Michael Pollan

It comes through. It's revealed knowledge.

I know what episode you're talking about. Yeah. So I... Years ago, I built a little studio where I write and I've written my books. And... it faces two trees. And one is a very elegant white oak that's kind of leaning. And the other is this kind of stolid ash tree. And having taken, in this case, psilocybin in my garden, I had this power. I mean, you know I love plants.

I know what episode you're talking about. Yeah. So I... Years ago, I built a little studio where I write and I've written my books. And... it faces two trees. And one is a very elegant white oak that's kind of leaning. And the other is this kind of stolid ash tree. And having taken, in this case, psilocybin in my garden, I had this power. I mean, you know I love plants.

I know what episode you're talking about. Yeah. So I... Years ago, I built a little studio where I write and I've written my books. And... it faces two trees. And one is a very elegant white oak that's kind of leaning. And the other is this kind of stolid ash tree. And having taken, in this case, psilocybin in my garden, I had this power. I mean, you know I love plants.

And I've been writing about plants for a long time. And I'm a gardener and you are too. That the plants were conscious and they were awake. I had this sense that the plants in my garden were kind of like, looking at me and there were these two trees and I suddenly realized- So I think that, and I'm not on psilocybin.

And I've been writing about plants for a long time. And I'm a gardener and you are too. That the plants were conscious and they were awake. I had this sense that the plants in my garden were kind of like, looking at me and there were these two trees and I suddenly realized- So I think that, and I'm not on psilocybin.

And I've been writing about plants for a long time. And I'm a gardener and you are too. That the plants were conscious and they were awake. I had this sense that the plants in my garden were kind of like, looking at me and there were these two trees and I suddenly realized- So I think that, and I'm not on psilocybin.

On psilocybin, they'll say hello back. So, and these two trees I hadn't realized before, oh, that's my mother and that's my father. And the one that was my father, that tree had just had fallen, a giant limb had fallen off and he was sick at the time. And I realized that they were both gonna go eventually. And it was very moving and they were embodied.

On psilocybin, they'll say hello back. So, and these two trees I hadn't realized before, oh, that's my mother and that's my father. And the one that was my father, that tree had just had fallen, a giant limb had fallen off and he was sick at the time. And I realized that they were both gonna go eventually. And it was very moving and they were embodied.

On psilocybin, they'll say hello back. So, and these two trees I hadn't realized before, oh, that's my mother and that's my father. And the one that was my father, that tree had just had fallen, a giant limb had fallen off and he was sick at the time. And I realized that they were both gonna go eventually. And it was very moving and they were embodied.

Yeah, I think a key word for what psychedelics do is connect you. And for me, it's about connecting to nature. It was connecting to people. And the reason that happens, I think is that psychedelics soften your ego. And the ego is, you know, ego is a walled structure, right? It's a barrier. It's a defensive structure.

Yeah, I think a key word for what psychedelics do is connect you. And for me, it's about connecting to nature. It was connecting to people. And the reason that happens, I think is that psychedelics soften your ego. And the ego is, you know, ego is a walled structure, right? It's a barrier. It's a defensive structure.

Yeah, I think a key word for what psychedelics do is connect you. And for me, it's about connecting to nature. It was connecting to people. And the reason that happens, I think is that psychedelics soften your ego. And the ego is, you know, ego is a walled structure, right? It's a barrier. It's a defensive structure.

That's right. They feel they're identical to their ego. But you're not. You're not. It's just one voice and it can get quiet. And one of the things that happens on psychedelics And we understand this neuroscientifically. There's a structure and a network in the brain called- You're not the voice, you're actually the observer.

That's right. They feel they're identical to their ego. But you're not. You're not. It's just one voice and it can get quiet. And one of the things that happens on psychedelics And we understand this neuroscientifically. There's a structure and a network in the brain called- You're not the voice, you're actually the observer.

That's right. They feel they're identical to their ego. But you're not. You're not. It's just one voice and it can get quiet. And one of the things that happens on psychedelics And we understand this neuroscientifically. There's a structure and a network in the brain called- You're not the voice, you're actually the observer.

There's a lot in common actually.

There's a lot in common actually.

There's a lot in common actually.

Yeah, but having done psychedelics, I became a better meditator because I understood, oh, this is where I'm trying to go. But this sense of, you know, your ego softening and in one case I had completely disappearing. I had a ego death experience, which I can tell you about.