Travis Kitchens
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Podcast Appearances
You know, this is what we have to do. Everybody must do it. This is going to fix everything. I believed all of that.
You know, this is what we have to do. Everybody must do it. This is going to fix everything. I believed all of that.
You know, this is what we have to do. Everybody must do it. This is going to fix everything. I believed all of that.
Because of the nature of the experience. The nature of the experience gave me the idea that. um the problems in the world didn't result from any external political things or structures in the world it had to do with uh a level of spiritual immaturity i guess maybe you could say but that the basic idea which i wrote in an article was um that whatever limits
Because of the nature of the experience. The nature of the experience gave me the idea that. um the problems in the world didn't result from any external political things or structures in the world it had to do with uh a level of spiritual immaturity i guess maybe you could say but that the basic idea which i wrote in an article was um that whatever limits
Because of the nature of the experience. The nature of the experience gave me the idea that. um the problems in the world didn't result from any external political things or structures in the world it had to do with uh a level of spiritual immaturity i guess maybe you could say but that the basic idea which i wrote in an article was um that whatever limits
whatever obstacles were in my way as far as success and doing the things that I wanted to do and to feeling better were internal, were features of my psychology that could be worked out through one of these processes, through these drugs. So I felt that I had achieved new insight into myself. And by achieving new insight into myself, I achieved new insight into the world.
whatever obstacles were in my way as far as success and doing the things that I wanted to do and to feeling better were internal, were features of my psychology that could be worked out through one of these processes, through these drugs. So I felt that I had achieved new insight into myself. And by achieving new insight into myself, I achieved new insight into the world.
whatever obstacles were in my way as far as success and doing the things that I wanted to do and to feeling better were internal, were features of my psychology that could be worked out through one of these processes, through these drugs. So I felt that I had achieved new insight into myself. And by achieving new insight into myself, I achieved new insight into the world.
It gives you a completely different perspective you might call a mythological perspective on the world. This is extremely common. And so this is why when you have these experiences, you start reading stuff like Jung. You start reading stuff like McKenna, who was really kind of an acolyte of Jung, because you go, oh, this is a totally different way of looking at the world. Right.
It gives you a completely different perspective you might call a mythological perspective on the world. This is extremely common. And so this is why when you have these experiences, you start reading stuff like Jung. You start reading stuff like McKenna, who was really kind of an acolyte of Jung, because you go, oh, this is a totally different way of looking at the world. Right.
It gives you a completely different perspective you might call a mythological perspective on the world. This is extremely common. And so this is why when you have these experiences, you start reading stuff like Jung. You start reading stuff like McKenna, who was really kind of an acolyte of Jung, because you go, oh, this is a totally different way of looking at the world. Right.
It's the left hand path. It's the esoteric path. So, yeah, I definitely felt different. I had an enormous amount of enthusiasm and I immediately said, this must be what's behind religion.
It's the left hand path. It's the esoteric path. So, yeah, I definitely felt different. I had an enormous amount of enthusiasm and I immediately said, this must be what's behind religion.
It's the left hand path. It's the esoteric path. So, yeah, I definitely felt different. I had an enormous amount of enthusiasm and I immediately said, this must be what's behind religion.
And I went to, I asked Roland Griffiths, who was in the room. Roland Griffiths started the psychedelic renaissance. No Roland Griffiths, no psychedelic renaissance. He's a psychologist, was at Johns Hopkins. He died in 2023. But of course, you're at Johns Hopkins. You got Roland Griffiths, who's, you know, and so I immediately said, what's behind this? You know, what do these drugs do?
And I went to, I asked Roland Griffiths, who was in the room. Roland Griffiths started the psychedelic renaissance. No Roland Griffiths, no psychedelic renaissance. He's a psychologist, was at Johns Hopkins. He died in 2023. But of course, you're at Johns Hopkins. You got Roland Griffiths, who's, you know, and so I immediately said, what's behind this? You know, what do these drugs do?
And I went to, I asked Roland Griffiths, who was in the room. Roland Griffiths started the psychedelic renaissance. No Roland Griffiths, no psychedelic renaissance. He's a psychologist, was at Johns Hopkins. He died in 2023. But of course, you're at Johns Hopkins. You got Roland Griffiths, who's, you know, and so I immediately said, what's behind this? You know, what do these drugs do?
I thought for sure he knew. And he said, we don't know. And I'm a OCD type researcher, reader. And I thought there must be an answer for this somewhere. Somewhere must know this sort of what it does from a scientific standpoint. And I did tell him and Matt Johnson, hey, I think this is what's behind religion. No, I thought this was some great insight. And I'm sure everybody says that.
I thought for sure he knew. And he said, we don't know. And I'm a OCD type researcher, reader. And I thought there must be an answer for this somewhere. Somewhere must know this sort of what it does from a scientific standpoint. And I did tell him and Matt Johnson, hey, I think this is what's behind religion. No, I thought this was some great insight. And I'm sure everybody says that.