fourthripley
Rising Star
I'm not venturing an opinion here on the validity of the experiment, I have an open mind and half intended to participate a little;had a spice and pennyroyal spliff prepared but circumstances prevented me, like a lot of folks it seems...
Question 1: assuming such things are possible, what is the wisdom of performing randomly constructed magickal rituals, focussing on glyphs etc. under the influence of powerful hallucinogens? From what I have read over the years, combining magick and druqs can be- for some- a shortcut to geting very messed up indeed, psychologically certainly but maybe- if one believes in these things- on other levels as well. What thinks people?
Question 2: re: 'meeting up in hyperspace'. If one accepts the 'shamanic hypotheses' that places reached in trance or whatever are genuine autonomous spaces, what of consciously journeying and manipulating these? Classical 'shamans'- not very keen on the word and its over and misusage really- train and acclimatse themselves over years to negotiate these spaces or realms; is it possible to take a bunch of druqs and 'wish' yourself to a possible spot? Dunno, seems a little like getting into a car with no lessons or knowledge and wishing yourself to a destination while simply firing up the engine? Or am I being difficult?
Hope I don't come across as horrid and confrontational, just think these 2 points might be interesting to have debated![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Question 1: assuming such things are possible, what is the wisdom of performing randomly constructed magickal rituals, focussing on glyphs etc. under the influence of powerful hallucinogens? From what I have read over the years, combining magick and druqs can be- for some- a shortcut to geting very messed up indeed, psychologically certainly but maybe- if one believes in these things- on other levels as well. What thinks people?
Question 2: re: 'meeting up in hyperspace'. If one accepts the 'shamanic hypotheses' that places reached in trance or whatever are genuine autonomous spaces, what of consciously journeying and manipulating these? Classical 'shamans'- not very keen on the word and its over and misusage really- train and acclimatse themselves over years to negotiate these spaces or realms; is it possible to take a bunch of druqs and 'wish' yourself to a possible spot? Dunno, seems a little like getting into a car with no lessons or knowledge and wishing yourself to a destination while simply firing up the engine? Or am I being difficult?
Hope I don't come across as horrid and confrontational, just think these 2 points might be interesting to have debated