That was Leary’s approach to acid. Controlled set and setting. The free-wheeling West Coast acid heads...Alan Watts and Ken Kesey...were the ones that advocated for doing psychedelics out in the world. And out in the world, people mix alcohol, meth, and who knows what with their psychedelics, and circumstances beyond anyone’s control...”realities” like traffic, dogs, the police...intrude upon their trip. The mistake that both camps made was to believe that people are universally intelligent and high-minded. This ends badly.
“The mistake that both camps made was to believe that people are universally intelligent and high-minded. This ends badly. “
Back in the olden days I saw a lot of people take a lot of acid.
Nearly universally those of weak mind had a bad experience. And those of greater mental capacity almost always did it again.
A hit of window pane, a bottle of whiskey and an IQ under 90...what could go wrong?
It takes a strong mind to be able to enjoy 500 micrograms of LSD. Most others are miserable. Or dangerous.