Ursus, you sound like a smart person... perhaps you could get started on whipping up a batch of pure LSD (we could always use more suppliers...)
maybe thats not such great idea...1 sheet = life in federal penn (usually)....not to mention it's very tough to do. plus everyone has done acid, and it's common knowledge among psychonauts that acid is just a synthetic immitation of a true psychedlic revelatory experience, which can generally only be brought on by natural substances. you can experiment all you want with designer drugs [acid is one of thousands], but in my opinion true "shamanic" states where a meaningfull dialouge can take place can only be achieved through traditional methods (meditation, chanting, glossalia, fasting, pain, dreaming), or with a wide variety of natural substances (mushrooms, ayahuasca/dmt, iboga/ibogaine, marijuana, salvia, mg seeds, even plants in the Solanaceae family, although thats highly not reccomended). nowadays it's much more worthwhile to grow mushrooms.
take this analogy - think of your consciousness as simply you inside of your house. you've never been outside of that house, you know nothing of the outside world, other than what you can see though a tiny window. all you know is the house, and although you are aware of the outside world, you cannot even fathom the concept of what it actually is. trying to learn about the world is like trying to teach a 5-year-old calculus. the only way of experiencing this "outside world" is though the previously mentioned methods. you can choose how to find your way out and learn about the world.
marijuana would make that little window a little bigger. maybe you can stick your head out if you try, but you can only see a little bit, and it's always the same thing.
salvia will throw you out the back door, and then chase you around and chuck you back in the house.
mushrooms would gently lead you out that front door, but wont let you stray very far.
ayahuasca will give you an informative guided all-night tour of the world outside the house.
with peyote some old guy will show up at your door looking to teach you infinite wisdom, but if you dont know the language or the customs he will infinitely decieve you.
DMT will shoot you out off a cannon from your living room, destroying your whole house, you get a great view but then before you know it your back at home, only left with a fucked up house.
in this analogy, L.S.D is like watching reality television, or the discovery channel, or surfing the net.
