LSD still available in Switzerland
David Morris
fqmorris at hotmail.com
Wed Aug 15 10:16:11 CDT 2001
http://www.psychedelic-library.org/grofpref.htm
"The critical element here is the recognition that LSD and other
psychedelics function more or less as nonspecific catalysts and amplifiers
of the psyche. This is reflected in the name given by Humphrey Osmond to
this group of substances; the Greek word "psychedelic" translates literally
as mind-manifesting." In the dosages used in human experimentation, the
classical psychedelics, such as LSD, psilocybin, and mescaline, do not have
any specific pharmacological effects. They increase the energetic niveau in
the psyche and the body which leads to manifestation of otherwise latent
psychological processes.
The content and nature of the experiences that these substances induce
are thus not artificial products of their pharmacological interaction with
the brain ("toxic psychoses ), but authentic expressions of the psyche
revealing its functioning on levels ordinarily not available for observation
and study. A person who has taken LSD does not have an "LSD experience," but
takes a journey into deep recesses of his or her own psyche."
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