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interaction goes far beyond the normal range of what we expect drugsto accomplish. Because psychedelics defy pharmacological rationalitythey are misunderstood, feared, and revered as spiritual in origin. Thismisunderstanding drives the psychedelic information process intodivergent streams of theory and mythology, creating the tapestry ofpsychedelic propaganda, confusion, and disinformation we have today.The divergence of psychedelic information and existence ofcompeting schools of psychedelic ideology demonstrates there is no oneobjective and true psychedelic ideology; any ideology can be influencedand amplified by the psychedelic information process. The psychedelicinformation process is neutral and ideology non-specific; it appliesequally to learning, creativity, mind-control, brainwashing, mysticism,sorcery, and healing. The psychedelic process and psychedelicarchetypes can be co-opted by any religious or political group forpersonal power gain, and psychedelics can be used as weapons as easilyas they can be used as medicines or sacraments. 13 The only constantbetween all divergent schools of psychedelic ideology is the physicalprocess that stimulates the flow of novel information through humanneural networks. The study of this information process is known asPsychedelic Information Theory.Notes and References1. Psychedelic information flow within any culture is a function of religion andpolitics. Traditional shamanic cultures value psychedelic information as a ritualform of bonding, healing, and discovery, and encourage psychedelicinformation flow. Industrialized cultures with centralized beliefs viewpsychedelic information as subversive and anti-authoritarian, and represspsychedelic experimentation out of fear of losing centralized informationcontrol.2. A close scrutiny of late 20th century history indicates that there was a smalldecline in psychedelic interest in the late 1970s and 1980s, followed by a globalresurgence of underground psychedelic interest in the 1990s, and a completereturn to psychedelic research at the turn of the 21st century. Prohibition mayslow the flow of psychedelic information, but it does not stop it.4. The content of psychedelic hallucinations has been described vividly in manyplaces. See “Tripping” by Charles Hayes, or the Erowid.org Experience Vaultsfor hundreds of fascinating first person accounts.5. See “Psychedelic Neuroplasticity”