Heresy

[alice wellintown]

John Carvill wrote:
> One thing that absolutely *can* be articulated about LSD is this: if
> you haven't taken it, then you have no idea what it's like.
> Consequently, you have no real basis for judging what (or whether)
> insights can be gained from taking  it.

No. This is false. Humans don't need to have experiential knowledge to
have an idea of what another human with such knowledge has
experienced.  In fact, a person who has no such experiences of LSD,
but knowledge about how the drug impairs the brain function, and has
worked with people who have taken the drug, from once to hundreds and
even thousands of times, often has an excellent idea, insights even,
about what trippers experience. I would say  a much *better* idea, but
I don't want to upset Mucho Maas & Co. with anything that smacks of
anti-drug moralizing from the Left. I don't do the drug thing. Don't
need to. Don't need booze or tobacco. In the past I might have
vaporized some real good reefer madness---hate smoke--gone to see
Walden's Pond or even Surfed or biked in the woods, listened to some
New Sounds from John Shafer but I didn't like mixing reefer with city
life and crowds or TV or, god forbid, eating junk food. Reading.
Painting, one of my all time faves can benefit,  and poetry and even
prose, from a little of that vaporized golden leaf. I might have tried
some hash under a glass at Harvard, never at Chicago ...square jaw and
flat land gear got me a great job on the Street where, coke was king,
and I wouldn't. I like a little red wine. Nothing white. A little
smoked fish. A man with a big nose and a small mind. As long as we're
sharing and caring.

I feel better now that All is Well on the P,

Terri