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11. Globalization of Psychedelics
Psychedelics were not isolated to solely specific regions, but rather was an integrated part of nearly every civilization across the world. One thing that is very intriguing is the idea that a simple picture of a type of handbag that is found in civilizations across the entire world, was actually a depiction of a 'drug bag'. Seen being held by Mexico's Quetzalcoatl, carved into Egyptian pillars and monuments, as well as being seen depicted on Aztec and Maya statues and altars. Graham Hancock believes that these possible 'bags' and the fact that they show up all over the world has a much deeper meaning to the influence that psychedelics had on ancient civilizations. Although not many deductions may be drawn from something so similar being found all over the world, it still shouldn't be something ignored. Obviously this image had a very profound meaning in many different cultures, possibly being the ancient symbol for the use of psychedelics.
12. Why Psychedelics are Voodoo Today
With civilizations dying off and their secrets forgotten until uncovered by historians and archeologists, the use and helpfulness of psychedelics were for the most part forgotten. Focusing on strictly America, being a fairly new nation among the world, psychedelics haven't had much time to be discovered let alone introduced into society. One of the problems with the introduction of psychedelics into American culture was the era in which they were most prominently being used, the 1960's. A time with much unrest between civilians and their government, thus creating the war on drugs in order to keep the mis-behaved in check. Psychedelics were originally seen as a negative inhibitor to human function, not being studied or recognized for its potential. Immediately being labeled as a harmful thing, a majority of the American society quickly turned their backs on the use of psychedelics. Only recently have studies and research begun to be formulated on the affects of psychedelics. Today with the legalization of what use to be a class A drug; marijuana, gives hope for the softening of laws against other psychedelics.
13. Harmal
Used by West Indian, Iranian, and Andean cultures, harmal was a very early drug introduced into these cultures, dating back to 800 AD. Rather than having psychedelic properties, this drug was used as a very strong anti-depressant possibly mirroring what we know as ecstasy today. This flower as well as several pipes were found buried with an adult and young child who had been mummified and buried in Northern Chile. Harmal clearly having strong influence on these cultures is still sold in supermarkets today as treatment for inflammation and fever.
14. Cannabis
Globally popularized with debates across the world discussing the legalization of this drug, cannabis dates back much farther than many think. A burial site of a shaman within Central and South Asia was found containing nearly 2 pounds of the flower encompassing the body. Heavily used as a psychoactive substance, historians today believe even Shakespeare was under the influence of cannabis whilst writing some of his most famous pieces. Pipes dating back to the 17th century were found within the writers house, and when tested had trace amounts of cannabis within them. Although cannabis was greatly harvested due to the use of its hemp, it has also been known to be used as a medication and painkiller by specifically Sikhs for generations. With the ability to begin to study and research cannabis in greater detail, it's medical properties are coming to light, making the legalization of the drug approach.
15. Psilocybin
The 'magic mushroom' of the world, psilocybin has been found to have been used in the ancient Sahara Desert as well as throughout Central and South American cultures. Found in North Africa to date back all the way to 9000 B.C.E. this hallucinogenic was widely used and accepted by ancient cultures. They believed that this mushroom had the power to raise overall intelligence, acquiring a wisdom from the experience of the trip. Psilocybin has led many historians to believe that the influence these had on civilizations may have led to the greatest religious and cultural evolution of our entire species. With such prominent altercation in the way of thinking and the oneness felt with nature helps explain how psilocybin may have had such long-lasting and prominent affects. Much of the tribal artwork that has become a trademark of ancient human artwork and creativity, may have been entirely fueled by psychedelic experiences with both Ayahuasca and Psilocybin.
