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Ritual use of psychedelic plants and substances has been a particularly effective technology for inducing holotropic states of consciousness

— Stanislav Grof The Cosmic Game - Explorations of the Frontiers of Human Consciousness (1997)

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LSD is a catalyst or amplifier of mental processes. If properly used it could become something like the microscope or telescope of psychiatry.

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