I’m friendly with a woman here in Nashville who participated in fed studies at Columbia
As a former early 70s tripper I get it
I don’t advise it today from old man wisdom
Even though Rogan and folks like him have it en vogue now
I did try to approach it after my first experience was poor from a serious perspective
Steeped on Watts Huxley and Ken
I knew some brotherhood guys so we got nick sands product which was heady but those doses were simply too strong
Nobody knew better
I conquered it but that bad experience always lurked back there like the Green Manalishi lol
I can laugh now cause a 8-12 hour panic attack is no fun
I have heard it described that neorochemically following a substantial psychedelic experience the experiencer has the equivalent of a post major disruption event. This makes sense from an evolutionary biology point of view that post disruption there is extra neuroplasticity that enhances ability to change established life patterns. This manifests in psychogical testing, which shows as much as a two standard deviation (?) Reduction in things like anxiety. This is why psychedelics were the subject of research in the 50’s, e.g. Timothy Leary, Bill Wilson (Mr. AA)’ etc.
The dark aspect is that post psychedelic neuroplasticity creates a vulnerability for the entry of pure evil, e.g. the Manson family, and the potential for an evolutionary dead end. Don’t forget Charlie’s federal parol officer had only one parolee and Charlie skated on violations and crimes under circumstance that will never be explained. This all relates to MK Ultra I think because those who studied how Charlie could take advantage of post psychedelic neuroplasticity had no idea how he did it. Don’t forget Ted Kazinski was their attempt.
I think that human societies taking halucinogens has provided a comparative advantage, e.g. Yamnaya vs. Neolithic hunter gatherers. Hallucinogens can be quite helpful for those that suffer with anxiety and PTSD/CPTSD - this is my primary source of interest for this subject.