The psychedelic sets you at the beginning of the path, and then people do all kinds of things with it.

Tribalism is a social form which can exist at any level of technology. It's a complete illusion to associate it with low levels of technology. It is probably, in fact, a form of social organization second only to the family in its ability to endure.

Escape into the dream. Escape, a key thing charged against these drugs, that they are for escapists. I think the people who make this charge hardly dare dream to what degree they are escapist.

If you actually look at the etymology of the word 'hallucination', what it's come to mean in English is a delusion. But what it really means in the original language is to wander in the mind. That's the meaning of 'hallucination', to wander in the mind.

Nature is actually the goal at the end of history.

The bigger you build the bonfire, the more darkness is revealed.

It is the imagination that argues for the Divine Spark within human beings. It is literally a decent of the World's Soul into all of us.