Travis Kitchens
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It happened recently. Now, I think they're going to have some leniency. I just feel sorry for the guy. The other guy cut his penis off. The other guy in Oregon shot up a bunch of people at a mushroom fest or music festival. You don't know what it's going to do. The effects are essentially unpredictable. Okay, there's just no way around it. They're unpredictable.
The way you try to give it the veneer that you can predict it is you have very small studies of heavily screened people and you give them, you know, the way, think about it. How do you study psychedelics? I can tell you, if you're in a study, they give you drugs, you lay down on the couch, and when you wake up, they're all sitting there like, what happened?
The way you try to give it the veneer that you can predict it is you have very small studies of heavily screened people and you give them, you know, the way, think about it. How do you study psychedelics? I can tell you, if you're in a study, they give you drugs, you lay down on the couch, and when you wake up, they're all sitting there like, what happened?
The way you try to give it the veneer that you can predict it is you have very small studies of heavily screened people and you give them, you know, the way, think about it. How do you study psychedelics? I can tell you, if you're in a study, they give you drugs, you lay down on the couch, and when you wake up, they're all sitting there like, what happened?
And then they have a few questionnaires just like that. Well, now they're on an iPad and they hand you a questionnaire and it says, what happened during your experience? And then there's a, I wrote a long article about this. That's a questionnaire called a mystical experience questionnaires. And it has all the attributes of the experience that they believe these experiences have.
And then they have a few questionnaires just like that. Well, now they're on an iPad and they hand you a questionnaire and it says, what happened during your experience? And then there's a, I wrote a long article about this. That's a questionnaire called a mystical experience questionnaires. And it has all the attributes of the experience that they believe these experiences have.
And then they have a few questionnaires just like that. Well, now they're on an iPad and they hand you a questionnaire and it says, what happened during your experience? And then there's a, I wrote a long article about this. That's a questionnaire called a mystical experience questionnaires. And it has all the attributes of the experience that they believe these experiences have.
You know, did you enter a time that was, did you enter a space that was timeless and spaceless? Check. Did you, this happened, did this happen? Did you encounter God? Check. And if you check 32 out of 32 boxes, they determine that you've had a full-blown mystical experience. And the, if you have a mystical experience, they say you have, there's more therapeutic benefits.
You know, did you enter a time that was, did you enter a space that was timeless and spaceless? Check. Did you, this happened, did this happen? Did you encounter God? Check. And if you check 32 out of 32 boxes, they determine that you've had a full-blown mystical experience. And the, if you have a mystical experience, they say you have, there's more therapeutic benefits.
You know, did you enter a time that was, did you enter a space that was timeless and spaceless? Check. Did you, this happened, did this happen? Did you encounter God? Check. And if you check 32 out of 32 boxes, they determine that you've had a full-blown mystical experience. And the, if you have a mystical experience, they say you have, there's more therapeutic benefits.
All of the science of this is very, very shaky. So returning to what you asked me before, I just became interested in it because I did it, and I wanted to figure out what happened. And the more I looked into it, like when I became interested in that questionnaire, I went, they made me fill out these questionnaires afterwards. Who wrote it?
All of the science of this is very, very shaky. So returning to what you asked me before, I just became interested in it because I did it, and I wanted to figure out what happened. And the more I looked into it, like when I became interested in that questionnaire, I went, they made me fill out these questionnaires afterwards. Who wrote it?
All of the science of this is very, very shaky. So returning to what you asked me before, I just became interested in it because I did it, and I wanted to figure out what happened. And the more I looked into it, like when I became interested in that questionnaire, I went, they made me fill out these questionnaires afterwards. Who wrote it?
So then I went and found him in Tennessee, and he's an expert on Appalachian serpent handling cults. Who? Ralph Hood, who wrote the questionnaire. So then I went, oh, wow, this is great. I mean, I'm a writer. So right then I went, this is fascinating. This is fascinating. There's something here. There's a story here and it's not the one that I thought it was. And so that's why I kept going.
So then I went and found him in Tennessee, and he's an expert on Appalachian serpent handling cults. Who? Ralph Hood, who wrote the questionnaire. So then I went, oh, wow, this is great. I mean, I'm a writer. So right then I went, this is fascinating. This is fascinating. There's something here. There's a story here and it's not the one that I thought it was. And so that's why I kept going.
So then I went and found him in Tennessee, and he's an expert on Appalachian serpent handling cults. Who? Ralph Hood, who wrote the questionnaire. So then I went, oh, wow, this is great. I mean, I'm a writer. So right then I went, this is fascinating. This is fascinating. There's something here. There's a story here and it's not the one that I thought it was. And so that's why I kept going.
Because Roland Griffiths and the other people who started the Hopkins program have a belief that all religions share a common core. And they get this idea from perennialism. And so they wanted to test it out. So think about this. This is why I'm writing about it. Nobody else is writing about this. It's the most amazing thing.
Because Roland Griffiths and the other people who started the Hopkins program have a belief that all religions share a common core. And they get this idea from perennialism. And so they wanted to test it out. So think about this. This is why I'm writing about it. Nobody else is writing about this. It's the most amazing thing.
Because Roland Griffiths and the other people who started the Hopkins program have a belief that all religions share a common core. And they get this idea from perennialism. And so they wanted to test it out. So think about this. This is why I'm writing about it. Nobody else is writing about this. It's the most amazing thing.
There's this esoteric literature concerning perennialism in books written by all of these most colorful people. And they have this theory that's been around for a long time. And at Johns Hopkins, our most prestigious medical institution, they're like, you know what? Let's test it out and see if it works. Let's get them in here. Let's give them the drugs.