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LSD wanted to tell me something. … It gave me an inner joy, an open mindedness, a gratefulness, open eyes and an internal sensitivity for the miracles of creation.

— Albert Hofmann LSD: The Geek's Wonder Drug? (2006)

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Mystical experiences, like those that marked my childhood, are apparently far from rare.

LSD : My Problem Child (1980)

Reality is inconceivable without an experiencing subject, without an ego.

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There are experiences that most of us are hesitant to speak about, because they do not conform to everyday reality and defy rational explanation.

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As a path to the perception of a deeper, comprehensive reality, in which the experiencing individual is also sheltered, meditation, in its different forms, occupies a prominent place today.

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Deliberate provocation of mystical experience, particularly by LSD and related hallucinogens, in contrast to spontaneous visionary experiences, entails dangers that must not be underestimated.

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