Rick Doblin
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To actually turn me into a man.
To actually turn me into a man.
That's it. I'm going to be a man. I wanted to avoid all the awkwardness of adolescence. I'm the oldest of four kids. So I had no older siblings to tell me. And we did this rite of passage. And it's been used for thousands of years. And I just had this somehow this idea that there would be some visitation from God of some way that I would be.
That's it. I'm going to be a man. I wanted to avoid all the awkwardness of adolescence. I'm the oldest of four kids. So I had no older siblings to tell me. And we did this rite of passage. And it's been used for thousands of years. And I just had this somehow this idea that there would be some visitation from God of some way that I would be.
That's it. I'm going to be a man. I wanted to avoid all the awkwardness of adolescence. I'm the oldest of four kids. So I had no older siblings to tell me. And we did this rite of passage. And it's been used for thousands of years. And I just had this somehow this idea that there would be some visitation from God of some way that I would be.
one thing the morning of my bar mitzvah and i'd be something different the next morning and i remember waking up in bed uh the next morning after my bar mitzvah and i'm like i'm the same this particular rite of passage didn't work and and you know you're 13 you're not so smart and i was like well you know god must be busy a lot of people got got bar mitzvahed if you know it's like christmas and you're eventually god's gonna get to me
one thing the morning of my bar mitzvah and i'd be something different the next morning and i remember waking up in bed uh the next morning after my bar mitzvah and i'm like i'm the same this particular rite of passage didn't work and and you know you're 13 you're not so smart and i was like well you know god must be busy a lot of people got got bar mitzvahed if you know it's like christmas and you're eventually god's gonna get to me
one thing the morning of my bar mitzvah and i'd be something different the next morning and i remember waking up in bed uh the next morning after my bar mitzvah and i'm like i'm the same this particular rite of passage didn't work and and you know you're 13 you're not so smart and i was like well you know god must be busy a lot of people got got bar mitzvahed if you know it's like christmas and you're eventually god's gonna get to me
Yeah. And so every day for a week, I would wake up and think, is today the day? Am I different? Nothing happened. And then finally, another week and another Bar Mitzvah Saturday came along. And I realized that if I was on a list, I have now been dropped off the list completely because there's all these new people at Bar Mitzvah.
Yeah. And so every day for a week, I would wake up and think, is today the day? Am I different? Nothing happened. And then finally, another week and another Bar Mitzvah Saturday came along. And I realized that if I was on a list, I have now been dropped off the list completely because there's all these new people at Bar Mitzvah.
Yeah. And so every day for a week, I would wake up and think, is today the day? Am I different? Nothing happened. And then finally, another week and another Bar Mitzvah Saturday came along. And I realized that if I was on a list, I have now been dropped off the list completely because there's all these new people at Bar Mitzvah.
And the rites of passage that we do have, I believe, probably worked in the past for a lot of people. And they did have this demarcation between People didn't used to live that long either. So 13 was kind of a transition point. But it was when I was 17, almost 18, that I first did LSD. And one of my very first thoughts was, this is what my bar mitzvah should have been. Right.
And the rites of passage that we do have, I believe, probably worked in the past for a lot of people. And they did have this demarcation between People didn't used to live that long either. So 13 was kind of a transition point. But it was when I was 17, almost 18, that I first did LSD. And one of my very first thoughts was, this is what my bar mitzvah should have been. Right.
And the rites of passage that we do have, I believe, probably worked in the past for a lot of people. And they did have this demarcation between People didn't used to live that long either. So 13 was kind of a transition point. But it was when I was 17, almost 18, that I first did LSD. And one of my very first thoughts was, this is what my bar mitzvah should have been. Right.
Because, you know, you're like, who am I? Where do I fit in? I'm sort of – my ego sense is dissolving a bit from LSD. I'm connected to something bigger and larger than myself. I thought this is the courage, the test of courage. This is the test of – This is something that is a part of a rite of passage.
Because, you know, you're like, who am I? Where do I fit in? I'm sort of – my ego sense is dissolving a bit from LSD. I'm connected to something bigger and larger than myself. I thought this is the courage, the test of courage. This is the test of – This is something that is a part of a rite of passage.
Because, you know, you're like, who am I? Where do I fit in? I'm sort of – my ego sense is dissolving a bit from LSD. I'm connected to something bigger and larger than myself. I thought this is the courage, the test of courage. This is the test of – This is something that is a part of a rite of passage.