The mystery is in the body and the way the body works itself into nature.

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 mind is a far bigger domain than we ever imagined.

There's something in the Western mind that gets very nervous when you try to talk about the bedrock of ontology.

We are an intelligent species caught in an historical process. No generation which proceeded us knew what was going on, and there is no reason to assume that we know what's going on or that the generation which follows us will know what's going on. And what kind of trip is it anyway to insist on knowing what's going on?

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.

The word 'self' is as great a mystery as the word 'other'. It's just a polarity between two mysteries.