“A recent article by an Oxford professor of pharmacology refers to psychedelic experiences as “distorted sensations” and suggests that the real danger of psychoactive drugs is that they may profoundly and permanently alter the brain, ending with the warning: “Blowing one's mind maybe literally just that.”
To call psychedelic experiences “distorted” is the judgement of a sober, logical and materialist thinker. However, a person under the influence of a psychedelic drug may well regard ordinary perception as severely limited, and therefore a distortion of the truth. I believe that the problem is one of language: words belong to our normal consciousness and are inadequate to describe another.
Conventional scientists cannot afford to accept the existence of other realities without undermining their own premises. In spite of having achieved so much, science has failed to explain consciousness, and cannot even accept the validity of many important aspects of human existence, such as religion, ‘life force’ or love. Only by keeping “ the doors of perception” safely closed can accepted science be kept intact. Yet science is the exploration of nature, and should not be restricted just to avoid upsetting the status quo.” - Tikal: The Continuation, Alexander Shulgin & Ann Shulgin



