16. How to Make Psychedelics Accepted Today
With such a Taboo placed on psychedelics today, it seems far off that they will ever become fully accepted once again. Everyone that I have listened to speak on their own experiences on psychedelics vs. people who have never tried them is simply a level of misunderstanding by those who fear their use. Taking a personal example, when I encountered someone greatly opposed to the use of Psychedelics, I asked why. The response was a health risk, that psychedelics will create holes within the brain and therefore lower overall intelligence. I would like to say, as I pointed out to this man, there have been zero studies with scientific peer-review that show any signs of brain decay or loss of functionality due to drugs. It is a stigma that has been falsely placed and believed without research. Psychedelics on the other hand actually increase or alter brain waves and the connections being received. It is an inexplicable experience that I believe opens ones understanding of the entire world around them. Psychedelics are humbling, not dangerous. The stigma must first be removed before psychedelics will become widely accepted. Although today with the fear of drugs being dialed down, hopefully strict laws will soon be seeing the exit.
17. Mushrooms in Japan
Mushrooms in Japan helped play a prominent role in the religious foundations of the feudal era. Influencing the desire for perfection in all arts by samurai; rather than strictly warfare, could in part be reason of the psychedelic properties of native island mushrooms. These would have the same affects as those all over the world, creating a sense of peace and oneness with nature around them. Again this might help explain why such a ferocious group of peoples were in reality quite tranquil seekers of knowledge. An example of the stigma held behind mushrooms of this time is the story of an emperor who had climbed to the top of a mountain in order to ingest some of the mushrooms, where if ingested on the top of the mountain would give immortality. Another example are the mirage of islands off the coast of Japan. Feudal Japanese believed there the islands possessed a better supply of mushrooms and thus set sail for them, only to never be seen again, lost chasing ghosts.
18. DMT The Spirit Molecule
DMT is one of the most potent and powerful psychedelics found on Earth. A naturally occurring part of our bodies as well as the plants around us. Due to a lack of experience I felt it helpful to pull from the novel DMT: The Spirit Molecule by Rick Strassman M.D. and one of the patients he was administering DMT to while taking notes and supplying research. Here is what she had to say of her experience, "How simple everything is. .. . In front of me are two quiet, sunlit Gods. . . I think they are welcoming me into this new world. There is a deep silence as in the desert. . . . I am finally at home. . . . Dangerous game; it would be so easy not to return. I am faintly aware that I am a doctor, but this is not important; family ties, studies, plans, and memories are very remote from me. Only this world is important; I am free and utterly alone". DMT is claimed to be the connector the other dimensions, to the spirit world, claims have even been suggested that DMT can allow for the perception of Dark Matter in our universe. To leave off the perception of DMT I want to bring in a quote from Rick Strassman himself describing what DMT is like, "The DMT realms is about as easy as giving words to scaling a mountain peak, sexual orgasm, undersea diving, and other nonverbal but breathtakingly profound experience". It is something truly special that should be experienced first-hand.
19. When To Try Psychedelics
Psychedelics should not be taken with a faint heart or with little interest, I recommend avoiding using them 'for fun' as well. Many great things can be taken away from them if you go into it with an open-mind and with a thought you already want to unravel. The problem with taking psychedelics at a young age, is the person in question has not intellectually developed enough to the point where they do in fact begin to question things and make enlightened discoveries. For someone like this, the psychedelic is more of a visual stimulation; a 'wow that looks cool' experience. The short-coming of psychedelics is you do not learn anything you didn't know before while you try to tackle ideas. It is a struggle and pathway through ones own thoughts and ideals that draw them to conclusions, so areas where someone may be incredibly wrong in their thought-process, won't be able to understand where their thinking has gone wrong. That is also why it is important to reflect on such experiences after they finish.
20. Should YOU Try Psychedelics
The answer is different for everyone. Because it alters brain activity and due to everyone having different reactions to the drug and simply with everyone having different brain signals and connections, psychedelics will affect some people different than others. It is not something anyone should ever feel pressured into doing, but rather it should be something they feel ready for. Bad trips are a very real thing for people and being forced into a 6 hour journey is not always the best thing. I have never encountered someone experiences a bad trip, although have heard many stories of someone trying to jump out a window believing gravity had been removed. Again I truly don't understand how psychedelics could have such prominent forgetfulness/confusion for people, but it clearly does happen. Just be safe and be with people who won't trigger a negative experience, even tripping alone can be peaceful and mind-opening.
