Experientially there is only one religion, and it is shamanism and shamanic ecstasy.

The sensory ratios that are being reinforced by the new electronic technology are like the sensory ratios that were in place fifteen thousand years ago. . . . Print imposes a condition on human mind which is now lifting.

Memory training is great psychedelic training.

It's as though a certain level of intoxication with the mushroom is the precondition for being able to communicate, but is not itself enough.

The reason for the emphasis on shamanism and on other techniques is, you will need techniques if you go into the deep water. And they can make your life very simple and save you from unnecessary suffering. Not all suffering is necessary. Maybe no suffering is necessary.

There's only the integrity of doing and having done.

The world is not made of anti-mu mesons, quarks, and photons, and electromagnetic fields. Reality is made of words.