We are alienated, so alienated that the self must disguise itself as an extraterrestrial in order not to alarm us with the truly bizarre dimensions that it encompasses.

Psychedelic experiences and dreams are chemical cousins; they are only different in degree.

Part of what being involved in the psychedelic experience is about is reclaiming your own experience.

I believe that what makes the psychedelic experience so central is that it is a connection into a larger modality of organization on the planet, which is a fancy way of saying it connects you up to the mind of Nature Herself.

I'm fascinated by hallucinations. I mean, to me that is the sina qua non that you're getting somewhere.

That's the core puzzling experience, when you meet the Other organized as a speaking mind.

The real secret of magic is that the world is made of words, and that if you know the words that the world is made of you can make of it whatever you wish.