Ralph Metzner famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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The first note in that octave [of our cultural transformation], the do, was the discovery of LSD by Albert Hofmann in 1943.
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The LSD experience usually changes forever the worldview and basic life-orientation of all who experience it
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The introduction of LSD and psychedelics into the culture produced a transformation of the entire culture, the consciousness of the culture.
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I believe it’s true to say that everyone who has experienced LSD or another psychedelic would look on that experience, especially the first one, as a major life-changing event.
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Just as Hitler used the Reichstag burning, the U.S. government now uses the so-called two wars, the War on Drugs and the War on Terrorism, to fuel fear in the population and establish a police security state.
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I believe it’s true to say that everyone who has experienced LSD or another psychedelic would look on that experience, especially the first one, as a major life-changing event.
-- Ralph Metzner
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The process of my transformation came to a head with my discovery of St. Francis of Assisi during a pilgrimage I went on with a scout troop from my school.
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True self-discovery begins where your comfort zone ends.
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Rules for Self Discovery: 1. What we want most; 2. What we think about most; 3. How we use our money; 4. What we do with our leisure time; 5. The company we enjoy; 6. Who and what we admire; 7. What we laugh at.
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Nobody ever forgets their first night in the bush. It's among the precious, meagre handful of life firsts that remain indelible.
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It will be thought that I am acting strangely in concerning myself at this day with what appears at first sight and simply a well-known method of fortune-telling.
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I take the walk to be the externalization of an interior seeking so that the analogy is first of all between the external and the internal.
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I read my first book on Woodrow Wilson at age 15, and I was hooked.
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The cultural transformation from the love of power to the power of love is the drama of our time.
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Without deep personal transformation, collective transformation is not possible.
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We're in the middle of the transformation of a society that has handled its politics through repression to a society that will handle its politics through democratic institutions.
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