“I’m not sure if the passage of time affects our core identities so much as reveals them to us.” -Jennifer Egan I walked out of my therapist’s office for the last time this week. In October of 2014 I sat on Dr Z’s couch for the first time and wept deeply, opening myself to the …
“Free Unfettered Shriven Free – Dream that what is dreamed will be: Old eyes clasped shut until they see, And sing the silent prophecy – And be – Unfettered Shriven Free.” –Stephen R Donaldson, The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant Rage Friday evening our journey with heart medicine ended unlike in previous ceremonies. There was …
“Psychedelics are illegal not because a loving government is concerned that you may jump out of a third story window. Psychedelics are illegal because they dissolve opinion structures and culturally laid down models of behaviour and information processing. They open you up to the possibility that everything you know is wrong.” ― Terence McKenna “LSD …
“The real cycle you’re working on is a cycle called yourself.” “Anxiety, the next gumption trap, is sort of the opposite of ego. You’re so sure you’ll do everything wrong you’re afraid to do anything at all.” ― Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance If you ride bicycles or motorcycles regularly …
“These days, when I knock on the doors of the Tryptamine Palace, I am no longer greeted with unconditional love, but instead, I am reminded of the responsibility that comes with ultimate knowledge: an undeniable responsibility to myself, to my tribe, to my species, to my planet.” -James Oroc You made your intentions. You prepared …
“The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.” -Honore de Balzac I spent more than 30 years being angry at my mother. I didn’t know why and I never questioned my feelings. My anger just was. In November of 2015 we hadn’t talked in …
“It is characteristic that dreams never express themselves in a logical, abstract way but always in the language of parable or simile.” -Carl Jung When writing, it’s generally considered bad form to indicate that something can’t be described in words. Yet this is precisely the challenge when writing about this work- finding words that convey …
“I have been born again. I have been through a psychiatric experience which has completely changed me. I was horrendous. I had to face things about myself which I never admitted, which I didn’t know were there. Now I know that I hurt every woman I ever loved. I was an utter fake, a self-opinionated …
