Hallucinogenic plants act as enzymes which stimulate imagination.

Science is the exploration of the experience of nature without psychedelics. And I propose, therefore, to expand that enterprise and say that we need a science beyond science. We need a science which plays with a full deck.

Obviously, it's some kind of freely commanded modality in the psyche with which we can have a relationship if we will but evolve a control language and a dialogue. And it remains mysterious.

Culture is a simplification and a lie. It's the currency by which fools navigate the world. Smart people get beyond it.

I believe that the place to search for extraterrestrials is in the psychic dimension.

No more do we create cultural artifacts that are simply our furniture, but now it's our thoughts, our values, are embodied in this [digital] stuff.

Don't diddle the dose. Once you have done your homework, go for it.