Alan Watts - Dimethyltryptamine

[turboswami]

"The faces in the room had become billion-faceted mosaics of rich and vibrant hues. The facial characteristics of each of the observers, surrounding the bed, were the keys to their genetic heritage. Dr. X (the psychiatrist) was a bronzed American Indian with full ceremonial paint; the Hindu monk was a deep soulful middle-easterner with eyes which

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[edensgray]

Amazing.

[turboswami]

Yea, Watts is one of my favorites...
His writing is so clear, lucid, and powerful.
I had no idea he'd done DMT though! What a trip.

If you haven't stumbled onto his psychedelic text, "The Joyous Cosmology: Adventures in the Chemistry of Consciousness," lemme know. I'll send you a copy. : ) It resonated much more meaningfully to me than even Huxley's Doors...

His family recently saw that all of his books were reprinted...EXCEPT that one! They don't want their dad to be associated with those damned, dirty Harvard hippies! Haha.

:)

[edensgray]

I've never heard of Watts so I have not had the opportunity to study/read his works.

That's very nice of you to offer a copy - I would certainly appreciate it.

I began to watch the video on Watts (you have somewhere in this journal) but time ran out.

Re: :)

[edensgray]

Oh and I've never heard of DMT...either. blah

[turboswami]

It struck me, therefore, that if any of the psychedelic chemicals would in fact predispose my consciousness to the mystical experience, I could use them as instruments for studying and describing that experience as one uses a microscope for bacteriology, even though the microscope is an "artificial" and "unnatural" contrivance which might be said to quot;distort" the vision of the naked eye. However, when I was first invited to test the mystical qualities of LSD-25 by Dr. Keith Ditman of the Neuropsychiatric Clinic at UCLA Medical School, I was unwilling to believe that any mere chemical could induce a genuine mystical experience. At most, it might bring about a state of spiritual insight analogous to swimming with water wings. Indeed, my first experiment with LSD-25 was not mystical. It was an intensely interesting aesthetic and intellectual experience that challenged my powers of analysis and careful description to the utmost