the shaman knows that culture is a game. Everyone else takes it seriously. That's how he can do his magic.

I don't believe that shamanism without hallucinogens is authentic shamanism or comfortable shamanism.