On the flip side are the people who have an adverse reaction to
hallucinogenic drugs.  From the people who experience a "bad trip" in the
form of some terrifying emotionally scarring nightmare, to the kids who heed
the call to Ecstasy and suffer brain damage or death from the elevated body
temperatures that accompany "the trip".

Street drugs have no QC, the dosage strengths can vary WIDELY.  It is better
to remain rooted in reality and explore your imagination with books and
education rather than endanger your health and future on something a
backyard chemist "cooked" up......

I have a brother-in-law that was a senior in law school when he decided to
experimented with X.  Now he's in a locked facility living on disability.
My own sister was a RN working in and living the good life in Hawaii...
until drugs pushed her into chemically induced paranoid/schizophrenia, she's
now institutionalized.  These people gambled with drugs and lost bright
futures.  A cost most "experimenters" don't calculate until it's too late to
get back.

"Positive potential of mind-altering drugs?"  Maybe in a highly structured
religious format (Carlos Castaneda) .... but anyone who thinks "nirvana" can
be attained through recreational drug use is self-deluded.

Been there, seen the carnage.......





"Crotalidae" <splif@splif.com> wrote in message
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On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 01:32:10 +0200, "Dr. Flonkenstein"
<gregoriy_raspoutine_NOSPAM_@hotmail.com> wrote:

Booooooooozeee!!!!

Awaking the spirits within.


Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell

by Aldous Huxley

In the first half of the book, DOORS OF PERCEPTION, originally a separate
volume, Huxley offers a cogent and erudite argument for the use
hallucinogens (specifically, mescaline) as a means for opening up the
thinking mind to new ideas and perceptions, or even as a method for jump
starting human creativity in common people.

Not only does he offer compelling historical precedents and sound medical
research, but he also reveals positive details about his own personal
experimentation with the drug. As is always the case with Huxley's essays,
his various hypotheses are very articulately expressed and not easily
dismissed.

The second part of the book, HEAVEN AND HELL, also originally published
separately, Huxley introduces the idea that spiritual insight and personal
revelation can also be achieved through the use of hallucinogens.

While just as articulately written and researched as the first volume, the
idea that religious insight can be gained through drugs may offend some
readers. Thought-provoking reading for both professionals and amateurs
interested in the positive potential of mind-altering drugs.