Travis Kitchens
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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.
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.
And let's see if they all check off all the boxes. And if they check off all the boxes, we can provide some empirical evidence proving that perennialism is true. And they see this as a way that we maybe could bring world peace and things and the type of things you were talking about. talking about.
And let's see if they all check off all the boxes. And if they check off all the boxes, we can provide some empirical evidence proving that perennialism is true. And they see this as a way that we maybe could bring world peace and things and the type of things you were talking about. talking about.
And let's see if they all check off all the boxes. And if they check off all the boxes, we can provide some empirical evidence proving that perennialism is true. And they see this as a way that we maybe could bring world peace and things and the type of things you were talking about. talking about.
No, they believe that the origin of religion is drug-induced mystical experience or mystical experience through isolation, sensory isolation, prayer, all the different ways you can conjure a mystical experience because these same experiences happen naturally.
No, they believe that the origin of religion is drug-induced mystical experience or mystical experience through isolation, sensory isolation, prayer, all the different ways you can conjure a mystical experience because these same experiences happen naturally.
No, they believe that the origin of religion is drug-induced mystical experience or mystical experience through isolation, sensory isolation, prayer, all the different ways you can conjure a mystical experience because these same experiences happen naturally.
right so when you're validating the scale they give it to people who've taken drugs but they also give it to people who can conjure these experience through prayer and through all kinds of different ways right like you could start fasting today and you could like uh you ever seen orthodox jews when they do this stuff start chanting prayer and they do this repetitive motions you can conjure these type of trance states all different kinds of ways without drugs
right so when you're validating the scale they give it to people who've taken drugs but they also give it to people who can conjure these experience through prayer and through all kinds of different ways right like you could start fasting today and you could like uh you ever seen orthodox jews when they do this stuff start chanting prayer and they do this repetitive motions you can conjure these type of trance states all different kinds of ways without drugs
right so when you're validating the scale they give it to people who've taken drugs but they also give it to people who can conjure these experience through prayer and through all kinds of different ways right like you could start fasting today and you could like uh you ever seen orthodox jews when they do this stuff start chanting prayer and they do this repetitive motions you can conjure these type of trance states all different kinds of ways without drugs
You know Hillman. He studies people. You can read books, Galen, all these other people. They would go in caves. Why? Because it's dark. And you would cultivate a mystical experience in there. There's recipes. Next to recipes for drugged wine that you can make to trip, there are recipes for how to clear out a cave so that there's no snakes in there.
You know Hillman. He studies people. You can read books, Galen, all these other people. They would go in caves. Why? Because it's dark. And you would cultivate a mystical experience in there. There's recipes. Next to recipes for drugged wine that you can make to trip, there are recipes for how to clear out a cave so that there's no snakes in there.
You know Hillman. He studies people. You can read books, Galen, all these other people. They would go in caves. Why? Because it's dark. And you would cultivate a mystical experience in there. There's recipes. Next to recipes for drugged wine that you can make to trip, there are recipes for how to clear out a cave so that there's no snakes in there.
You don't want to crawl into the cave trying to get Apollo or Zeus on the horn and...
You don't want to crawl into the cave trying to get Apollo or Zeus on the horn and...
You don't want to crawl into the cave trying to get Apollo or Zeus on the horn and...
sinks its teeth into your ankle so you clear it out with smoke then you climb in there and you take a couple swigs and then enter into the other sensory deprivation tank exactly cave exactly wow all the stuff that's happening now there's ancient analogs to it of ways that people were doing it before yulia ustanova who's a researcher who writes about these things she's got one called caves in the ancient greek mind if you're interested in this thread she's in israel buy her books they're wonderful
sinks its teeth into your ankle so you clear it out with smoke then you climb in there and you take a couple swigs and then enter into the other sensory deprivation tank exactly cave exactly wow all the stuff that's happening now there's ancient analogs to it of ways that people were doing it before yulia ustanova who's a researcher who writes about these things she's got one called caves in the ancient greek mind if you're interested in this thread she's in israel buy her books they're wonderful
sinks its teeth into your ankle so you clear it out with smoke then you climb in there and you take a couple swigs and then enter into the other sensory deprivation tank exactly cave exactly wow all the stuff that's happening now there's ancient analogs to it of ways that people were doing it before yulia ustanova who's a researcher who writes about these things she's got one called caves in the ancient greek mind if you're interested in this thread she's in israel buy her books they're wonderful