Leithen
Be Here Now
Hello all!
I am a new member here and am glad there is a spot for everyone to introduce themselves.
I grew up as an average kid playing soccer and learning to rock climb.
My interest for entheogens began after watching a few 1960's documentaries on the history channel at a young age. After hearing about Ken Kesey, the Acid Tests and Woodstock I began researching deeper into the counterculture. Hearing about the Merry Pranksters and the Furthur bus along with the great music and art really got me motivated to learn more. The main thing that kept my interest was the psychedelics (and of course the Grateful Dead). I began studying more, reading about chemists like Albert Hoffman and Alexander Shulgin. This lead me to purchasing TiHKAL and getting very enthralled in the entire psychoactive drug world, specifically for medicinal purposes. (I hope to learn much more about the chemistry is psychoactive drugs as well as some extraction technique) I learned how much of what i was taught as a child was untrue and backed by no evidence. Drugs DID have a positive side. I found companies like MAPS and realised that people were doing REAL research and this was actually a slowly growing field. Of course i eventually tried some substances myself which only deepened my interest. It started with LSD, then Mushrooms, maybe a few things in between, but eventually i got to DMT. My research led me to wonderful sites such as The DMT Nexus and i began to see a subculture of people who were interested in the same things as me and frequently had similar opinions as me. A few experiences and lots of research later i decided i needed to join the forum and learn as much as possible and eventually teach what I can. I know I have lot to learn and cant wait to continue this journey deeper into the world of entheogens! I hope to first learn as much as i can about the science of these drugs and eventually contribute to this forum and research how they can be used as tool is modern day medicine. Any questions for me?
Thanks for taking the time to read and thanks for the welcome!
-Leithen
I am a new member here and am glad there is a spot for everyone to introduce themselves.
I grew up as an average kid playing soccer and learning to rock climb.
My interest for entheogens began after watching a few 1960's documentaries on the history channel at a young age. After hearing about Ken Kesey, the Acid Tests and Woodstock I began researching deeper into the counterculture. Hearing about the Merry Pranksters and the Furthur bus along with the great music and art really got me motivated to learn more. The main thing that kept my interest was the psychedelics (and of course the Grateful Dead). I began studying more, reading about chemists like Albert Hoffman and Alexander Shulgin. This lead me to purchasing TiHKAL and getting very enthralled in the entire psychoactive drug world, specifically for medicinal purposes. (I hope to learn much more about the chemistry is psychoactive drugs as well as some extraction technique) I learned how much of what i was taught as a child was untrue and backed by no evidence. Drugs DID have a positive side. I found companies like MAPS and realised that people were doing REAL research and this was actually a slowly growing field. Of course i eventually tried some substances myself which only deepened my interest. It started with LSD, then Mushrooms, maybe a few things in between, but eventually i got to DMT. My research led me to wonderful sites such as The DMT Nexus and i began to see a subculture of people who were interested in the same things as me and frequently had similar opinions as me. A few experiences and lots of research later i decided i needed to join the forum and learn as much as possible and eventually teach what I can. I know I have lot to learn and cant wait to continue this journey deeper into the world of entheogens! I hope to first learn as much as i can about the science of these drugs and eventually contribute to this forum and research how they can be used as tool is modern day medicine. Any questions for me?
Thanks for taking the time to read and thanks for the welcome!
-Leithen
. Thank you for taking the time to write up and submit a well thought out introduction essay - I very much enjoyed reading it.
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