Michele Pasin / Quotes

Looking for a second opinion on self-experiment

I’ve got to get a handle on this, I thought. I’ve got to find some other, firsthand accounts of ongoing self-experiment with LSD. I can’t be the only person who has done this. There must be others; surely someone has left a written record? Dr. Grof, I thought, I want a second opinion; and I settled down to do some more sustained serious reading than I had done in years.

Saved 29 December 2022 / www.amazon.com ↗

#psychedelics #research #reading

Blind subjects hallucinate on LSD

It is evident that a normal retina is not needed for the occurrence of LSD-induced visual experiences. These visual experiences do not seem to differ from the…

Beyond Zero and One (Andrew Smart) #psychedelics #hallucinations #research #perception

LSD deserves indigenous reverence

treatment or spiritual tool, which made serious research on the drug impossible. He called the recreational use of LSD “careless and irresponsible” and felt…

Beyond Zero and One (Andrew Smart) #psychedelics #spirituality #tradition #research

Psychedelics as tools to study consciousness

Despite revolutionary advancements in brain imaging over the last twenty years, there exist few studies on LSD and hallucinogens using modern neuroscience…

Beyond Zero and One (Andrew Smart) #psychedelics #neuroscience #consciousness #research

Sandoz stops sponsoring LSD research

The controversial status of the drug led Sandoz to stop sponsoring clinical trials in 1966. Researchers found it more and more difficult to obtain grants to…

Beyond Zero and One (Andrew Smart) #psychedelics #research #drugs

Talking people down in LSD studies

really needs to come off the drug. However, users can usually be talked out of whatever anxiety they are feeling in these studies.

Beyond Zero and One (Andrew Smart) #psychedelics #anxiety #research

A book as companion for continual growth

First, I would recommend that you not “see” this material as a book, in the sense that it is something to read once and put on a shelf. You may choose to read…

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen R. Covey) #book #reading #changes