"The history of human use of plants, mushrooms, and animals for their psychedelic effects is far older than written history, and probably predates the appearance of the modern human species."

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Source : Rick Strassman, M.D. (2000). “DMT: The Spirit Molecule: A Doctor's Revolutionary Research into the Biology of Near-Death and Mystical Experiences”, p.21, Inner Traditions / Bear & Co

Rick Strassman

#Animal Quotes #Mushrooms Quotes #Use Quotes

“I had a lot of vocal problems when I was younger. I don't know if it's down to leading a healthier lifestyle or what but my range has increased.”
“It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.”
“I hope I haven't reached a pinnacle...I hope there's something more for me in baseball and in life.”
“I didn't really have an act per se - a theatrical performance, as opposed to just: here I am, folks, and you're all supposed to be dead quiet while I sing eight or nine songs, then get off the stage.”
“This isn't animal experimentation, where you an imagine some proportionate good at the other end of the suffering. This is what we feel like eating. Tell me something: Why is taste, the crudest of our sense, exempted from the ethical rules that govern our other sense? If you stop and think about it, it's crazy. Why doesn't a ***** person has as strong a claim to raping an animal as a hungry one does to killing and eating it?”
“Spread your hate. It'll last a lifetime.”
“The right to freedom of expression is justified first of all as the right of an individual purely in his capacity as an individual. It derives from the widely accepted premise of Western thought that the proper end of man is the realization of his character and potentialities as a human being.”
“The messiness cannot go into the program; it piles up around the programmer.”

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