Psychedelics were not isolated to solely specific regions, but rather was an integrated part of nearly every civilization across the world. One thing that is very intriguing is the idea that a simple picture of a type of handbag that is found in civilizations across the entire world, was actually a depiction of a 'drug bag'. Seen being held by Mexico's Quetzalcoatl, carved into Egyptian pillars and monuments, as well as being seen depicted on Aztec and Maya statues and altars. Graham Hancock believes that these possible 'bags' and the fact that they show up all over the world has a much deeper meaning to the influence that psychedelics had on ancient civilizations. Although not many deductions may be drawn from something so similar being found all over the world, it still shouldn't be something ignored. Obviously this image had a very profound meaning in many different cultures, possibly being the ancient symbol for the use of psychedelics.
12. Why Psychedelics are Voodoo Today
With civilizations dying off and their secrets forgotten until uncovered by historians and archeologists, the use and helpfulness of psychedelics were for the most part forgotten. Focusing on strictly America, being a fairly new nation among the world, psychedelics haven't had much time to be discovered let alone introduced into society. One of the problems with the introduction of psychedelics into American culture was the era in which they were most prominently being used, the 1960's. A time with much unrest between civilians and their government, thus creating the war on drugs in order to keep the mis-behaved in check. Psychedelics were originally seen as a negative inhibitor to human function, not being studied or recognized for its potential. Immediately being labeled as a harmful thing, a majority of the American society quickly turned their backs on the use of psychedelics. Only recently have studies and research begun to be formulated on the affects of psychedelics. Today with the legalization of what use to be a class A drug; marijuana, gives hope for the softening of laws against other psychedelics.
13. Harmal
Used by West Indian, Iranian, and Andean cultures, harmal was a very early drug introduced into these cultures, dating back to 800 AD. Rather than having psychedelic properties, this drug was used as a very strong anti-depressant possibly mirroring what we know as ecstasy today. This flower as well as several pipes were found buried with an adult and young child who had been mummified and buried in Northern Chile. Harmal clearly having strong influence on these cultures is still sold in supermarkets today as treatment for inflammation and fever.
14. Cannabis
Globally popularized with debates across the world discussing the legalization of this drug, cannabis dates back much farther than many think. A burial site of a shaman within Central and South Asia was found containing nearly 2 pounds of the flower encompassing the body. Heavily used as a psychoactive substance, historians today believe even Shakespeare was under the influence of cannabis whilst writing some of his most famous pieces. Pipes dating back to the 17th century were found within the writers house, and when tested had trace amounts of cannabis within them. Although cannabis was greatly harvested due to the use of its hemp, it has also been known to be used as a medication and painkiller by specifically Sikhs for generations. With the ability to begin to study and research cannabis in greater detail, it's medical properties are coming to light, making the legalization of the drug approach.
15. Psilocybin
The 'magic mushroom' of the world, psilocybin has been found to have been used in the ancient Sahara Desert as well as throughout Central and South American cultures. Found in North Africa to date back all the way to 9000 B.C.E. this hallucinogenic was widely used and accepted by ancient cultures. They believed that this mushroom had the power to raise overall intelligence, acquiring a wisdom from the experience of the trip. Psilocybin has led many historians to believe that the influence these had on civilizations may have led to the greatest religious and cultural evolution of our entire species. With such prominent altercation in the way of thinking and the oneness felt with nature helps explain how psilocybin may have had such long-lasting and prominent affects. Much of the tribal artwork that has become a trademark of ancient human artwork and creativity, may have been entirely fueled by psychedelic experiences with both Ayahuasca and Psilocybin.
