The 'hard swallow' built into science is this business about the Big Bang. ... This is the notion that the universe, for no reason, sprang from nothing in a single instant. ... Notice that this is the limit test for credulity. . . . It's the limit case for likelihood.

I think psychedelics are sort of like doing calisthenics in preparation for the marathon at the end of time.

The shaman is not merely a sick man, or a madman; he is a sick man who has healed himself.

To my mind this is what shamanic training must really be, is mnemonic training. If you want to bring the stuff back you have to train yourself to bring it back.

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.

Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.

History is the siren song of the soul.