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

The most beautiful things in the universe are inside the human mind.

Shamanism is essentially a living tradition of alchemy that is not seeking the stone but has found the stone.

One thing that these Buddhists have certainly gotten right is that attention to attention is the key to taking control of your mental life.

What happens with DMT is you leap over all the barriers in the first few seconds. Unlike mushrooms where over hours and hours on a high dose you might navigate yourself to the center of the mandala, DMT is like being struck by metaphysical lightening.

The cost of sanity in this society, is a certain level of alienation

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.