16. How to Make Psychedelics Accepted Today
With such a Taboo placed on psychedelics today, it seems far off that they will ever become fully accepted once again. Everyone that I have listened to speak on their own experiences on psychedelics vs. people who have never tried them is simply a level of misunderstanding by those who fear their use. Taking a personal example, when I encountered someone greatly opposed to the use of Psychedelics, I asked why. The response was a health risk, that psychedelics will create holes within the brain and therefore lower overall intelligence. I would like to say, as I pointed out to this man, there have been zero studies with scientific peer-review that show any signs of brain decay or loss of functionality due to drugs. It is a stigma that has been falsely placed and believed without research. Psychedelics on the other hand actually increase or alter brain waves and the connections being received. It is an inexplicable experience that I believe opens ones understanding of the entire world around them. Psychedelics are humbling, not dangerous. The stigma must first be removed before psychedelics will become widely accepted. Although today with the fear of drugs being dialed down, hopefully strict laws will soon be seeing the exit.
17. Mushrooms in Japan
Mushrooms in Japan helped play a prominent role in the religious foundations of the feudal era. Influencing the desire for perfection in all arts by samurai; rather than strictly warfare, could in part be reason of the psychedelic properties of native island mushrooms. These would have the same affects as those all over the world, creating a sense of peace and oneness with nature around them. Again this might help explain why such a ferocious group of peoples were in reality quite tranquil seekers of knowledge. An example of the stigma held behind mushrooms of this time is the story of an emperor who had climbed to the top of a mountain in order to ingest some of the mushrooms, where if ingested on the top of the mountain would give immortality. Another example are the mirage of islands off the coast of Japan. Feudal Japanese believed there the islands possessed a better supply of mushrooms and thus set sail for them, only to never be seen again, lost chasing ghosts.
18. DMT The Spirit Molecule
DMT is one of the most potent and powerful psychedelics found on Earth. A naturally occurring part of our bodies as well as the plants around us. Due to a lack of experience I felt it helpful to pull from the novel DMT: The Spirit Molecule by Rick Strassman M.D. and one of the patients he was administering DMT to while taking notes and supplying research. Here is what she had to say of her experience, "How simple everything is. .. . In front of me are two quiet, sunlit Gods. . . I think they are welcoming me into this new world. There is a deep silence as in the desert. . . . I am finally at home. . . . Dangerous game; it would be so easy not to return. I am faintly aware that I am a doctor, but this is not important; family ties, studies, plans, and memories are very remote from me. Only this world is important; I am free and utterly alone". DMT is claimed to be the connector the other dimensions, to the spirit world, claims have even been suggested that DMT can allow for the perception of Dark Matter in our universe. To leave off the perception of DMT I want to bring in a quote from Rick Strassman himself describing what DMT is like, "The DMT realms is about as easy as giving words to scaling a mountain peak, sexual orgasm, undersea diving, and other nonverbal but breathtakingly profound experience". It is something truly special that should be experienced first-hand.
19. When To Try Psychedelics
Psychedelics should not be taken with a faint heart or with little interest, I recommend avoiding using them 'for fun' as well. Many great things can be taken away from them if you go into it with an open-mind and with a thought you already want to unravel. The problem with taking psychedelics at a young age, is the person in question has not intellectually developed enough to the point where they do in fact begin to question things and make enlightened discoveries. For someone like this, the psychedelic is more of a visual stimulation; a 'wow that looks cool' experience. The short-coming of psychedelics is you do not learn anything you didn't know before while you try to tackle ideas. It is a struggle and pathway through ones own thoughts and ideals that draw them to conclusions, so areas where someone may be incredibly wrong in their thought-process, won't be able to understand where their thinking has gone wrong. That is also why it is important to reflect on such experiences after they finish.
20. Should YOU Try Psychedelics
The answer is different for everyone. Because it alters brain activity and due to everyone having different reactions to the drug and simply with everyone having different brain signals and connections, psychedelics will affect some people different than others. It is not something anyone should ever feel pressured into doing, but rather it should be something they feel ready for. Bad trips are a very real thing for people and being forced into a 6 hour journey is not always the best thing. I have never encountered someone experiences a bad trip, although have heard many stories of someone trying to jump out a window believing gravity had been removed. Again I truly don't understand how psychedelics could have such prominent forgetfulness/confusion for people, but it clearly does happen. Just be safe and be with people who won't trigger a negative experience, even tripping alone can be peaceful and mind-opening.
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