Beyond Zero and One (Andrew Smart) / quote 157 of 171
LSD and ego dissolution
These drugs reliably induce states of altered consciousness, much like dreams or religious ecstasy. Daniel X. Freedman, a pioneer of psychedelic research on LSD, wrote that LSD enables “portentousness” of the mind, so that it can perceive more than it can tell, experience more than it can explicate, and experience boundlessness and “boundaryless” events. Intense psychedelic experiences often induce what is called “ego dissolution”—where the user is no longer able to distinguish between the self and the outside world.