This place sure goes in "spurts"

[Cybe R. Wizard]

On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:07:33 +1000
Peter Garrett <peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au> wrote:

[bad wheat bread]
> 
> Quite possibly :) But hey, "Take LSD, and See" (showing my age here)

We of that generation will never grow old.  I finished high school in
1969.

“There are two major products that came out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX.
We don't believe this to be a coincidence.”
	Jeremy S. Anderson
> 
> Also, mediæval mystics used to fast for long periods, which also
> induces hallucinatory states. 

I can testify to that  because my Yogi (and room mate) back in the early
70s had me doing a lot of that long-period water-only fasting.  Very
hallucinatory past the sixth or seventh day, it was.  Those were
interesting times and I saw/experienced a lot that I don't believe ever
really happened...     ;-]

> The question though, is whether these
> were "Good trips" or "Bad trips", and if the experiences were positive
> in the sense, for example, that Huxley's experiments with
> mescalin/peyote/lsd produced some fascinating insights. See for
> example "The Doors of Perception".

Read it, experienced some of it.  I prefer Firesign Theatre's,
"Everything You Know Is Wrong."
(the snake, the snake, the snake is a river...)
> 
> BTW I used to run marathons - we were
> totally tripped out on endorphins, supposedly ;) So much for Frank
> Shorter *g*
> 
> Peter

Ah, endorphins!  Basketball did it for me.

Cybe R. Wizard
-- 
LSD was designed for you to look inside yourself. Quite a liberating
experience if you can pull it off. 
	Peter Fonda