There is a spiritual obligation, there is a task to be done. It is not, however, something as simple as following a set of somebody else's rules

The danger is [in using psychedelic drugs], just to put it out there, is madness.

I'm not an abuser. It takes me a long time to assimilate each experience. And I never have lost my respect for it. I mean I really feel dread. It is one of the emotions I always feel as I approach it, because I have no faith that my sails won't be ripped this time.

And psychedelics now, as we de-condition ourselves from the post-medieval world, they are present to hand as tools.

I think transcending our cultures is going to be extraordinarily necessary for our survival. I don't think we can carry our cultures through the keyhole of the stretch of the next millennium

The drug may not be toxic, but you may be self-toxic, and you may discover this in the drug experience.

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