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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
yes, if you are referring to synthetics like LSD-25, MDMA, or PCP.
However, Daturas, certain mushrooms, a mescaline cacti, DMT, and hundreds of other hallucinogenic plants are all naturally occurring, in fact, your brain already produces low quantities of DMT for a yet unknown purpose, the same way it produces THC and morphine as endorphins and endocannibinoids
I accept that these naturally occuring chemicals can alter the consciousness of the human mind to enhance perception. |
You see, I feel quite the opposite. I think these naturally occuring chemicals were created by the plant to poison the human mind and body and convince the humans not to continue eating the plants. They are a defense mechanism. There may be hallucinagenic side effects to the toxic qualities of these chemicals, but the poison is the reason they exist.
LSD on the other hand was created by a chemist for the purpose of reaching an altered state. It may have toxic side effects, but the hallucanegic qualities are the reason for the chemical's existence.
I don't do hallucinagenics anymore, and haven't in years, but I always felt the effects of LSD were more positive and less sickening than mushrooms. Every time I did mushrooms, and the one time I did peyote, I felt sick, which is what the plants evolved to make us do, as a defense mechanism. I did LSD hundreds of times, and the only times it made me feel bad were the times it was of questionable purity.
I won't get into whether altered states can actually change reality or not. However, I think Aldous Huxley called The Doors of Perception that for a reason. Perception is how we
see reality.