Well, there were Eleusisian mysteries (trance from chant and drumming?) and the Oracle of Delphi was said to have inhaled fumes that gave the Priestess her visions of prophesy. I don’t consider states of consciousness produced by anything but stimulants like coffee to be the only legitimate and productive modes of perception.
heck of a snarl for sure
Oh, I see the stamp now.
Well, there were Eleusisian mysteries (trance from chant and drumming?) and the Oracle of Delphi was said to have inhaled fumes that gave the Priestess her visions of prophesy. I don’t consider states of consciousness produced by anything but stimulants like coffee to be the only legitimate and productive modes of perception.
Counter culture and altered states invented the net. There is a good amount of academic literature about that. Here’s Columbia: https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/d8-01b6-0187
Not that I have or ever do drugs myself. Just an admirer of the classics.
I am certain, however, that the government is on something awful that makes them all stupid and huge assholes.